The Chelsea team of 2004-05 are the Greatest Football team from England since the Premiership began

1. If you are stating the Arsenal invincible were one of the strongest sides of all time then the Chelsea team of 04-05 has to be considered the strongest in history for the simple fact they dominated the Arsenal team of that year. Between the year of winning the title and the year afterwards Arsenal gained Van Persie, Alumina and Flamini and lost a bunch of players on free transfers no one has ever heard of. Yet they lost by 12 points. The Man U team had also improved on the year beforehand with the gain of Wayne Rooney and yet again the loss of nobody. Liverpool had also become a stronger team with Rafa Benitzes as the new manager as well as seeing a net spend of 32 million. Chelsea faced possibly the strongest contenders any team has faced and yet set a total point record whilst losing one away game the whole season. 2. Your argument is dishonest and misleading. Manchester United won the league by the record point margin in the 1999-2000 season, which is the year they won only the Premiership. The year they won the treble they beat Arsenal by one point due a comeback against Tottenham on the final day with a total of 78 points. Clearly their league campaign of the year they won the treble was extremely weak. Chelsea won the league cup beating a full strength Manchester United over two legs and beating a full strength Liverpool in the final. Manchester United got to face Newcastle in the final; how was their FA cup even slightly more prestigious. Their run in Europe was also much easier. They didn't even finish top of their Champions league group only getting wins over Brï¿½ndby FC(?). Chelsea finished top of their group over defending champions FC Porto, then going on to beat the renowned Ronaldinho Barcelona team. It is clear to anyone who watches the video you supplied and the second one was not deserved. Chelsea still beat the current La Liga champions who would go on to win the tournament the next year. Whilst United beat Inter Milan and Juventus(who finished in 8th and 6th respectively in Seria A) who would both play in the UEFA cup the next year. Chelsea and Man U both beat Bayern Munich who were Bundesleague Champs both of the times yet it didn't take Chelsea two goals in extra time to do it. The treble winning United side are overrated, they barely won the league, faced weak competition in the Champions League and FA cup. 3. You have to either defend that United or the United of 1999-2000 that had the premiership. Of course this was the United that lost in the first round of the Champions league to Real Madrid, lost in the first round of the league cup, did not play in the FA cup, lost the community shield, lost the World Club cup in the group stages and lost the intercontinental cup of that year. Clearly the greatest English team of all time. This Man Utd team is a bit like the Arsenal invincibles, they did well because they had no other trophies to compete for. Chelsea got more points than this team, more wins, better goal difference and played better teams despite having won the majority of their other competitions which they had to focus on. The united team of 99-00 proves one thing about the treble winning side of the year before. It was lucky and undeserving and never came close to representing it self well again. The Man U team of 98-99 were overachievers, winning more than a side of that quality to have hoped for. 4. The United team of 07-09 never even proved itself as being the best team in England. It barely squeaked past Chelsea that year in the league before losing to them in the FA cup final. Chelsea also reached the Champions league semi final that year. unlike Man U who were knocked out 3-0 by AC Milan Chelsea went out on penalties. Very similar story in 2008 where Man U beat Chelsea by penalties to win the trophy. Man U beat Chelsea by two points in the league and beat them by penalties to win the community shield. Even in the next year Chelsea went out to Barcelona on the away goal rule whilst Man U got soundly beaten 2-0 in the final. Were Man U the best team in England at this point? yes, but not by much. Certainly not to the extent Chelsea were in 2004-05.