Berbatov is just not United class. His touches and the odd flash of skill are to be expected playing for triple league winners andfor 30m, we should be seeing more if him. We should also not be hearing from in a negative light in terms of price tag etc.
He has had ample opportunity to show us what he can do and he had simply not delivered on a consistant basis. If players reach their peak at 28-29 then we should be seeingt his from him. SAF has sort of shot himself in the foot because he keeps saying that Rooney will become more consistant with age and yet Berbatov is older than him and we are not seeing it with him.
The forums can come across as fans slating him, but even he himself has admitted he is finding it difficult to perform as expected at Utd.
There was a situation in the Leeds game (First half) where Rooney went tearing after their left-back who played it sqaure and across to the right back to pressure their back four and try to regain possession. He ran past Berbatov to get to the left-back from a central position, then he ran past him again to get over to the right back on the other side. Berbatov just stood there watching his strike partner tear ar5e round chasing the ball. If I were Rooney I would be getting very frustrated with him by now. Certainly last season there were times when Ronaldo was playing him in with passes and making runs and Berbatov was simply not able to read what was going on. There was more than one occasion when Ronaldo showed his frustration with him.
If he comes good by the end of the season then so be it, but if he does not improve then it may be time to wave goodbye and thank him for the two years.
As much as I don't like going against our players/team, you have to ask the question of what exactly does he contribute to our team? Is it assists? Is it goals? Is it a clever off the ball run to create space? I am just not seeing it if he is.