Well done to City and Liverpool.

It's been a really close title race and both teams have had superb seasons. This season hasn't been a top four as much as a top two and a case van be made that these are the best two teams in Europe.

Liverpool must be wondering what more they could possibly have done. 97 points to finish second! This is actually more points that Liverpool has ever got l, even in any of their title winning seasons. Its even more than Arsenal invincibles got when they had an unbeaten season.

Klopp deserves tremendous credit for building a team of such high standard and they might yet win the European Champions League.

Well Man City, your standards are slipping. This time you only got 98 points instead of 100 and so only got the second highest points total ever, after breaking records last time. Pep should be fired. 😆

On a serious note, I've berm skeptical of Guardiola before but he has done fantastic. It's not all about the money either because look how bad Man United are and they have spent about same. Guardiola is ultra professional, improves players and produces dominant teams. Yes they haven't got got their way in the champions league again but the margins are fine in that contest and in the league, City are brutally consistent. Maybe a bit too good for the rest of the contest.

There is a record points difference between second and third this season. Also, none of the 'second four' look in any shape to improve enough to challenge for the title. Their task next season is just to narrow the gap because City and Liverpool are just so much stronger.

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Chorma · 36-40, M

97 points. Only 1 league defeat. Not good enough. Tough luck...
City.. they are a very good squad. Got great depth.
4 english teams in european finals, some in a very dramatic way.
Win win for soonsors and fans of english league.

HerKing · 61-69, M

@Chorma [quote]4 english teams[/quote]

I hate to be a cynic but most of the players and almost none of the managers in the PL are English or even British. All of then are the UN squads.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@HerKing If there is a hard Brexit, it would destroy the competitiveness of the top English teams. Almost nobody ever talks about that but its true.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 Why?

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@HerKing lol, I agree . I always check squads looking hard for some British players.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00 Because a hard Brexit would restrict freedom of movement and any restrictions would limit the talent pool available to English sides. It would also reduce the value of the pound.

England is producing some great young players these days but at that level you need both hone grown players and foreign stars.

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@Burnley123 but it's a shame these young good players don't get much if a chance to play in the top levels and get some experience

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 I'm really not sure about that. I've always found that when it comes to Football... even governement and governement institutions are radically biased to apease the crowd. (pretty shamefull sometimes)

First of all, a lot of players come outside the EU too. The canaries are pretty multicultural, the best player in spain is from Argentina, ... I'm pretty sure that the premiere league has outside EU players too. So I don't really see a direct problem there. They probably all have to get VISA's and such.

When it comes to naturalisation? I don't know how it is over there. But I remember a croatian that was pretty good in the Belgian competition, and just before the World Championship (way back in the 90s) he turned Belgian practically overnight. All other people have to pass all kinds of red tape, but that guy got his papers in a really silly way. And verry little people complained because we needed a good scorer for our team 😅 Super shamefull stuff for annyone that was really trying to become a belgian citizen in the fair way.

Well, the "pound" can be a reason. But I think that can be compensated over time. It all depends how long the chaos keeps lingering in society, after that it's business as ussual. Unless you guys start blowing eachother up... then chaos can take a while. Let's hope that doesnt happen. Emotions are weird. 🤔

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00 a lot of none EU players get EU passports though there are some restrictions on none EU players.

I'm not debating what is the right way to run football, just telling you that hard Brexit would put the prem at a competitive disadvantage for two big reasons.