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Russ - I seriously doubt if Man U had finished 4th and reached (lost) the CL final, and Arsenal had come 2nd and won the League Cup, you'd be saying you'd had a worse season than them.

It depends what the achievement is defined as. Yes Chelsea have bought the title but the investment is short term and the longer term investments Utd made in say the Academy have been made too by Chelsea, and Chelsea's side was built over a shorter time period than Utd's (took SAF 4 yrs to win anything, and 7 to win the league). If you define 2nd in the PL (which no-one other than Chelsea was going to win), winning the League Cup, and losing in the group stages of the CL as better than 4th in the PL, and losing in the final of the CL - then fair enough but I'd say it takes more of a team to knock out Real Madrid, and Villarreal, and go through most of the campaign without even conceding; than winning the tinpot Cup. (Which incidentally, if Forest were to get close to, then I'd be OTM but it's all relative!)

I hate ManU granted, but if the roles were reversed, and ManU and Arsenal's seasons swapped, I'd still say ManU had achieved more (ie, in the current situation, I'd say Arsenal have had the better season).

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And for the record, I was cheering for Barca tonight.