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Surely I am not the only one that thinks we are still lacking the player that we were so desperate for in the summer. Berbatov seems to be a taller version of Tevez and Rooney minus the work rate, he is a lovely talented player but he is not a clinical finisher at all. I am mystified as to why Berbatov is playing deep as the link player, we already have Tevez and Rooney who can do that so what was the point in spending 30 million on another player to come deep and link attacks.
We need a Huntelaar or an Owen, someone to play on the shoulder of the last defender and make runs behind the defence, someone who can poach cheap goals. Berbatov Rooney Tevez all drop deep and play in front of the opposition defence so we are always having to look for pinpoint precise passes and score the perfect goal. Rooney on many occasions this season is playing as the furthest forward player leading the line which is really annoying because I thought the whole point in signing a big striker (Berbatov) was so that Rooney could play deep in his natural position.
Again this season we are relying on Ronaldo to get us out of trouble and save our skin in most matches but he is only human and can't keep on doing it again and again. How can we justify spending another 20 million plus on Tevez when we already have Berbatov and Rooney who drop deep and perform that role just as well if not better than Tevez. Surely we should be looking to sign someone like Huntelaar, people today criticise players who are only in the team to poach goals but how easily they forget how Van Nistelrooy carried us for so many seasons and stopped us from falling into mediocrity. We could even take Owen on the cheap in January as he is not cup tied and could give us a different dimension, Owen is still scoring goals despite playing in a lousy team. I don't really think Owen is the solution but we still need a player in that mould.
We need a Huntelaar or an Owen, someone to play on the shoulder of the last defender and make runs behind the defence, someone who can poach cheap goals. Berbatov Rooney Tevez all drop deep and play in front of the opposition defence so we are always having to look for pinpoint precise passes and score the perfect goal. Rooney on many occasions this season is playing as the furthest forward player leading the line which is really annoying because I thought the whole point in signing a big striker (Berbatov) was so that Rooney could play deep in his natural position.
Again this season we are relying on Ronaldo to get us out of trouble and save our skin in most matches but he is only human and can't keep on doing it again and again. How can we justify spending another 20 million plus on Tevez when we already have Berbatov and Rooney who drop deep and perform that role just as well if not better than Tevez. Surely we should be looking to sign someone like Huntelaar, people today criticise players who are only in the team to poach goals but how easily they forget how Van Nistelrooy carried us for so many seasons and stopped us from falling into mediocrity. We could even take Owen on the cheap in January as he is not cup tied and could give us a different dimension, Owen is still scoring goals despite playing in a lousy team. I don't really think Owen is the solution but we still need a player in that mould.