Premier League Manager of the Season 2010/2011

BaZ87 · 16 May 2011 at 00:55

I wasn't questioning your choice, it was just an explanation for this weak squad stuff as I'm 1 of the people that have said it.

It's made for a better Premier League (in domestic terms) but I think it's pretty clear that the standard of the top 4-5 sides in England is not of the same standard as it was 2-3 years ago.

DanH84 · 16 May 2011 at 00:57

possibly, but conversely they didn't do badly in europe, with only the spanish top 2 being able to compare really.

BaZ87 · 16 May 2011 at 01:03

Tbh, I think the standard everywhere outside Spain has dropped. If you think back to the season you won the CL against Chelsea; that season English sides were only beat by other English sides in the CL and even into the next season, Barca were the only non-English side to knock out an English side too.

lokiss · 20 May 2011 at 16:51

No outstandings this season, fregie it is by default.

Out of everbody else, Mark Hughes probaly stands out... new team, could have easily failed and been scrapping it down at the bottom, given they were over achieving under hodgeson with a fairly average team, and his own personal nightmare at city. Carp ton of injuries in the first half of the season stunted any fluidity, cracked on in the new year well up over mid table.

Biz.Kid09 · 20 May 2011 at 17:34

So fergie wins it....
Vidic with the player of year also....

Tom84 · 20 May 2011 at 18:01

Biz.Kid09 said:
So fergie wins it....
Vidic with the player of year also....

Fully deserved

HangTime · 22 May 2011 at 23:28

BaZ87 said:
it's pretty clear that the standard of the top 4-5 sides in England is not of the same standard as it was 2-3 years ago.

As a Liverpool fan that must be quite concerning surely; 2-3 years ago they were considered a top 4 side, and yet the decline in standard of the top 4 sides has coincided with Liverpool dropping out of the top 4. Implication being that their demise has been even more profound that that of their former rivals - they haven't even been able to tread water in an emptying pool.

BaZ87 · 22 May 2011 at 23:54

HangTime said:
As a Liverpool fan that must be quite concerning surely; 2-3 years ago they were considered a top 4 side, and yet the decline in standard of the top 4 sides has coincided with Liverpool dropping out of the top 4. Implication being that their demise has been even more profound that that of their former rivals - they haven't even been able to tread water in an emptying pool.

No ****

The drop in standard of the top 4 has also coincided with the improvement from the likes of City and Spurs so it is/was easier to fall out of the top 4 now though. But yea, it was pretty alarming how far and how quickly we fell.

We were in some pretty exceptional circumstances though, which have thankfully changed and the signs are we're starting to climb bak up.

Tom84 · 23 May 2011 at 00:05

For the record those Liverpool fans bleating on about only Chelsea getting more points than Liverpool under Dalglish, you may want to check that again now the season has actually finished