James is right, there does tend to be a shrug of the shoulders when City win the title.
He certainly has the resources to do so, he just needs to stop playing his ludicrous and unsustainable brand of 'heavy metal' football. I can see why that must be such a terrifying prospect for a Liverpool fan how would the 'lore' surrounding European nights at Anfield and the 'this means more' brigade survive if Klopp actually put together a team capable of challenging City for the title every year, rather than just every once in a while?
Man City fans aren't likely to get bored of success any time soon (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images) He's afraid that one day soon, Liverpool's own success may become evaluated in terms of transfer fees and privilege, rather than the brilliance of their players. I think that James' unpopular opinion - essentially that success is boring and meaningless if you have the resources that City do - comes from a place of fear. Not winning everything is a failure for this side, and when victory is the default, the accomplishment is diminished.Īlex Brotherton - If I hadn't seen such riches. There's a reason they start almost every season as the favourites with the bookies: the playing field simply is not level, to the point where long-term success is a statistical inevitability. Of course, it's still delightful to see the Champions League continue to evade Man City, so their success or lack thereof is not met with complete indifference from Liverpool fans, but it seems inevitable that they will eventually claim that elusive crown. To draw from Liverpool lore, it very much has the same energy as 'well done Michael, he's 13'. While the league titles don't come with an asterisk as such, they certainly come with a shrug of the shoulders. Guardiola's men are essentially the house team of the Premier League - they have to be expected to win, and the only spectacle comes from when they do not do so.
But my unpopular opinion can be distilled to this: Man City success has become the default.
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