Are we really "the best team in the world" right now?

[vicblueman]

We are one of the best teams fact , but i think bayern are a shade better than us . They had an outstanding season last year , teams are shit scared of playing them , until we actually win the champs league it won't mean SFA .

 

[Gabriel]

No. We’re romping a league where our strongest competitor is ravaged with key injuries, which is equally why they weren’t the best team in the world last season either. We also just disposed of a depleted Everton in a match that was nothing like an FA Cup QF.
We have marshaled our resources well in a season that has seen domestic football played at comparatively low intensity, but to be the best we’ll need to win the CL. And, to do that we’ll have to surpass Dortmund and then beat PSG or Bayern, both of whom are at least our equals. Get through that and win the final, then we’ll deserve all the plaudits we receive. I think we play the best football, but I fear that we will rue not being sufficiently clinical in the coming months.

 

[Marvin]

Are we the best team in the world? - No.

Do we play the best football in the world? - Maybe.

We have had an amazing 3-4 months, possibly the best period in our history. We've done immensely well to be in the position we are in. However, we're just entering the business end of the season.

We have major demons to face in the Champions League. And we have no idea what the international break will throw up. Dias could catch COVID, KDB could pick up a knock, and everyone on international duty will invariably play, and carry fatigue. Particularly since our play is based on chemistry and telepathic movement. This period where our players will have to synchronize with different players, it can kinda disrupt that familiarity.

Best to stay grounded and take it step by step. We are only as good as our next game.

Well we're the best side in the best league in the world. No question.

I don't regard the CL as a test of the best side because it's a Cup that rests on one-off games

 

[sheepskin_tearaway]

Agree we need to win the CL before we can claim to be, but at the same time winning the CL doesn’t make you the best team in the world (or in Europe) (or even in your own country), as it’s a cup competition at the end of the day.

I mean lads, Spuds got to the final a couple of seasons ago. The refereeing ‘mistakes’ at the Etihad can’t be ironed out over the course of the season as they are in a 38 match league season.

I think if you win a top national league (Spain, Germany I suppose, and the prem) AND the CL in the same season, you can rightfully claim to be the world’s best.

 

[Withnail]

Our brilliant consistent form over the last 4 months certainly merits this debate. However, looking at it from a neutral point of view I think we need to win the CL in order to be rightly claimed the best team in Europe/World

 

[Don Karleone]

It's between us and Bayern.

Also, even if we were to win the CL, we'd get no credit for it. It'd be "well you should have won it with all the money you've spent" or "you need to win it twice"

We certainly play the most attractive football, that's for sure.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

We don’t it’s a cup and the best teams don’t always win cups.Are we the best team in the world, not sure but we are up there and there isn’t another team that would go into a games with us that were clear favourites to beat us in say a best of 3 series. Bayern would probably be the nearest.

The best teams play in the CL. Like it or not it is the most prestigious trophy globally and we have to win it to secure our proper place in history. You could make the same argument about the World Cup. It's not always the best team that wins it but no one cares about the runners-up (not even Holland with Cruyff) We have to get this monkey off our back.

 

[Marvin]

Liverpool destroyed their legacy. That helps no end.

 

[blueparrot]

The best teams play in the CL. Like it or not it is the most prestigious trophy globally and we have to win it to secure our proper place in history. You could make the same argument about the World Cup. It's not always the best team that wins it but no one cares about the runners-up (not even Holland with Cruyff) We have to get this monkey off our back.

I would make the same argument about the world cup, and the Euros. The best teams don't always win it. Thake Chelsea the team that won it was nowhere near even the best Chelsea team.

 

[Marvin]

The best teams play in the CL. Like it or not it is the most prestigious trophy globally and we have to win it to secure our proper place in history. You could make the same argument about the World Cup. It's not always the best team that wins it but no one cares about the runners-up (not even Holland with Cruyff) We have to get this monkey off our back.

It's not always the best team that wins it.

We would like to win it but if we don't that doesn't veto our claim to be the best in Europe...providing we win the UK domestic trophies