UKC

The Blue Moon has risen.

In reply to Dispater:

Luckily I decided not to wait for MOTD and ii already know the result. Otherwise I'd be quite annoyed right now...

In reply to Dispater:

Aye.. deserved though, they've not topped the table much but they have been the top team.

Liverpool have played superb football but you cant concede 50 plus goals and expect to win the league..

The best comment today was on the BBC text updates blaming an offside decision at the etihad against city for them not winning the title.. not conceding 50+ goals and blowing a 3-0 lead in 12 minutes..

Over the course of a season you get may good and bad calls, but if you win the title you deserve it.. you dont win it by strokes of luck.

Pelligrini has done well, mainly by being quiet.. City seem a quieter club now, less of the histrionics under Cooke and Mancini.. and I think that helps on the pitch.

In reply to IainRUK:

But it still sticks in my craw.

In reply to Removed User:

Don't let it.

We weren't robbed this season, we just weren't quite good enough. We had a lot of decisions go our way and we played some fantastic football. We made huge strides forward and the challenge now is to be up for the title next season.

Be proud, not annoyed!

In reply to Rampikino:

I would have been frustrated had Liverpool, playing many fewer games than the other 3 challengers, won the league. It wouldn't have been fair and I wonder how MU will benefit next season.

In reply to Dispater:

I don't properly understand the reason City were fined, but isn't it because they overspent on players? If it is, maybe you have to ask the question, would they have won the league if they hadn't broken the rules?

In reply to BnB:

They played 38 league games.

All the other teams played 38 league games.

In reply to BnB:


I disagree. The top clubs now build their squads to deal with all the various competitions so can't complain then if they can't cope.

Liverpool are on an upward curve now though and will be stronger at the back next year. They just let in too many this time and Chelsea couldn't score enough so overall City were the best team.

In reply to Rampikino:

Don't be obtuse. Do you honestly believe 10 extra midweek champions league games would have had no effect on performances on preceding or succeeding Saturdays?

In reply to wynaptomos:

But Liverpool didn't have to cope. That's the point. The proof will be in next year's pudding. By the way, I wish them well now the odds have evened up. They played some great football. It's MU's turn to benefit. And believe me they will (more's the pity).

In reply to BnB:

I will be as obtuse as I like. Whether or not it would have had an effect or not has no bearing on whether or not it is FAIR. You were saying that it wasn't FAIR.

Okay, I think I would gladly have played more games this season if that meant we had been in contention for the cup competitions a bit longer, but we lost (to Man U and Arsenal) - that's fair.

In reply to BnB:


And this gives an interesting perspective for Man United next season who will be starting from a similar position that Liverpool did this season. Will we see something similar...?

In reply to Removed User:


I don't know why, and I don't care.

I'm delighted.

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:


Manchester City are Premier League Champions for 2013-14, is the answer to the only question I'm interested in asking.

In reply to Rampikino:

Yeah, few, if any, expected this off Liverpool.. FFP has little influence in the EPL, but City were deserved champions.. decisions come and go, you get some you lose some, but if you concede 50 goals you probably won't win the title... thats what they need to focus on.

In reply to Dispater:

I was more interested in an answer, not another question.

In reply to BnB:


I don't doubt that the situation helped Liverpool but they have also been disadvantaged by the loss of income of missing out on CL for a few seasons. Swings and roundbaouts. Given the choice, Liverpool would have preferred to be in the CL.