The hurtful truth again punctures those inflated egos who follow the hollowmen of OT.
What happened to the talked up treble? The double? Now you've got the single - must feel great to come out top against such a poor bunch of teams with performances that have been a shadow of past glories.
The low key media coverage reflects the reality that this has been a prosaic, mundane season with a marked drop in quality. Flashes yes, but not a patch on recent years.
I hope things improve all round next season.
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolutionary!! (U4158)
posted 13 minutes ago
The hurtful truth again punctures those inflated egos who follow the hollowmen of OT.
What happened to the talked up treble? The double? Now you've got the single - must feel great to come out top against such a poor bunch of teams with performances that have been a shadow of past glories.
The low key media coverage reflects the reality that this has been a prosaic, mundane season with a marked drop in quality. Flashes yes, but not a patch on recent years.
I hope things improve all round next season.
-------------------------------------------
Monkey
Again, you only say this because its United winning the league.
If you want to talk about mundane and lacking in quality, then watch the liverpool golden period, where everyone played hoofball, with liverpool rising to the top because they were less worse than every one else.
Recently I've watched the box set of the cup finals of the 1980's. On Saturday I watched the 1986 Mersey derby cup final. The technical quality of both teams was atrocious.
The liverpool team of 1988 (Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge et al..) were supposed to be one of liverpools best ever. Watch their performance against Wimbledon. 2 teams trying to play hoofball. 1 team - Wimbledon - weren't really good enough to do that. Liverpool, just about good enough.
There's no lack of quality on display in the PL at the moment. Certainly any of the teams from liverpools period of dominance would get absolutely destroyed by most teams in the PL.
Indeed, United might be on for breaking Chelsea's PL points tally this season. Look at the quality of teams Chelsea played when they got the record in 2005. An Arsenal team past their peak whose legs had gone. A United team that was in transition and perhaps its weakest in the PL era. Liverpool? A team that to date are the weakest ever CL winners.
There's no lack of quality. Just sour grapes I think.
This United team would wipe the floor with any one of Liverpools title (and European Cup) winning sides. Absolute Fackt !
Barf Vader_ Formerly user (U15867) (U15867)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolutionary!! (U4158)
posted 13 minutes ago
The hurtful truth again punctures those inflated egos who follow the hollowmen of OT.
What happened to the talked up treble? The double? Now you've got the single - must feel great to come out top against such a poor bunch of teams with performances that have been a shadow of past glories.
The low key media coverage reflects the reality that this has been a prosaic, mundane season with a marked drop in quality. Flashes yes, but not a patch on recent years.
I hope things improve all round next season.
-------------------------------------------
Monkey
Again, you only say this because its United winning the league.
If you want to talk about mundane and lacking in quality, then watch the liverpool golden period, where everyone played hoofball, with liverpool rising to the top because they were less worse than every one else.
Recently I've watched the box set of the cup finals of the 1980's. On Saturday I watched the 1986 Mersey derby cup final. The technical quality of both teams was atrocious.
The liverpool team of 1988 (Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge et al..) were supposed to be one of liverpools best ever. Watch their performance against Wimbledon. 2 teams trying to play hoofball. 1 team - Wimbledon - weren't really good enough to do that. Liverpool, just about good enough.
There's no lack of quality on display in the PL at the moment. Certainly any of the teams from liverpools period of dominance would get absolutely destroyed by most teams in the PL.
Indeed, United might be on for breaking Chelsea's PL points tally this season. Look at the quality of teams Chelsea played when they got the record in 2005. An Arsenal team past their peak whose legs had gone. A United team that was in transition and perhaps its weakest in the PL era. Liverpool? A team that to date are the weakest ever CL winners.
There's no lack of quality. Just sour grapes I think.
-----------------------------
Put back in your box
knocked off your perch even
Siempre - The perch is a pale imitation of it's former self. Indeed, it's an ex-perch.
Barf - I fear too many box sets have affected your grasp on reality. I like your analysis for it's comedy value but nothing more. You cannot really believe what you've written. Can you?
Diva - I've not been out of my box for a while. What point do you think you've made?
I note you're still all in denial.
Barf - Check out some more box sets and/or classic encounters on sky / espn and come back with an accurate assessment. Hope you enjoy your travels in time.....
It's not a bad assessment, Liverpool had some very good players but with the backpass rule they'd get smashed if they were to play any of the United teams of the premier league era.
Thunderkiss - Health Warning - Compare eras of the game at your peril. Recent seasons fine but go back too far with rule changes et al and you're in the realms of conjecture and fantasy I'm afraid.
Go back and what you will see, however, are some talented players who's ball skills in terms of passing / vision surpass many of those currently plying their trade.
Looking forward to some better quality next season.
Sour grapes???
No. Realism.
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolution... (U4158)
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Of course it's fantasy, I'm hardly Doc Brown. But the great Liverpool sides loved a backpass, absolutely loved it. They'd be completely lost with the backpass rul
Seriously Monkey, just watch some of the games from then if you think there's a lack of quality currently. Any team from then would get absolutely bummed to death by teams from today.
Do you think the quality has regressed even from last season?
United haven't. They've improved.
City? Probably stood still. Not gone backwards particularly.Their signings haven't been an improvement on existing players, but the players that o the league last season still remain. They've not lost any quality.
Chelsea? Added quality in Hazard and Oscar more than makes up for losing an on the wane Drogba.
Tottenham? Bale continues to improve. Not a worse team than last season.
Arsenal? They lost RVP, but upgraded vastly with Cazorla > Arshavin, Monreal > Santos, Giroud > Chamakh, Podolski > Bendtner.
Everton? Added quality in Mirallas and Pienaar. Baines again has been outstanding.
Liverpool? Do you think they gone backwards? Is watching them try and secure 6th place the reason for your disillusionment? Surely you'd agree that Coutinho and sturridge are improvements on last season's tripe of Downing and Carroll. Even Joe Allen is probably a small improvement on Charlie Adam.
I could go on with each team - look at the improvement in Swansea this season - and come to the conclusion that most teams have improved this season. Or at least certainly not worse.
nice to see RVP get a goal, hopefully it is not a false dawn like whenever Torres scores.
Even nicer to see him get 2
Fergie will be kicking himself again toinight
Even nicer to see him get 3
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When it really mattered the quality was missing for all those contenders and 'improved' teams. No - the reality is that no team consistently performed at even 70% of their potential.
MUFC were just above that level for long enough to pull clear then the others gave up and settled for the fight for a top 4 spot with 3 up for grabs.
Tell me that isn't the case - look at City yesterday. Gave up after the Totteringham's 2nd goal.
Enjoy the localised celebrations - no-one's really bothered anywhere else.
It's just been such a boring season....
Is there any way of framing a whole article? This deserves it
Fack off you muppet.
Where are you MARSDEN?
This article will live forever
comment by Kagawa_26 (U15671)
posted 50 seconds ago
Fack off you muppet.
Where are you MARSDEN?
------------------------------------
He's probably taking a ferry across the mersey...
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolutionary!! (U4158)
posted 4 minutes ago
When it really mattered the quality was missing for all those contenders and 'improved' teams. No - the reality is that no team consistently performed at even 70% of their potential.
MUFC were just above that level for long enough to pull clear then the others gave up and settled for the fight for a top 4 spot with 3 up for grabs.
Tell me that isn't the case - look at City yesterday. Gave up after the Totteringham's 2nd goal.
Enjoy the localised celebrations - no-one's really bothered anywhere else.
It's just been such a boring season....
==
It always is boring when you are not in contention for anything!!
I guess you have the Merseyside Cup to look forward to
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posted on 22/4/13
The hurtful truth again punctures those inflated egos who follow the hollowmen of OT.
What happened to the talked up treble? The double? Now you've got the single - must feel great to come out top against such a poor bunch of teams with performances that have been a shadow of past glories.
The low key media coverage reflects the reality that this has been a prosaic, mundane season with a marked drop in quality. Flashes yes, but not a patch on recent years.
I hope things improve all round next season.
posted on 22/4/13
Champions
No.20
posted on 22/4/13
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolutionary!! (U4158)
posted 13 minutes ago
The hurtful truth again punctures those inflated egos who follow the hollowmen of OT.
What happened to the talked up treble? The double? Now you've got the single - must feel great to come out top against such a poor bunch of teams with performances that have been a shadow of past glories.
The low key media coverage reflects the reality that this has been a prosaic, mundane season with a marked drop in quality. Flashes yes, but not a patch on recent years.
I hope things improve all round next season.
-------------------------------------------
Monkey
Again, you only say this because its United winning the league.
If you want to talk about mundane and lacking in quality, then watch the liverpool golden period, where everyone played hoofball, with liverpool rising to the top because they were less worse than every one else.
Recently I've watched the box set of the cup finals of the 1980's. On Saturday I watched the 1986 Mersey derby cup final. The technical quality of both teams was atrocious.
The liverpool team of 1988 (Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge et al..) were supposed to be one of liverpools best ever. Watch their performance against Wimbledon. 2 teams trying to play hoofball. 1 team - Wimbledon - weren't really good enough to do that. Liverpool, just about good enough.
There's no lack of quality on display in the PL at the moment. Certainly any of the teams from liverpools period of dominance would get absolutely destroyed by most teams in the PL.
Indeed, United might be on for breaking Chelsea's PL points tally this season. Look at the quality of teams Chelsea played when they got the record in 2005. An Arsenal team past their peak whose legs had gone. A United team that was in transition and perhaps its weakest in the PL era. Liverpool? A team that to date are the weakest ever CL winners.
There's no lack of quality. Just sour grapes I think.
posted on 22/4/13
This United team would wipe the floor with any one of Liverpools title (and European Cup) winning sides. Absolute Fackt !
posted on 22/4/13
Barf Vader_ Formerly user (U15867) (U15867)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolutionary!! (U4158)
posted 13 minutes ago
The hurtful truth again punctures those inflated egos who follow the hollowmen of OT.
What happened to the talked up treble? The double? Now you've got the single - must feel great to come out top against such a poor bunch of teams with performances that have been a shadow of past glories.
The low key media coverage reflects the reality that this has been a prosaic, mundane season with a marked drop in quality. Flashes yes, but not a patch on recent years.
I hope things improve all round next season.
-------------------------------------------
Monkey
Again, you only say this because its United winning the league.
If you want to talk about mundane and lacking in quality, then watch the liverpool golden period, where everyone played hoofball, with liverpool rising to the top because they were less worse than every one else.
Recently I've watched the box set of the cup finals of the 1980's. On Saturday I watched the 1986 Mersey derby cup final. The technical quality of both teams was atrocious.
The liverpool team of 1988 (Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge et al..) were supposed to be one of liverpools best ever. Watch their performance against Wimbledon. 2 teams trying to play hoofball. 1 team - Wimbledon - weren't really good enough to do that. Liverpool, just about good enough.
There's no lack of quality on display in the PL at the moment. Certainly any of the teams from liverpools period of dominance would get absolutely destroyed by most teams in the PL.
Indeed, United might be on for breaking Chelsea's PL points tally this season. Look at the quality of teams Chelsea played when they got the record in 2005. An Arsenal team past their peak whose legs had gone. A United team that was in transition and perhaps its weakest in the PL era. Liverpool? A team that to date are the weakest ever CL winners.
There's no lack of quality. Just sour grapes I think.
-----------------------------
Put back in your box
posted on 22/4/13
knocked off your perch even
posted on 22/4/13
Siempre - The perch is a pale imitation of it's former self. Indeed, it's an ex-perch.
Barf - I fear too many box sets have affected your grasp on reality. I like your analysis for it's comedy value but nothing more. You cannot really believe what you've written. Can you?
Diva - I've not been out of my box for a while. What point do you think you've made?
I note you're still all in denial.
Barf - Check out some more box sets and/or classic encounters on sky / espn and come back with an accurate assessment. Hope you enjoy your travels in time.....
posted on 22/4/13
It's not a bad assessment, Liverpool had some very good players but with the backpass rule they'd get smashed if they were to play any of the United teams of the premier league era.
posted on 22/4/13
Sour grapes, shame
posted on 22/4/13
Thunderkiss - Health Warning - Compare eras of the game at your peril. Recent seasons fine but go back too far with rule changes et al and you're in the realms of conjecture and fantasy I'm afraid.
Go back and what you will see, however, are some talented players who's ball skills in terms of passing / vision surpass many of those currently plying their trade.
Looking forward to some better quality next season.
Sour grapes???
No. Realism.
posted on 22/4/13
Indeed, real sour grapes
posted on 22/4/13
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolution... (U4158)
----------------
Of course it's fantasy, I'm hardly Doc Brown. But the great Liverpool sides loved a backpass, absolutely loved it. They'd be completely lost with the backpass rul
posted on 22/4/13
Seriously Monkey, just watch some of the games from then if you think there's a lack of quality currently. Any team from then would get absolutely bummed to death by teams from today.
Do you think the quality has regressed even from last season?
United haven't. They've improved.
City? Probably stood still. Not gone backwards particularly.Their signings haven't been an improvement on existing players, but the players that o the league last season still remain. They've not lost any quality.
Chelsea? Added quality in Hazard and Oscar more than makes up for losing an on the wane Drogba.
Tottenham? Bale continues to improve. Not a worse team than last season.
Arsenal? They lost RVP, but upgraded vastly with Cazorla > Arshavin, Monreal > Santos, Giroud > Chamakh, Podolski > Bendtner.
Everton? Added quality in Mirallas and Pienaar. Baines again has been outstanding.
Liverpool? Do you think they gone backwards? Is watching them try and secure 6th place the reason for your disillusionment? Surely you'd agree that Coutinho and sturridge are improvements on last season's tripe of Downing and Carroll. Even Joe Allen is probably a small improvement on Charlie Adam.
I could go on with each team - look at the improvement in Swansea this season - and come to the conclusion that most teams have improved this season. Or at least certainly not worse.
posted on 22/4/13
nice to see RVP get a goal, hopefully it is not a false dawn like whenever Torres scores.
posted on 22/4/13
Even nicer to see him get 2
posted on 22/4/13
Fergie will be kicking himself again toinight
posted on 22/4/13
Even nicer to see him get 3
posted on 22/4/13
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 22/4/13
When it really mattered the quality was missing for all those contenders and 'improved' teams. No - the reality is that no team consistently performed at even 70% of their potential.
MUFC were just above that level for long enough to pull clear then the others gave up and settled for the fight for a top 4 spot with 3 up for grabs.
Tell me that isn't the case - look at City yesterday. Gave up after the Totteringham's 2nd goal.
Enjoy the localised celebrations - no-one's really bothered anywhere else.
It's just been such a boring season....
posted on 22/4/13
Is there any way of framing a whole article? This deserves it
posted on 22/4/13
Fack off you muppet.
Where are you MARSDEN?
posted on 22/4/13
This article will live forever
posted on 22/4/13
comment by Kagawa_26 (U15671)
posted 50 seconds ago
Fack off you muppet.
Where are you MARSDEN?
------------------------------------
He's probably taking a ferry across the mersey...
posted on 22/4/13
posted on 22/4/13
comment by Planète des Singes: It's Evolutionary!! (U4158)
posted 4 minutes ago
When it really mattered the quality was missing for all those contenders and 'improved' teams. No - the reality is that no team consistently performed at even 70% of their potential.
MUFC were just above that level for long enough to pull clear then the others gave up and settled for the fight for a top 4 spot with 3 up for grabs.
Tell me that isn't the case - look at City yesterday. Gave up after the Totteringham's 2nd goal.
Enjoy the localised celebrations - no-one's really bothered anywhere else.
It's just been such a boring season....
==
It always is boring when you are not in contention for anything!!
I guess you have the Merseyside Cup to look forward to
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