greenfingers
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r.soleofsalford said:Skashion said:Revisionism at its finest. He wasn't on the pitch when we scored against Newcastle. In fact, it was subbing him off and pushing Yaya forward which got us those goals. Against QPR we were losing 2-1 against ten men until he went off. The substitutions, the maligned Dzeko (the striker who finished with the most goals and assists per minute in our side, ahead of Aguero even) and Balotelli (subbed on for Tevez) who scored and assisted the league winning goals.Dennis Tuearts MGBGT said:Mancini played him for about 7 seconds at Arsenal.
Then he played him in every game and we won every one and the title.
Tevez's sum total contribution this season, in ten appearances, has been four goals against two mid table sides, and granted, an assist against Chelsea. Might we have not won the league without them? I think we'd still have won against West Brom at home and Norwich away without Tevez, yes. The win against Chelsea maybe not. Maybe not the draw against Sunderland either. Perhaps we wouldn't have won the league without him, though I'm far more certain we wouldn't had he played every minute of every game since Arsenal. However, in a campaign as tight as this one, as long as you didn't only score own goals and concede penalties, you contributed to the title win. Tevez's contributions rank somewhere near dead last this campaign and yet Tevez's sycophants will tell you he practically won the league because it was his return that inspired us. No, it was the return of all our best players who'd been sidelined. Kompany and Lescott being out made us more defensive, then Yaya was out (we saw the effects that had against QPR), as were Silva and Aguero. They all come back and then we start motoring again - just as we did in October, November and most of December when Tevez was not in the side. Where's the final proof that it wasn't a Tevez-inspired revival? In the final three games, the rags, Newcastle and QPR, he did nothing; no goals, no assists. At the point when he was subbed off we were on one point, not the six we needed. It was the team that won all year that took us over the line. It's those boys who fought till the death and fought throughout the campaign that did it. The lads that were thinking 3 points not Par-3.
bang on
Yes totally agree with Skashion and r.sole.
I am glad that others agree that Tevez is overrated.