Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
The best team we've had in recent memory is 07-08, they got 83 points and only lost 3 games all season (Only 1 until the end of March). They collapsed, as Arsenal do of course, but the quality and consistency of that team is much better than the current crop.

If we get 3rd and finish 15+ points behind the champions, that is not progress, it is an indication of how weak the competition has been around us this year. Notably the worst Chelsea team in years and a stagnant Liverpool.
I'm not convinced. I think that the other teams in the league who used to lie down and die for the top clubs now get up and in the faces of the top teams. Although manu are above and challenging, they have had plenty of games where they have only just scraped it because of how the lower teams have been playing. Comparing points from year to year is not a valid comparison - you have to look at how the other clubs performed that year in terms of effort. The only thing you can look at is relative position. 3rd is better than 4th even if you get fewer points.