Talkshite last night, I think it was Darren Gough, stating that the reason the media didn‘t go over the top about this League title win and we didn’t hear the end of Liverpool’s, is because weve won it in a canter. If you need reminding, the Cult club won it by 18 points, it was over in February. So that argument doesn’t hold up.
I think one of the reasons is that back in November/December we were 8th ish, and the media darlings were fighting it out for the top spot along with box office Mourinho's Spurs, and golden boy Lampard's Chelsea, wuth dark horses Everton, Leicester and West Ham also doing well.
The media's predictions were full of 'what a season, football life is returning to the (borefest) norm that we wrote about in the 90's & 00's' - they were 'so so happy'.
Roll forward to February, and City are embarking on their incredible run streak, accompanied by the streak to the top of the table and then pulling away to 17 points lead (IIRC).
That's an 'inc-red-ib-le' turnaround, which should be lauded from the highest rooftops, accompanied by progressing at the same time on 3 cup fronts.... but sadly it didn't fit well with the mid year predictions of the pundits and media - 'Pep loses it', 'Liverpool are here to stay', 'United are back' etc.
So many pundits and media need to standup and say 'I was so wrong, because I'm blinded by clicks on the past, I endeavour to be a football correspondant, rather than a PR click mouthpiece from now on'.
