thetrooper37
Senior Squad
MikeyM;2683552 said:The main difference is the addition of Berbatov. Once Fergie spent £30M bringing him in, there was no way he wouldn't start the majority of games - and certainly he could never drop Rooney. Tevez was always going to be the man missing out, and I suspect that is a primary reason why United didn't take the option to sign him (That and the fact £30M to an agent was distasteful)
While we're on the Berbatov topic, he seems to operate further back than he did for Spurs, which may be why he isn't as effective.
I have a feeling that United will revert to the "Beckham" type set up, of pacy wingers supplying constant crosses to the front men. Ronaldo's individuality changed the way we played, because he preferred to cut in and go alone (sometimes to the detriment of his team-mates) I think the focus will be back on the front pair for goals next season, which as I keep saying will allow Wayne Rooney to become THE man for us. Certainly I'm expecting United to share the goals as we used to, especially with the freekicks and penalties being up for grabs too.
I also believe that Berba will also get more goals. Berba is misunderstood I feel, I was looking back at all the posts in this thread last summer when we were trying to get him - He's still the same player, we just need to give him a chance to adapt.
All this media hype about us "not being anything without Ronaldo" is a bunch of anti United tripe, perpetrated by the media and gobbled up by the ABU's (A term used to describe fans of other teams who hate us for no reasons other than jealousy "Anyone But United"s )who would dearly love to see the wheels come off for us. Ain't gonna happen boys and girls. United are bigger than any one player - if you don't believe me, look at this week for another example.
Well, Fergie knew that Ronaldo would be gone this summer so maybe he simply started preparing the future squad by bringing in Berbatov last summer? IF he waited to buy him right now, Berba would probably have cost even more considering he probably would have had another good season at Spurs and with us getting the 80 mils from Madrid, they'd try to suck us dry as much as possible.
And as you say, I hope he plays further up next season. I don't know why he was told to play so far back this year, he didn't even get 1 shot in some games...very frustrating. I feel that with Ronaldo moving on, him and Rooney will get a lot more goals and with the money we have, we should very well be able to buy a good winger that obviously wouldn't replace Ronaldo but the team as a whole will compensate well.