i'm gonna just say this - let the season passes by and then we'll compare...
so far he hasn't shown up in any big game against any of the stronger sides...arsenal,liverpool,chelsea (away...at home he was awful in the first half then after we'd scored he kept possesion very well and scored a goal when it was all over ),inter etc...
and it's not only that, but his performances are either horrific or very good - there hasn't been any performance like tevez' last season in which you can say - wow what a display IMO..he's hardly been MOTM so far and we're in the final 3rd of the season and has done very little to justify the price tag
so far - tevez for me ...now if berba can go on and win us an inter match or at least produce a few MOTM performances i'll start belieiving that we were spot on for buying him - so far we've been ripped off...
zuco - tevez brings nothing to our attack ?
how about pace , unpredictability, a perfect interplay between him and rooney (something berbatov and rooney are yet to show), pressing the back four in order to give us possesion, counter attacks - we have hardly scored any counter attack with berbatov - rooney combo...how many times have we seen tevez pressing the fullback only for him to kick it out of play or giving us possesion, thus reducing the number of oppositions attacks...
in fact only what berbatov brings that tevez doesn't is his ability to pick up great passes - but it's hardly any different from what ronaldo, carrick or even rooney can do -
tevez and rooney were one of the main reasons why our midfield was so great last season - with them pressing the defenders we had the ability to take away possesion and quickly converting to attack - something we lack with berbatov imo...
also when tevez and rooney were in the team - you could always see a dmf near them around centre circle in order to prevent them surging forward to unstoppable counter attacks
and yes we're on the verge of something great this season but it hardly has any relation with berbatov's majestic displays- and although we're on quite a streak , our performances have been nowhere near last season's...
how many times have we seen pundits saying - "united haven't hit the top gear yet" this season
how many times have we won 1-0 this season ?
so I preffer last season's combination to this one
and to all those saying that berbatov brings the best out of rooney and that tevez ins't capable of forming a partnership with any of them I simply ask this - how many times have we seen rooney combineing with berbatov or vice-versa ? none
and tevez and berbatov have at least shared 2 goals as a product of a direct interplay between them...
tevez has also worked well with wellbecl,giggs,ronaldo or anyone that he's played with..
so saying that berbatov brings the best out of rooney or vice versa is a myth...rooney is known for going on a 7-8 goal streaks then he usually goes 8-9 matches without scoring a single goals with or wiothout berbatov in the team
saying that berbatov is the new cantona is a myth- someone once said it and now everyone believes it - i think cantona would have stood up and made the difference against liverpool,chelsea,arsenal,inter etc
someone said berba adds areal dimension to our attack - how many headers has he put away this season - as far as i remember 1 against bolton...and tevez scored against chelsea , blackburn , roma,newcastle and maybe a few more i dunno - but even if berba scored 6 headers and tevez 4 it is not enough to say that berba brings areal threat and tevez doesn't - so another myth
as i said - so far tevez - rooney combo wins it for me
you can see why here
cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WP2eW8yJJU