Lets start with FF...
Jackarse... i convince you lacking in reading comprehension... convinced... I actually said the opposite...
Really?
The Barca treble team and brand is/was better!
But the Man U treble achievement was greater...
Barcelona's team and 'brand' is better but Uniteds treble was greater....but then you go on to say that the article is correct and Barcelona's treble was the better of the two...
And you want to lecture people on comprehension? I think you should dust down your hooked on phonics DVD or separate one of your split personalities.
Then you sit there in your corner and dribble some more about:
there was more parity in football in those days
Which suggests that football was more competitive then than it is now, which would mean that it would have actually been harder for United to win the treble then than it would be now. Huh?
And now we come to filho...
Ball being played at an entire different level and pace.
And yet United are STILL winning titles these days...
Mourinho's Chelsea came in and completely revolutionize the level of play and points you need to win the EPL.
Did he?
Chelsea finished with 95 points in 2004/05 (Mourino's first season in charge)
Chelsea finished with 91 points in 2005/06
Mourinho didn't really revolutionise anything. He broke the points record in 2004/05 by three points and then won the league the following season with the same points total that United achieved in 1999/2000. So finishing the league campaign with 90 points plus is nothing new is it? If thats the case, United broke the goals for record in the Premiership in 1999/2000 (97), can I say they revolutionised the Premiership as well?
United also finished as champions with 92 points in 1993/94...So Chelsea break that record by three points, Mourinho should be hailed as some sort of messiah? United finished the season with points total above 90 on two separate occasions before Mourinho came along...Chelsea merely improved on that figure...by three points.
I'd hardly call that a revolution or a massive shift...
ManU finished a distant second to Chelsea and still had enough points to have broken the EPL record prior to that.
WRONG.
In Mourinho's first season in charge, United finished third with 77 points. The Premiership points record at that time was 92 (which was held by United). In Mourinho's second season, United finished in second with 83 points, 8 points behind Chelsea (who had incidentally won the league with 91 points, the same total United won the title with in 1999/2000). On each of those occasions, United were nowhere near breaking the Premiership points record...oops.
Toppa:
You call losing five games in the league NOT being challenged?
Barcelona lost six games in Rijakaards Champions League winning season and still won the league by 12 points.
Barcelona lost five games in Guradiolas Champions League winning season and lost five games and won by a clear nine points.
In 2005-06, Barcelona won the league losing another six games. Where were Real Madrid? 12 points behind in second place.
The rule of thumb in La Liga is that if Real Madrid are unable to challenge, then Barcelona usually finish top with a large lead. If either are unable to challenge, then someone else wins La Liga (Valencia and Deportivo in the early 00's). Its a league whose outcome is dictated on the type of challenge each of those two sides mount. In fact, in the last 24-25 years only three sides (other than Barcelona and Real Madrid) have managed to win La Liga (Valencia twice, Athletico Madrid once and Deportivo La Coruna once)
You can't afford to lose five games and then win the league with a nine point gap in the Premiership.
And Real Madrid had clawed back within four points of Barcelona so you take your time with yuh outta timing talk.
Which means nothing in the grand scheme of things since they still managed to finish 9 points behind Barcelona. Its like getting a 'D' in an exam and saying "I failed, but I answered all my questions correctly at one point"...
Let us not forget how injury ridden Real Madrid's squad was last year and how many starters were side-lined for lengthy periods and a couple crucial others for the entire season.
Are you blaming injuries on the fact that Madrid conceeded a whopping 52 league goals? Five less than Recreativo who finished bottom of the table?