i'd still rather have our medal haul.
i was trying to make the point that of the two squads over the last three years (comparing the same set of midfielders in particular) we had been pretty successful.
carrick and anderson have won the league in each of their seasons and fletcher has only been a first team pick over the last couple of seasons.
vidic has won the league in each of his full seasons and evans won it in his first last year.
i made the point in another thread that i think people see names like deco and ballack and immediately rank them better than players like carrick and fletcher just because of who they are and not what they bring to the team.
i'm not disputing chelsea should be favourites today just confused that a lot of united fans haven't learnt it's not reputation but performance that matters and hence we aren't as likely to be pulverised as some people are making out.
also, on the medals front, that'd look very different if we took anderson out and put giggs in
