I think you're being vague here. Whenever I break things down to bits I cannot help but admit that there has to be some managerial genius somewhere somehow no matter how much I try to argue with myself to the contrary.
I honestly do think that it's not just about the money. Their record signing had a season long injury and before Laporte kicked a ball, they were already pretty much champions in waiting. I'm happy though that Liverpool took the shine off them because were it not so, we wouldn't hear the last of their so called invincibility but credit where it's due, they made the league look like child's play. When I watched them yesterday vs Spurs, I was so angry at Spurs because I felt they weren't much better than Spurs yet they made them look like WBA.
Hope we've started making serious moves for our targets because we would need to do a lot more to snatch the title off them next season.