Gonna be honest I don't really agree with all of what was said in that post, I think that the Manchester teams both do have teams flooded with world class players (more City than United, though they are better as a team), they just don't have Barcelona quality players. Barcelona really are in a different league altogether as far as quality goes, so I don't really thing you can judge that players such as David Silva, de Jong and Aguero aren't world class based on the fact that some pundits (wrongly imo) think that Fabregas was the EPL's best player and now he only makes the bench at Barcelona.
Thinking about it I think we actually have different definitions of World Class, which is probably why we disagree on this! My definition is probably demands a lower standard than yours, though it's still pretty high!
I also don't think Spurs have what it takes to really keep up with the other 5 this season, I think that most of their best players (VDV being the exception) are pretty overhyped and that they always look frail at the back, even with Friedel in goal over Gomes (Kaboul is beastly on set pieces but I never think he's that good defensively, Dawson and Assou-Ekoto are both decent defenders but not really good enough to cope with the best attackers. I can't even remember who the last defender is now Hutton's gone, but if it's Corluka I don't really rate him, I watched him get torn apart by Kazenga Lualua who's hardly featuring for Brighton at the moment).
I think that you're right about the title race not being a two-horse race though, I think that Chelsea and Liverpool are both building solidly but aren't getting the attention of the Mancunians because they're not scoring quite so much. Arsenal will probably be up there too, as much as I hate Wenger I think he knows what he's doing and has finally made some good signings (though I have no idea why André Santos isn't starting yet :/)
I'm gonna be honest, I think Man Utd will still win this season, Fergie is a fuckingtwat genius, though I think the seasons after this one will be much more open if all of Villas-Boas, Dalglish and Mancini stay at their clubs (I really doubt Wenger will go so I'm not including him in this list). This seems more like a sort of transition season to me, though I'm sure it will still be entertaining so I'm not complaining!
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Thinking about it I think we actually have different definitions of World Class, which is probably why we disagree on this! My definition is probably demands a lower standard than yours, though it's still pretty high!
I also don't think Spurs have what it takes to really keep up with the other 5 this season, I think that most of their best players (VDV being the exception) are pretty overhyped and that they always look frail at the back, even with Friedel in goal over Gomes (Kaboul is beastly on set pieces but I never think he's that good defensively, Dawson and Assou-Ekoto are both decent defenders but not really good enough to cope with the best attackers. I can't even remember who the last defender is now Hutton's gone, but if it's Corluka I don't really rate him, I watched him get torn apart by Kazenga Lualua who's hardly featuring for Brighton at the moment).
I think that you're right about the title race not being a two-horse race though, I think that Chelsea and Liverpool are both building solidly but aren't getting the attention of the Mancunians because they're not scoring quite so much. Arsenal will probably be up there too, as much as I hate Wenger I think he knows what he's doing and has finally made some good signings (though I have no idea why André Santos isn't starting yet :/)
I'm gonna be honest, I think Man Utd will still win this season, Fergie is a fucking
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