Quote (fender @ Apr 29 2015 09:51pm)
wait what now? these tactics are exactly what make him the brilliant manager he is.
i know it's an unpopular opinion here but i don't have a problem considering them "real champions" despite their rather defensive and ugly style sometimes. they still pretty much dominated the league, did not allow themselves to be bad for a longer period of time and when they were bad they still got the results - that's what makes them champions.
and i remember well how most of the forum had no problem calling them champions when they won the cl back in '12. although they not only played incredibly ugly football but also got ridiculously lucky on top of it.
that basically shows me that most of the hate here is just jealousy. if they win against barcelona, bayern or madrid like that it's ok - rather petty...
It's not just here, look on the media and you'll see.
Not that many here considered them real champions, and we still don't. They lucked out in the CL by using awefull style of play
You use jealousy as such an easy excuse. If you look at the past few seasons I for example had no problem admitting city were deserved winners, since they played attractive football.
Even after they beat us 6-3 I felt that the football won that day.