Berbatov: Long Way To Go Before Cantona Comparisons

22 Comments

1. January 17, 2009 at 15:57

   james f says:

   It’s never too late, Dimi. You can start today, with a hat-trick against Bolton
2. January 17, 2009 at 16:04

   spacemanspiff says:

   Off-topic: Scott, aren’t you going to do the live blogging thing today considering that this is an away game? Or since the Reebok is close by, are you actually at the game?
3. January 17, 2009 at 17:02

   keanesmagichat says:

   just watched the first half of the game… berba fucked up a real goal scoring chance as he was clearly afraid of jussi taking man and ball… cantona would have taken the slap and the goal
4. January 17, 2009 at 17:36

   Kross, from Kriss Kross says:

   o’shea has been absolutely beyond terrible. i can’t describe my loathing for this useless cunt. everything he does turns to shit. jordi cryuff was a better player for us than this twat.
5. January 17, 2009 at 17:58

   keanesmagichat says:

   well kris you obviously know very little. All good teams need a player who will play anywhere and are happy to play the odd game, they are called squad players and are invaluable to a team…. you talk a lot of shit
6. January 17, 2009 at 18:00

   Costas says:

   Fucking beauty Dimitar!Top of the league and we are playing shit!Away fro home at least!
7. January 17, 2009 at 18:10

   macha says:

   comon berbie lets go party ah ah ah yea
8. January 17, 2009 at 18:21

   davetian says:

   BACK WHERE WE BELONG!! And Berbatov is starting to knock a couple in. Things are looking up!!

   Rooney for PM.
9. January 17, 2009 at 18:31

   Tom F says:

   Berbatov doesn’t really have a chant does he?

   What do you think of this, in the same style as Anderson’s & with the first three lines first heard on here in September:

   Berba-tov tov tov
   He Told City to Fuck Off
   Berba-tov tov tov
   He’ll beat any centre half

   He don’t laugh
   He don’t smile
   But he sure has lots of style

   Goals he’ll bring
   Like the King
   So it’s BERBATOV we sing….
10. January 17, 2009 at 18:35

    keanesmagichat says:

    not bad at all tom son…
11. January 17, 2009 at 18:40

    Anon says:

    OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PUT UP THE GOAL VID!
    shit, thats three games in a row now that he’s scored!!!! dont wanna put the jinx on the lad, but gad, aint he good?!
    two of these games have been one-nil wins, so ya, thats what you pay 30 mil for i guess
12. January 17, 2009 at 18:53

    denton davey says:

    Three points and top of the table despite an appalling display of midfield > forward play. How in the world did Bolton lose their concentration right at the end ? Tevez made a determined run down the inside-ride channel and, for a change, the center forward was both central and forward. Before that, Bolton had kept it tight and tidy, limiting UTD to scraps as TheChampions looked very, very unimaginative.

    What is even more surprising is that UTD kept yet-another clean sheet with three of the four first-choice back-line out of the match. Contrary to Kris, it is an indication that squad depth is clearly a tremendous advantage since bringing in O’Shea, Evans and Neville (in place of Evra, Rio, and Wesley) was damned-near seamless.

    My big question has not yet been answered – why didn’t Moyes take of Fellaini when they went up 2-nil last weekend ? Leaving him on was a stupid risk – he got a fairly trivial yellow card (his tenth) and now he misses both of the L’poo derby matches. Really, really dumb management.
13. January 17, 2009 at 18:54

    Wiggsman says:

    Oh ah, Oh ah DIMITARR Oh ah oh ah DIMITARR.. Ooo Ah Ooo Ah Oooh Ah DIMITAR
14. January 17, 2009 at 19:45

    Anto Griffin says:

    I still think the ‘Dim, Dim, Dim, Dimitar Berbatov’ chant is the best for him yet. The one to the tune of Another One Bites The Dust by Queen…
15. January 17, 2009 at 21:21

    King Eric says:

    Get in Berba my son! Where are all you Berba haters now?
16. January 17, 2009 at 21:26

    EastStandManc says:

    I too am certainly ‘learning to appreciate’ Dimi, as Sir Bobby put it. Not an excellent performance by any stretch of the imagination, but he was where he needed to be when it counted!

    As for that Agadoo chant Tom, I think the last line of the first para needs changing, it doesn’t quite fit in. Think we need to find another way to get the last word of it to rhyme with ‘-ov’, IMVHO.
17. January 17, 2009 at 21:37

    Jake says:

    definitely another one bites the dust
18. January 17, 2009 at 22:40

    Kings says:

    There is only one Cantona. We will be saying the same about Berbatov. This guy’s a fanatastic footballer, with a superb touch. Previous seasons he has been banging them in at the turn of the year, and 2 goals in his last 3 games is proving that this trend could continue this season too.
19. January 17, 2009 at 23:45

    Red-Manc says:

    Cantona is my favourite United player of all time he is The King of Old Trafford and always will be, nobody will ever have the same status he has at the club because nobody will ever be the same as him.

    Im a big supporter of Berbatov though, his style of play is similar to Eric’s but he doesn’t have the personality of Cantona and he’s is own player so theres no point in comparing them.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=penU6D_raeM&feature=related

    if anyone is still has doubts over him and his attitude just watch that interview

    DIMITAR BERBATOV ONE LOOK AT CITY AND HE SAID FUCK OFF!
20. January 18, 2009 at 12:50

    AndrewRed says:

    There is and will only ever be one King Eric. He was one of the last non-bitch players in the game. He was a spark plug to light the fire in United into becoming a home grown premier league power. One of the last great Centre Half players
21. January 18, 2009 at 14:30

    King Eric says:

    AndrewRed: Centre Half?
22. January 18, 2009 at 16:39

    klauq says:

    erm i’m quite disgusted with Kriss’ comment.. And i dont think the space will be enuff here to counter that.. and i’m not gonna let that ruin the good mood here.. enuff with that.

    Berbatov is really great. His touches is captivating.. And his timing is pure genius.

    “And there is no comparison. I have a long way to go.” A down-to-earth, very simple man. He really is one of a kind.

    He also knows his place. Not getting carried away with the comparison, instead, showing self-confidence by dismissing the need to imitate Cantona’s style.

    Seriously, this answer alone brings back a little bit of kingly aura that Cantona brought once.