If Sir Alex can admit he's human for once he'll admit he made the mistake of the decade in letting Tevez go because of Berbatov. Tevez's hat trick in his one-man demolition of blackburn rovers brought his tally to 14 goals in all competitions compared to berbatov's 6 goals in all. Sir alex behaved like a man in a happy marriage who leaves his wife for a girl with a ''figure eight''

Of course his talent is not in doubt, and I have never subscribed to the view that he is lazy. His languid style is the product of a mental attitude that allows him the sublime touches, imperious through balls and classy finishes when in-form. Sir alex  went on record when the Tevez transfer situation came to a head saying that the player wasn’t worth the 28 million requested by Kia Joorabchian. Yet, on numerous occasions last season – the game against Tottenham at Old Trafford comes to mind – Tevez was brought off the bench to galvanise the team, which he often did to devastating effect.

His ability to drop deep, receive the ball and run at defenders, thereby creating space for his teammates, was in contrast to Berbatov who was used almost as a playmaker from deep positions, where to be fair to him, he finished the season with 9 assists. The trouble is, playing further forward this year, Berbatov has not kicked on and scored the type of goals fans were used to in his days at Tottenham.

What with the loss of Ronaldo, the arrested development of Nani and Anderson, the aging of Paul Scholes, and the alarming slump of Michael Carrick that seems to have been precipitated by his poor display in the Champions League final, Manchester United have seemed to lack real creativity and drive from central midfield.

If Tevez had stayed at the club, he could have been an integral cog in how they function, as he is revelling in the limelight at Manchester City. But it is clear that Fergie was taken in by Berbatov’s flair and thus overlooked Tevez’ dynamic, reliable presence. His error was in not apportioning the value of the two players correctly. To crown matters Rooney and vidic may be leaving for Real Madridit seems Man Utd is becoming Real Madrid's feeder team. I think its time the old man takes a bow , especially now that Gus Hiddink is interested in coming back to England

Pretty obvious now abi. The guy was smoking last night. Sir. alex is human after all

At last I've seen one sincere scummie