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How would you rank the treble winning teams of this century?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
In 2013 Serie A was a procession. Barcelona was a good win but they were still a shadow of their best years at that point.
Juve and Inter were 1st and 2nd in 1998 and close to that again in 2000. Their 1999 season was wrecked by losing Ronaldo and Del Piero but the Brazilian was back to face us. They and Milan were the 3 best teams in the best league in the world at that point.
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Whether they were 1st and 2nd the previous year, in 98/99 they ofcourse weren't nearly as good. As you said Ronaldo and Del Piero were injured so how can you judge them as being amongst the best 3 in Italy when they lost their best players and, as a result, failed to perform in their league? They were poor that season so you can't say they were one of the top teams in Europe at that point in time.
On another thread I talked about Barca being in crisis in around the turn of the New Year during their 2014/2015 treble season, although after that defeat in San Sebastian they were 1 point behind Real Madrid who had a game hand, with Real Madrid's 12 match winning run in La Liga (and 22 match winning run all competitions) having been ended with a defeat at the Mestalla.
So during 'crisis', they were still quite close to a Real Madrid team that had been in amazing form in the league, and had easily qualified top of their CL group with 15 points. There's no doubt that Enrique was close to getting sacked though, and he was infuriating players like Messi at the time with his chopping and changing, but settling on a starting line-up.
Racking up 50 match wins across 3 competitions, without having a second domestic cup or playing in a Super Cup, was pretty special.
So during 'crisis', they were still quite close to a Real Madrid team that had been in amazing form in the league, and had easily qualified top of their CL group with 15 points. There's no doubt that Enrique was close to getting sacked though, and he was infuriating players like Messi at the time with his chopping and changing, but settling on a starting line-up.
Racking up 50 match wins across 3 competitions, without having a second domestic cup or playing in a Super Cup, was pretty special.
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I'm glad some people say this because there is an assumption his peak was 2012 when he scored those 91 goals breaking Gerd Muller's record. Don't get me wrong that's a lot of goals, but if you look at a highlights package of that calender year you would see a lot of tap ins, easy finishes after sweeping moves, not that many goals outside the box.
I think he was an all round better player in 2015, in terms of dribbling, passing, creativity etc. Those goals against Bayern in the CL and against Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey were as good as any goals this century and certainly of higher quality than his 2012 goal run, he was the complete player then. Not a popular opinion based on statistics but I'd agree Messi 2015>Messi 2012.
My favourite was the explosive long haired one around 2011.
In my opinion, Barca and United's double sides of 08 and 11 respectively were better than their treble sides.
Messi's playmaking was better as ever in 2015 too. Watch how many crazy marvelous passes Messi makes in the game against Bilbao in which he also scored that crazy goal
United 07/08 would have topped the list.Aye, I had to think about it for a second, before i realised why we weren't there
On a side note, say that stupid Portsmouth FA Cup result didn't happy (still seething
From a personal choice of the 4 options, Ill go with Inter as they were the most enjoyable for me. I really dont like Barca so the tie vs Barca was an incredible tie to watch tactically.
I remember watching that Bayern team in the CL. It may have been against Barca, and their counter attacking was the best i'd ever seen. It was so fast, so lethal and penetrative.