Young, Owen, Welbeck and Valencia are all quite capable goal scorers. Replacing Berbatov's goals will be piss easy. Especially considering that Owen has more often been benched for him and he'll knab you goals all season if you give him the time.
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Young, Owen, Welbeck and Valencia are all quite capable goal scorers. Replacing Berbatov's goals will be piss easy. Especially considering that Owen has more often been benched for him and he'll knab you goals all season if you give him the time.
Having 4 players to replace the goals of 1 is pretty counter-productive and sort of defeats the object. Yes, replacing Berba's goals will be piss easy, you would imagine the combined total of our team will be able to score 20 goals between them, but that's obviously not the issue.
When Ronaldo left we didn't replace his goals or the dynamic he gave the team, instead Rooney just scored more. Next season I think both Rooney and Hernandez will score more than last season and I believe Welbeck can contribute strongly as well.
No, I think Hernandez will score 20 goals, Rooney will be more productive too.
Owen will also score plenty as a 3rd striker.
OK some bevvy's playin' tricks ... Young not Cole obviously,doh
I think you were half asleep before you read the post, I can't see anywhere I talked about Berbatov as a 'CM'. I was suggesting he and "Hernandez" are still a great option up front together and clearly the gist of the post was about Rooney possibly being considered for the role of central midfielder and therefore Berba should be kept on. Too tired to comment on that?
And perhaps after you have had some sleep you won't be quite so irritated by a reference to Old Trafford as something other than "OT" by someone who's supported the team longer than you've likely been alive.
Oh, and by the way, while "little pea" is perhaps by your "standards" absurd, that's what the little fella likes to be called, albeit in his language. So who the feck are you to criticize!
PS Yeah I fecked up, Ashley Young - Ashley Cole
Hope you had a good night.
I think you were half asleep before you read the post, I can't see anywhere I talked about Berbatov as a 'CM'. I was suggesting he and "Hernandez" are still a great option up front together and clearly the gist of the post was about Rooney possibly being considered for the role of central midfielder and therefore Berba should be kept on. Too tired to comment on that?
And perhaps after you have had some sleep you won't be quite so irritated by a reference to Old Trafford as something other than "OT" by someone who's supported the team longer than you've likely been alive.
Oh, and by the way, while "little pea" is perhaps by your "standards" absurd, that's what the little fella likes to be called, albeit in his language. So who the feck are you to criticize!
PS Yeah I fecked up, Ashley Young - Ashley Cole
Hope you had a good night.
You tell him Grunge.
I think you were half asleep before you read the post, I can't see anywhere I talked about Berbatov as a 'CM'.
Hope you had a good night.
I'm still a bit shagged thanks, but nowt unusual there.
Sorry about the Berbatov bit, I read :
In defence of a reason to keep Berba, I'm getting "concerned" that we won't find a suitable international CM before August"
and I thought the juxtaposition of the words in a sentence meant they were somehow connected, silly mistake.
Call it theatre of dreams if you want then, I hadn't realised how incredibly old you are. I can't imagine what it must be like to get to your age and start to lose cognitive ability, but I suppose it'll come to me soon enough. Next year maybe?
Any news on The Languid One?
He won't leave.
The alleged PSG big was rubbished by both clubs, Berbatov has said he wants to remain here
According to bbc‘s gossip column hes off to Valencia
Possible they may go for him if they sell Mata. I expect that there will be a resolution to Berba's situation in the next 10 days.
A white box, cheers A grade
I am waiting quite eagerly for any real updates on the Berbatov situation.
Either he signs or goes. But surely this must be sorted within the next few weeks
Either he signs or goes. But surely this must be sorted within the next few weeks
Sorry mate, was trying to post an YouTube Adidas commercial with Berba in it but it didn't work for some reason. Cheers gambs! I just can't get the hang of it. I copy the embed code, then wrap the YouTube tags around it but I guess I am still doing something wrong.
Don't paste in the entire code. Here is the link to your vid:
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSC6A0LkvII"
All you need between the tags is the part after the v=, so in this case jSC6A0LkvII
By the way A Grade, you do realise Berba is in that video for all of ONE second 
If Berba goes which I'm actually in support of, he needs to be replaced with another striker to support Rooney and Hernandez.
By the way A Grade, you do realise Berba is in that video for all of ONE second
Good enough for me
Plus his name is also mentioned in the end!By the way A Grade, you do realise Berba is in that video for all of ONE second
Yes but he pauses it at that moment for a quick wank
A languid wank. Let's be accurate when it comes to Berba-related things.
Cheers!
That might already have happened....
true, sort of.
it's true though. Young, Valencia, Rooney can all play in the hole. And Nani could even play there too I reckon.
Then Hernandez, Rooney, Welbeck and Owen up top.
We would not be short on options if he goes.
Though I don't want him to.
Whilst i'm a great admirer of Berbatov, i'm not his number one fan, but if the club sell him this summer i'd feel a little bit sick to be honest.
if berba want to stay we should keep him.
Im for this. And I have said before that if Berba stays we will have the best third choice striker in the world.
There's nothing on the Valencia sites I visit about interest in Berbatov and he doesnt really play the same roles Mata does. Also with Navarro and Miguel told they arent needed by the club and soon to leave, Mata will likely be Valencia captain next season so it would seem they wont need a replacement anyway
Being the best third striker in the world is not just about talent and skills.
He needs to sign a contract if he wants to stay.
Not sure that's true, I think we can extend his contract whenever we like before next summer.
Same : Id rather have all the goals the others are going to score " piss easy " and the 20 from Berb each season, he is a frustrating genius at times, but he is our frustrating genius.
Needs to be offered one first
Berbatov is on his last year of his contract, and as far as I know he's our third highest earner. There is no way the club will let him play out his contract and leave as a Bosman. Zero chance.
The signs of him staying doesn't look good. He didn't take a major part in last seasons run in and I think it's quite established that he's our third choice striker. Not an ideal situation if you are one of the clubs top earner.
Another thing who would worry his agent is Sir Alex and Gills silence on the subject. We have read comment's from his agent several time's about his contract situation and that he's happy to stay. The clubs response is total silence. If you ask me that's not a good sign. It feels more like the club is trying to buy them self time.
If we judge from the last third of last season we are going for pace and quick counters. When we play 4231 SAF seems to prefer Roo/Chica and when the old man is going for 433 Berbatov will still be his third choice.
I don't think it's unwise to think it's waist of money (and talent) to have such a player on the bench for long parts of the season. And the proof that he wasn't selected to the bench in the CL final further proof my thought's that the Bulgarian is not in the clubs future plans.
The decisive point will be if any club is interested in a 30 years old third choice striker on very high wages. Many point out that he was PL best goal scorer but that didn't helped him in Mars, April and May. Sir Alex didn't thought that was worth anything when he selected our squad for the CL final.
If we don't handle him a contract extension before the pre season starts I think that's the sign of his future in this club. I can't see the reason to have weeks of speculations when we are on tour and want to galvanize and let the players come together.
I think the club is looking for one more player to buy and if we get that player and if we get a decent bid for Berba I think he's off.
The signs of him staying doesn't look good. He didn't take a major part in last seasons run in and I think it's quite established that he's our third choice striker. Not an ideal situation if you are one of the clubs top earner.
Another thing who would worry his agent is Sir Alex and Gills silence on the subject. We have read comment's from his agent several time's about his contract situation and that he's happy to stay. The clubs response is total silence. If you ask me that's not a good sign. It feels more like the club is trying to buy them self time.
If we judge from the last third of last season we are going for pace and quick counters. When we play 4231 SAF seems to prefer Roo/Chica and when the old man is going for 433 Berbatov will still be his third choice.
I don't think it's unwise to think it's waist of money (and talent) to have such a player on the bench for long parts of the season. And the proof that he wasn't selected to the bench in the CL final further proof my thought's that the Bulgarian is not in the clubs future plans.
The decisive point will be if any club is interested in a 30 years old third choice striker on very high wages. Many point out that he was PL best goal scorer but that didn't helped him in Mars, April and May. Sir Alex didn't thought that was worth anything when he selected our squad for the CL final.
If we don't handle him a contract extension before the pre season starts I think that's the sign of his future in this club. I can't see the reason to have weeks of speculations when we are on tour and want to galvanize and let the players come together.
I think the club is looking for one more player to buy and if we get that player and if we get a decent bid for Berba I think he's off.
have we given him a contract yet, his agent said he heard nothing from the club.
What does that tell us?