Media coverage 2018/19

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SSN doing their players of the season, as you would expect with Liverpool winning the league they dominated the awards.

Goalkeeper of the season: Allison
Defender of the season: Van Dijk
Midfielder of the season: Bernardo
Attacker of the season: Mane
Manager of the season: Klopp
Player of the season: Van Dijk

Luckily Sol Bamber offered a few city players / pep as an alternative.

Bernardo?

fucking Bernardo?

Have they never HEARD of James Milner???
 
Fair play to Dave Kidd for realising what we've all been saying all season.
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Please, link to this article
 
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/12/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-billions-timeless

Particularly liked this bit at the end. Something he doesn't get nearly enough credit for.

It is the best part of this team. The City supremacy has not been an organic process. The billions spent are significant. The Premier League has now been won twice in a row by a sublime team that acts as an advertising billboard for the state of Abu Dhabi.

Yet this stands separate from the achievement of the players and staff. It is the paradox of City. The only real world star in this set-up is the manager. City haven’t gone out and bought a bolt-on team of proven Ballon d’Or level goal-psychopaths. They didn’t go for Ronaldo or Messi but invested in fine young players, almost all of whom have been pushed to the outer levels of their talent.

What is left is a lesson in how to coach and build a team, in the human qualities of sport. The celebrations at the end were heartfelt, reward for an effort of collectivism and relentless heart; and for a two-season title team that is now surely among the best English football has seen.
 
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