The stats will say they are greatest team ever to grace the top flight and it's hard to argue

But are they better than the Arsenal team with Vieira, Henry, Bergkamp, Pires et al ?

Or are they just more ruthless?

It's incredible to think that Man Utd once won the title with 80 points, finished 2nd this season with 81 yet were 19 points behind the winners !

Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah

At this point, in the old days of newspaper punditry, Emlyn Hughes would write: "Aye, but they were nothing compared to the hard men of my era, like Tommy Smith, Desperate Dan and The Elephant Man."