David Silva is some footballer ā so much technical ability! I think heās Cityās best ever player and heās certainly been their most important player in recent years.
Chance for Stoke to pull one back.
Lol! How City did not score here?
2-0 City FT. Still 3 wins and they are champions.
Can I just say that pep is the fucking GOAT.
Look at this!!! The passing, the movement, the accuracy
We used to score goals like that.
Redcafe is seething haha
Itās not something I think about very often these days, but I used to love Ashley Cole.
Theyāre going to break Chelseaās 95 points surely and when they do maybe itās just time to admit we are now watching the best side in Premier League history (when football started).
Hard to compare across eras but I think we had it easier 15-20 years ago than they do now.
Lets be honest, their football is a joy to watch, especially if youāre a purist of the game. Granted they have money to assemble such a squad, but it still takes someone special like Pep to get the team playing like that.
Eh, Unitedās side of 1999 won the treble, and we and Chelsea won plenty of doubles.
Then there is the whole invincible thing, and United 08 had the longevity in the league and won a league and cl double.
Iām not saying City are not. Itās arguable, and I think City, the 05 Chelsea side you mention and the sides Iāve mentioned all have a claim.
I think thereās always a degree of being in the moment which elevates achievements, theyāve been nothing short of fantastic and deserve all the plaudits, however, Iām sure weāll be here years from now with people saying the same about another team.
It should also be noted that many of the teams in the PL have been absolutely dire this season, so many teams have been garbage which it can be argued has meant competition isnāt quite as fierce particularly mid table and below.
Exactly, the hype and marketing of the premier league machine is very good and while it is in motion it can exaggerate many things.
I think the record PL points totals are like 95, 93, 93, 91, 90. If they can get like 101 and smash that record, itāll be hard to argue against. And I donāt think the league is any more dire than when Chelsea got their 95. Although when you hear the romance of those teams, itās always āwe could play and we could fight youā whereas this City defence is still dodgy but then Barcelonaās defence was often dodgy whenever they were actually exposed. But thereās no denying this is the most exciting football weāve ever had.
I donāt think thereās hype just because itās current. People donāt like to say things that are current are the best thing ever. e.g. no matter what De Gea does, people will say Schmeichel was the best and people tried to take GOAT away from Messi because heās not Maradona but after like 8 seasons of doing it every year they came around.
What you canāt take away from City is that they are breaking new ground and not just incrementally. Theyāre completely rewriting what it means to be PL champions. Iām glad for them because so many pundits said āoh no, this is the almighty premier league, you canāt just come over here and play your fancy stuff and win the league like that. itās not like other leaguesā and thatās been shown to be bollocks. Unless you have 10 men behind the ball for the entire game the PL has shown that it has no idea what to do against this kind of football and PL defences have holes they didnāt know existed. If he gets 99+ points heāll have well and truly Barcelonaād this league in exactly the way they said he couldnāt.
Over the years theyāve assembled a squad full of the best players in the world, then gone out and got the best manager in the world. They should be winning everything really. Credit where itās due and all that, but I wonāt be sucking them off for it.
Please god let them win it in the Manchester Derby
It would be hilarious if they won the title here . Mourinhoās meltdown would be epic.
They canāt win the title there.
Really?
Yeah thereās only one round of games where both clubs participate before this match with 24pts still to play for.