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Sorry, i don't think City were lucky last season, according to me they were unlucky to have won on goal diff, they should have been way above United.
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Anyone couldn't do what he does, he retains possession in the crowded midfield area.
The vast majority of players lose possession to the opposition or try a hollywood pass with little chance of success.
What he does looks very simple because he is so good at it. But you can only get the ball that often if you have spatial awareness, a cool head once you recieve it and the ability to spot a 5, 10 or 15 yard pass to a team mate.
I agree 100%... I would even go as far as to say that Joe Allen I's the player we've been missing since Xabi left. He keeps the midfield running fluidly and has the eye for a pass. When Lucas returns I thunk we will see his full potential released. I think Allen was a great buy. Also, having watched quite a bit of Yesil before we bought him, I think we got a real gem in him as well. He might take a season or two to adapt to English football but he seems like a natural goal scorer.
He retains possession and keeps the play ticking over. I think Shankly would have refered to him as a player who gets the ball and passes it to another player in a red shirt.
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Liverpool were a talented team under Evans but those players let him down. It was the start of the football superstar era and in my opinion Liverpool had a bad bunch. Utd also had their spice boys but Fergie reigned them in. Unfortunetly Roy did not have that side to him. Just my opinion but you will find it hard to convince me otherwise.
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Couldn't agree more. Although Evans did a superb job in dragging us out of the gutter where souness/dalglish left us he wasn't quite the man to finish the job off. The players we had were good enough and a better manager would have won the league with that squad.
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Sorry, i don't think City were lucky last season, according to me they were unlucky to have won on goal diff, they should have been way above United. There's also the small matter of Utd being ravaged by injuries for most of the season - if that weren't the case it is quite conceivable that they would have scored a few more goals or won an extra point or two, leaving City as runners-up.
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UTD also benefitted from some ridiculous refereing decisions. Ashley youngs 3 penalties for example.
it's impossible to say except that 38 games is enough to decide who is the best. the table over that kind of period never lies.
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Sorry, i don't think City were lucky last season, according to me they were unlucky to have won on goal diff, they should have been way above United. There's also the small matter of Utd being ravaged by injuries for most of the season - if that weren't the case it is quite conceivable that they would have scored a few more goals or won an extra point or two, leaving City as runners-up. Yes, but you can also say that if Yayah T hadn't gone to the Afican Cup of nations, they would have been in better shape. What also comes to my mind is the loss against Sunderland because of refreeing decision. For me unlucky means mainly bad refreeing decisions going against you and to a lesser extent hitting the post. Injuries also can be unlucky but this is why you have a squad of 22. Everything else is due to players you have, your management style and your system. Over the season usually the table doesn't lie.
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