theHotHead wrote:Santi, exactly that. Compare the individuals in this Liverpool team to either of our double winning sides, any of Fergie's decent title winning sides or Mourinho's Chelsea winning side and this Liverpool team gets spanked for fun if it was Top Trumps.
Thats the point I am making, individually they are nothing special mostly but Klopp's system and, lets face it, having Chelsea, Man U and Arsenal all in turmoil has helped Liverpool this season.
Ya know something? Man City's first PL-winning side, under Mancini, was miles better than this current Liverpool side. Aguero, Tevez, Toure, Silva, Kompany, Zabaleta, Nasri—arguably all of them world class. Then, you had great poacher like Dzeko, a utility player like Milner, and a maverick like Balotelli.
Thinking about it, either Pep destroyed the competition in that Centurion season, or Klopp is some ingenious coach.
But there's a worrying trend in the Premier League, nonetheless. The last five Champions, save for Leicester:
- Chelsea ~ 87 points
- Chelsea ~ 93 points
- Man City ~ 100 points
- Man City ~ 98 points
- Liverpool ~ 100+ points*
* HypotheticalIt's interesting that even 85 points isn't enough for the League these days. You have to notch around 90 points. The notion that anything can happen in the Premier League is long gone.
85 points was a lock for the title at one point. Today, it's not enough. This isn't to do with the quality at the top, but how lesser teams are less likely to beat big clubs these days.