The season after winning the PL

I believe it would be a major achievement to retain the title and it is going to be much harder than people think it’s going to be, not least of all because there will be people at the club with at least one eye on Europe. Funnily enough though I really fancy us for the FA Cup this year.
 
That notwithstanding, I'd still be worried if we dontd sign anyone else.

We don't really know why we fail to achieve the year after we won. But what we know is that we had few Major signing both times.

Mahrez is a great start but 1 or 2 more improvements will go some way to help shore up that possible error.
We didn't have Pep as our manager back then,a factor of huge relevance to both our quality and mentality.
 
All great teams strengthen while ahead , let’s see what the next few weeks brings , sentiment has no place in football .
 
Conte's side was very good. They got 93 points. Did they collapse because of the Champions syndrome or because the coach fell out with half his big name players.

It's undoubtedly true that part of being considered a truly great side is having the mentality to just go again and not let the win damage your stride but a title win has affected the fighting quality of most title winners.

There were plenty of comments last season from rival fans that City would not be considered a great side until they had won back to back title wins. This I believe is true. That is a test of a team's quality and its mentality. we proved we have the quality last season, now we have to show the right character. No one can know for sure how we will do and whether we will pass or fail.
So rival fans want to put down our record breaking season by saying yes but....and you agree with them,wow
 
So rival fans want to put down our record breaking season by saying yes but....and you agree with them,wow
I agree with Kompany. These are his words:

"People are asking whether we are the best Premier League side in history, but the answer is no, because we have a lot of work to still do.

“But in our defence, we can only be judged on a period of time, so we need, two, three or four years in a row and if at the end of this we are consistent like we have been this season, then perhaps but we have taken one step, that all we can do at the moment.

https://www.mancity.com/news/first%20team/first%20team%20news/2018/april/man%20city%20premier%20league%20champions%20vincent%20kompany%20reaction
 
We didn't have Pep as our manager back then,a factor of huge relevance to both our quality and mentality.
I agree with this. Signings means competition for places, but the biggest factor are the players themselves and the manager. The biggest antidote to complacency is surely the manager. I find i difficult to imagine a Guardiola team going through the motions.

Football is full of surprises though. Who could predict that Conte's Chelsea would put up such a weak defence last season.
 
I agree with Kompany. These are his words:

"People are asking whether we are the best Premier League side in history, but the answer is no, because we have a lot of work to still do.

“But in our defence, we can only be judged on a period of time, so we need, two, three or four years in a row and if at the end of this we are consistent like we have been this season, then perhaps but we have taken one step, that all we can do at the moment.

https://www.mancity.com/news/first%20team/first%20team%20news/2018/april/man%20city%20premier%20league%20champions%20vincent%20kompany%20reaction
Thats not what you said,you said rival fans,no-one at city are going to say we are the best team in prem history,we are not arrogant like that,you also said we are not a great side,3 titles in 6 yrs says different
 
Thats not what you said,you said rival fans,no-one at city are going to say we are the best team in prem history,we are not arrogant like that,you also said we are not a great side,3 titles in 6 yrs says different

I'll say it loud and proud, last seasons City team is the best team in Premier League history.
 

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