GuybrushThreepwood
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I've long thought that the Utd team from 2006-2009 was brilliant and pretty underrated in 'greatness' discussions.
During that period, the big 4 in the Premier League were also 4 of the best teams in Europe as highlighted by their CL results during those 3 seasons. So they literally beat 3 of the best teams in Europe to win those 3 consecutive league titles.
Their CL record was excellent with a semi-final in 2007, winning it in 2008 and then reaching another final in 2009. During that period they won 12 consecutive home matches in the competition and had a 25 match unbeaten run.
Plus they won a League Cup and were FA Cup finalists in 2007 and 2009.
In 2008/2009, they technically came closer to winning the quadruple than any other English team has ever done. Going into late April, they were top of the Premier League, had already won the League Cup, had a Champions League semi-final against Arsenal approaching, and were about to face Everton in the FA Cup semis. They had also won the Club World Cup earlier that season, so people were talking about a quintuple rather than a quadruple.
They were so tactically versatile, and could adapt their style to counter the opponents that they were facing, mixing things up between cavalier, attacking approaches and far more pragmatic ones (i.e. in their 2008 CL semi-final). They could handle the physical threat from Allardyce's Bolton or Pulis's Stoke, the counter-attacking threat from O'Neill's Villa, the technical threat from Wenger's Arsenal etc. In 2006/2007 they were very cavalier and played very attractive football from memory, and in 2008/2009 they didn't concede a single goal in 14 consecutive Premier League matches.
During that period, the big 4 in the Premier League were also 4 of the best teams in Europe as highlighted by their CL results during those 3 seasons. So they literally beat 3 of the best teams in Europe to win those 3 consecutive league titles.
Their CL record was excellent with a semi-final in 2007, winning it in 2008 and then reaching another final in 2009. During that period they won 12 consecutive home matches in the competition and had a 25 match unbeaten run.
Plus they won a League Cup and were FA Cup finalists in 2007 and 2009.
In 2008/2009, they technically came closer to winning the quadruple than any other English team has ever done. Going into late April, they were top of the Premier League, had already won the League Cup, had a Champions League semi-final against Arsenal approaching, and were about to face Everton in the FA Cup semis. They had also won the Club World Cup earlier that season, so people were talking about a quintuple rather than a quadruple.
They were so tactically versatile, and could adapt their style to counter the opponents that they were facing, mixing things up between cavalier, attacking approaches and far more pragmatic ones (i.e. in their 2008 CL semi-final). They could handle the physical threat from Allardyce's Bolton or Pulis's Stoke, the counter-attacking threat from O'Neill's Villa, the technical threat from Wenger's Arsenal etc. In 2006/2007 they were very cavalier and played very attractive football from memory, and in 2008/2009 they didn't concede a single goal in 14 consecutive Premier League matches.