LoveFootball
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Ok. Now that you seem to have settled down, let talk about football.How does asking someone their age to gauge how lucid they were over the course of an old football season translate to "being an internet warrior?"
I literally asked you how old you were outright, that's like the fundamental opposite of just guessing. What is wrong with you man? How is asking someone a simple question to get a better understanding of their perspective stupid? And why are you ignoring my attempts to move on from this silly age rubbish and talk about football? I said what I had to say about that and made a whole host of points on why I think you're underselling the ability of 99 and you called me a bloody internet warrior like it's 2002 or something. You're having a complete shocker here mate but it's not too late to move on.
Indeed. I feel like a lot of people are overselling how much better the 08 midfield was compared to 99 considering they only really had one season together. Sure Carrick was a class apart but Scholes was approaching his last legs and Hargreaves was shifted around a lot more than people are suggesting before he eventually fell apart. Compare that to Scholes and Keane who had plenty of time ahead of them, as well as Beckham sometimes tucking into three during more difficult games. None of this is a slight against our 07/08 side mind you, I was a season ticket holder at the time and travelled to all of their finals so I absolutely adored them for giving me such an enjoyable few years before our eventual decline.
Now i get your point about that 99 side, they are my favorite side as I felt in love with more then one player in that team; Keane, Giggs, scholes, Beckham, Peter, Neville were my preferred players. They were amazing and could beat anyone any day of the year. They braved obstacle and achieved many things. They won many thing by pushing themselves behind limits and always thought back to overturn many lost situations. They were a talented team of course but I think they achieve great things out of strength of will then talents.
The 2008 team had talents all over the pitch, they made winning looks easy because of the ability of every players on the pitch. I never felt confidence about a victory than with that team. the defense was very strong and modern, attack very strong and unpredictable with many different deadly option. That team could beat any team in the world without putting much effort, without pushing themselves beyond the limits.
When you look at the option we had all over the pitch and compare them to 99 side especially in attack than you can see my point:
We had a front 3 capable of scoring 20+ goals each with a CR7 hitting monstrous numbers; on the bench we had players such as Nani, Berbatove, Saha who could cause irreparable damages to any club in the world and could guaranty you goals;
in the defense we had an amazing ball playing CB in Rio building from the back meaning that we could be able to control the game with midfielder maestro such as Scholes and Carrick, we had Evra a modern FB who offered more in attack then Irwin and Neville; scoring against that team was the hardest thing the opponent had to face.
On the bench we had a mature SAF with 2 continental assistants who modernized our style, reason why we were able to dominate European football only for Messi and Pep to wake us up from our dream.
I know that that 99 squad was amazing but when it comes to associated talent with fighting spirit, I think the 2008 side wins hands up. That team won 3 consecutive PL and was near an exploit of winning 3 CL in a row and all of this in the face of a super power Chelsea, and they continued to resist against an anomaly of club in City. There's a reason why that period coincide with the most successful period of our history.