Indeed, Macheda is rubbish and the latest of the rag hype machine to not have turned out very good. Borini, the boy who didn't get a chance at Chelsea and is the same age, is miles better. And of course Balotelli, who is barely older than Macheda, is in a different league altogether. Macheda's quality was determined last season when he was loaned to Serie A relegation fodder Sampdoria, scored 0 goals in 14 appearances, and was eventually dropped to the bench and reserves. Yet because of the club that employs him (as usual), a Premier League club ignored that and loaned him and have quickly regretted it and realised what a dud he is. Funny that the rags did have a quality player on their books, Rossi, and let him go... and now he is a £20million+ striker who is better than Berbatov, Hernandez, and Welbeck.