depedent is too strong a word imo. I do think we missed him against villa because it was a game where he could have made a different and imo i thought tevez was pretty poor in the game and berbatov would have offered us technique but also a presence against the big men of villa. Not saying the smaller lads cannot do it, because they destroyed them at OT last year, i just thought it was not working against villa and he could have made a difference.
As for the villarael game, i dont think we missed him much because i think the game was completely different. We only needed a point and were the away team against a big spanish team but they did not want to take ANY risks either and went out there so negative and got a draw and qualified to be fair but i dont think we missed him in this game. To be honest while the game was pretty poor, i thought we were the better team by far so i dont really think we missed him much.
But like i said, dependent is too strong a word, he has probably played 10 or so games for united and you dont become dependent on someone so quick and nor do i ever think we will be dependent on him.
This all being said, it would be nice to have him back in the team and doing his stuff!!
pz!