Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [21st - 23rd December 2018]

Not the greatest performance of the season but away to Wolves in an evening kick-off with horrendous conditions, that was very much job done. Barring a 15-20 min spell at the end of the first half I thought we controlled the game well enough and had our final pass been better we could have had a couple more goals.
Purdy said:
Honestly Milner has been absolute ****
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Playing out of position, against a side with wingbacks was always going to be tricky and they still only really managed to get at him once or twice. And whilst they had that spell at the end of the first half and were trying to target him, he showed all his experience to take the sting out of their attacks, slowing the game down, taking his time over throws or free-kicks.
 
I’d still rank the invincible season above City last season but that could also be my bias showing.

City last year and Chelsea in 05/06 both come close. United’s triple I’d probably say is more impressive than our invincible season.
 
City's season was far and away the best PL season ever. Arsenal drew 12 games - it was a unique achievement but they could have gone unbeaten and not won the League in several other seasons. City smashed the points record, goals scored, goal difference and in a period where the level of competition is greater than at any other period in the PL - there are/were 5 other sides (10 games) that could have beaten or taken points off City without it necessary being a shock.
 
BaZ87 said:
City's season was far and away the best PL season ever. Arsenal drew 12 games - it was a unique achievement but they could have gone unbeaten and not won the League in several other seasons. City smashed the points record, goals scored, goal difference and in a period where the level of competition is greater than at any other period in the PL - there are/were 5 other sides (10 games) that could have beaten or taken points off City without it necessary being a shock.
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I’d disagree with the competitiveness of the PL, Chelsea were garbage and Liverpool only got Virgil in January so were nowhere near as solid as they’ve been this season which was there undoing. Arsenal were still under wenger and doing rubbish, and Spurs were never going to compete.

Granted it wasn’t an easy league but City were so far ahead of everyone else that I wouldn’t class it as competitive. If they manage the same or similar this season then fair enough, the top 5 are all stronger than ever and I could see any of them being competitive against City. Even some of the mid table teams are a lot stronger than they were last season.

Edit: Not too sure what I can say about United’s performance though, they were clearly still playing for the manager and had a solid defence before 3rd season syndrome kicked in for Morinho
 
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I’d disagree with the competitiveness of the PL, Chelsea were garbage and Liverpool only got Virgil in January so were nowhere near as solid as they’ve been this season which was there undoing. Arsenal were still under wenger and doing rubbish, and Spurs were never going to compete.

Granted it wasn’t an easy league but City were so far ahead of everyone else that I wouldn’t class it as competitive. If they manage the same or similar this season then fair enough, the top 5 are all stronger than ever and I could see any of them being competitive against City. Even some of the mid table teams are a lot stronger than they were last season.

Edit: Not too sure what I can say about United’s performance though, they were clearly still playing for the manager and had a solid defence before 3rd season syndrome kicked in for Morinho
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I don't think you quite understood what I meant when I mentioned the level of competition City faced. I was talking about the amount of big games, against sides that could realistically give City a game without needing huge amounts of luck to get a result. As poor as you say Arsenal and Chelsea were, they certainly weren't any worse than Liverpool or even Utd were back in 2003/04 and just like Liverpool back in 2003/04, while they couldn't sustain a challenge for the title, they were capable of giving any side a serious game on their day. City set all those records despite having to play 10 genuinely hard games. Arsenal dropped 10 more points despite not having those extra big/difficult games.
 
Yeah City’s is much more impressive

Totally get arsenal fans wanting to claim that invincible’s is due to uniqueness but I’d much rather a season like City’s.

Also the objective is to score as many points as possible
 
LMAO, what does Bellerin look like :D

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Dyche is a ****, blatant foul right in front of him, was always going to be a foul Westwood can't get the ball and what does he do? Clap.
 
Andybtsn said:
Relevant moans though
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Not really. We were the better team and deserved the win. Plenty of decisions didn’t go our way either, it was just that type of game.

Dyche has been falling apart this season. Picking fights over everything and generally non stop whinging while his team go out performing hatchet jobs on everyone. He’s being found out for the chancer he is. Great manager my arse.
 
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