Best Achievement

[Saddleworth2]

Genuine question, which of the four below, do you think is the best / hardest to achieve ?

1) Domestic clean sweep
2) Centurions
3) THE Treble
4) 4 - in - a - Row

I don't think is as simple, as i suspect many would say, - the treble, because of the Champions League.

3 out of the 4 have never been done by anyone else, and i believe at least 2 , if not 3 will NEVER be equalled, let alone bettered!

1) The domestic clean sweep, although its arguably a pre-season friendly, (you had to also have been successful the previous season) to even be in the Community Shield. Also to win the lot, no blips in minor cups (or you're out), so also no concentrating / or prioritising one competition.

2) Centurions, nigh on perfection throughout the whole league season. Identical records, home and away, 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, out of 19. Yes 16 wins out of 19 AWAY!

3) The Double at home, and the Holy Grail (you'll never win that), the Champions League, knocking out Bayern, Madrid and Inter.

4) 4 - in - a -row, its the one Pep had painted on the wall, (never been done before, until now)

Not asking which is your favourite, asking which is the best / hardest to achieve?

Do you think the Club / Pep / Players would agree with your choice?

To answer your question honestly, the answer has to be 'all of them together'. As you say 3 out of 4 have never been achieved but roll them together and it is absolutely mind blowing and is a universe away from what any team will achieve again. 18 trophies in his tenure and a complete and utter domination of the English game like nobody has ever seen before while simultaneously beating the establishment on and off the pitch.
Words fail me, honestly, this is what our club have done.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Probably the centurions or 4 in a row.

League is always going to be the real mark of who is the best team. Cup competitions are so much down to luck and single moments.

Winning 100 points and four league titles in a row is a ridiculous feat and I don't see anyone else matching it any time soon.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Reckon the 100 will be surpassed in the not too distant.

Obviously it’s possible but the way teams are coming on these days it’s much harder to gain that amount of points. Everyone is beating everyone else these days, I think the 100 point era has gone forever ..

 

[Nevizade]

Best is difficult to quantify as obviously four in a row is over four seasons where in theory a team could win a treble and never be seen again. That's not to say one is 'better' than the other on that basis alone.

For me though that 100 points, wow. If we take this season for example I think everyone would say Liverpool have been dominant in the league this season, I think they're something like 1/500 at the bookies for the league which to non-gamblers means you put £500 on and get £501 back.

It's mid-January and to get 100 points they would have to win every game from now until the end of the season...

 

[give it to gordon]

Reckon the 100 will be surpassed in the not too distant.

Yea the American cartel will change it to 4 points for a win 2 points score draw and 1 point for nil nil

 

[mattcity5]

Yea the American cartel will change it to 4 points for a win 2 points score draw and 1 point for nil nil

*new points system only applies to teams wearing predominantly red...

 

[KS55]

What about defeating 115? Massive achievement.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

4 in a Row never been done and it will never be done again

 

[The blue phantom]

I think 18 PL wins on the bounce should be up there too. Granted the Scousers also did this. It is just an unbelievable achievement.

 

[Axel Freed]

Great question from the OP.

4 in a row with the authorities doing everything they possibly could to stop it happening is for me our greatest achievement

Back in the distant past when the dippers and rags managed to win 3 in a row they were routinely able to blast transfer rivals out of the water with massive signings every season totally unhindered by any made up financial rules and thus maintain their dominance. We bettered their efforts with one hand tied behind our back.