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I was looking back (Oh statto.com, how I love thee) and noticed that in the Anfield '89 season we won the league with 76 points, Liverpool got the same of course and Forest in 3rd only got 64.
Last year we got 73 points and just about scraped into 4th.
The top few sides, bolstered by CL money and billionaire sugar-daddys, don't lose much these days.
You can't really afford slip-ups any more.
The two billionaire boy clubs finished on 75 (Chelsea) and 78 (Man City) points. Man Utd walked it on 89 points. A mid 80s score is usually what it takes to win the league and it’s been like that since United won the treble and walked the league on 91 points. We’ve had to push for a mid 80s score ever since and that was before the oil money. We’ve only hit a mid 80s score once since Vieria left and we won the FA Cup and we struggle to break past the 70+ mark in most seasons. It’s a tougher league but we’ve also dropped off quality wise. We need to raise the bar and start hitting the 80 mark again or high 70s at least.