Quote Originally Posted by Vieira View Post
You're saying there's been no gradual decline. Only an absolute weapon would think that.
Since when? As always things are not as simple as you seem to think.
Two seasons after The Invincibles we were scrabbling around trying to hang on to the top 4, two years in a row we snuck in on the last day.
The season after that we were title contenders before falling apart at the end.
Since then we've been bimbling around not really going anywhere. The football is clearly not as good to watch, in terns of results there's not been much in it. We've won a few FA Cups which has been nice but the league form has been patchy and we haven't seriously challenged for the title. There hasn't been a clear, steady decline. Apart from in entertainment value I suppose.