I suppose sir Alex never won a legitimate prem .He's only ever had to face 1 rival during his wins.
Standard wasn't ever up to scratch.
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I suppose sir Alex never won a legitimate prem .He's only ever had to face 1 rival during his wins.
Standard wasn't ever up to scratch.
Noooo! How dare you suggest that. Last year's champions don't even make the top four - that is most certainly not "bottling it". You can be sure however that if we'd not got CL football then we would certainly have been described as bottling it, despite virtually any pundit saying we'd finish in the top four anyway!
Yes, and interestingly Pool have made the CL final without having played Real, Barca, PSG, Bayern or Juventus.
we played the teams in front of us and we are in the final.
Of course you did,silly. That's the way the game is played!!!!.....and a final demise?
A reminder of the final table in 2007-8
1st Man Utd (87 pts)
2ns Chelsea (85pts)
3rd Arsenal (83pts)
When there's just four points between first and third, that looks a hell of a lot like the main title contenders were all firing on all cylinders that season - so anyone pretending otherwise is either missing the point, or reminding everyone of the worrying similarities between Steptonho fanboys and Trump supporters.
who knows but again hey we're there with a chance and what more can you ask .
Personally i'm buzzing & couldn't care less if we got a favourable draw just hope RM are arrogant enough to give us room to play .
They did beat the worlds best team!!
At least they were according to our learned football commentators.
if they're daft / arrogant enough to give us space yeah. Odds favour them if only because we are at bare bones in squad terms but with room and we click then anyone can find we have slammed 3 past them in 15 mins but if you put money on it the sensible money will be on RM .
also depends what instructions UEFA have given the ref.
This actually goes a long way to explaining why Spurs and Liverpool have made top 4 the last couple of years, with United and Arsenal being in turmoil for the last 4 years and Chelsea falling apart every 2nd season that left spaces for you to capitalise on. These things don't usually last long though and I can see all 3 teams getting back to being decent.
Except for at least a decade the top four was a closed shop of Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool - and it tended to be Liverpool having a bad season that let other teams in (Leeds in 2000, Everton in 2005, Spurs in 2010)
That changed in the last eight years when first City made it four places for five teams and then Spurs made it four for six, at which point on paper it would appear that at least three of those teams would be challenging for the title most season - yet somehow that's not happened either due to slow starts catching those teams out at the business end of the season or poor form meaning they were never in with a chance, with Arsenal being the most obvious victim as they've gone two seasons in a row without Champions League football due to sitting on their laurels for too long.
Correct. Apart from the fact that :
1. Citeh got their full lottery winnings in 2011.
2. The Goons in 2012 and 2013 escaped their fate
in 2017 by the skin of their teeth.
It's no goo
It's no good mate, you have convinced me. I thought Klopp and Poch had done well with Pool and you but as you pointed out with Jose, they have only done it because other teams have dropped off.
Nice try, but now you're just being a little bit silly.
Here's a list of managers to finish ahead of Poch in the past three seasons
Claudio Ranieri (once)
Arsene Wenger (once)
Antonio Conte (once)
Pep Guardiola (once)
Alberto Steptonho (once)
Now here's a quick list of managers that Poch's finished ahead of
Jurgen Norbert Klopp (three times)
Arsene Wenger (twice)
Alberto Steptonho (once or twice, depending on how you view 2015/16)
Guus Hiddink (once)
Pep Guardiola (once)
Antonio Conte (once)
Manuel Pellegrini (once)
You'll notice that one is far more consistent than the other. Want to guess why that is, or are you going to let BobbyD have another try?
Too late, I have seen the light. It's nothing to do with the manager just the other teams dropping off.
My earlier comment about Steptonho fanboys and Trump supporters gets more valid with each response. Just sayin'...
