edge275 wrote:Tokyo Blue wrote:Wonderwall wrote:The arsenal invincible team are legends.
They were outclassed in every stat apart from the loss column by our champions and they only won 1 trophy. Go figure.
We conceded just a solitary goal more than they did, but when have you heard any pundit say we’ve got even a decent defence?
Our 100 points beats their 90, however many you lose and whatever way you spin it.
There’s arguments against this, but I actually think goal difference truly tells you how good a team is. It’s a simple measurement of how many goals you’ve scored and conceded across the whole league.
MS puts the record straight...as usual.
Manchester City were excellent in parts this season but you can’t compare them with a team that went unbeaten. The fact that this City side were so good and still lost twice shows you what an achievement the unbeaten season was – and City lost at home to their rivals. TGB, London.
Actually, you can compare them. You can very easily compare them because both played 38 games. So that’s – Games won: Manchester City 32, Arsenal 26; Goals scored, Manchester City 106, Arsenal 73; Goal difference, Manchester City 79, Arsenal 47; Points, Manchester City 100, Arsenal 90. City let one more goal in and lost twice. Against that, City drew four matches to Arsenal’s 12. Now, I’m not diminishing Arsenal’s achievement. The reason I put the Invincible season alongside Manchester United’s Treble winners and Manchester City’s 100 points is because I think each is special, in different ways. But to say you can’t compare is wrong. You can: and I think anyone with an open mind can process the evidence, too.