Barcelona 2010-11 is the best side I've seen.
Best club side ever - get your votes in
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I want to say Barca 10-11 but Bayern 12-13 was a machine as well. Tough call, going for Barca because they had prime Messi who would literally dribble past the entire team to score.
Where does it mention single season?
It lists all the clubs and gives a single season reference
e.g. it lists liverpool as 83-84 and the text says
The current Liverpool team has a long way to go to match the dominance of their 1970s and 1980s sides.
It was hard to hone down which was their best season in a time they won 10 league titles in 15 seasons from 1975-76 to 1989-90.
The Reds also won four European Cups in eight years, ending in their 1983-84 treble of the European Cup, beating Roma on penalties in the final, First Division title and League Cup.
That was Joe Fagan's first season in charge having worked under the legendary Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.
Ian Rush was their top scorer with 47 goals in all competitions. There was a big Scottish presence through the spine of their team with Alan Hansen, Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish all crucial players.
The crazy thing about that golden period for Barcelona is that their attack in 10-11 wasn’t as good as the MSN pairing. That fan base has been blessed beyond belief for the better part of a decade and a half
Doesn't state anywhere in there that they are picking teams based off a single season results. Does it?
Yeah. Doesn't mean I voted for them though.
Could make an argument for United, Ajax, Milan and Barcelona in that list in my opinion. Voted for Barcelona though because they were just insanely good
In my lifetime, it's definitely Barca.
That Barca side was so good they managed to win the Champions League with Pep.... 
I think in this list it seems unfair to leave aside Juve's mid '80 and mid '90 teams.
Pep Barca is the best I’ve ever seen.
yeah they have just listed 10 clubs with individual seasons then wrote about those individual season.... but totally your right they didn't make it idiot proof
Barca 2008-2012.
There was just no point in playing them.
They won the sextuple didn't they? Quadruple is a nothing.
There was just no point in playing them.
They won the sextuple didn't they? Quadruple is a nothing.
I dont think any team can best Barca 10/11 team, they were simply perfect the core of its players was dominating international football too.
I'd pick Puyol over Billy Costacurta, man was a true leader. Otherwise a very scary team.
I'd pick Puyol over Billy Costacurta, man was a true leader. Otherwise a very scary team.
I voted 99.
Aside from us its probably milan.
That early 60s benfica side deserves a mention as well.
Edit:someone already alluded to it, juve's 80s and 90s side were spectacular.
Aside from us its probably milan.
That early 60s benfica side deserves a mention as well.
Edit:someone already alluded to it, juve's 80s and 90s side were spectacular.
Barcelona 10-11
Voted us but in reality it’s Barca.
I mean just look at that team. When you already have Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol and others and then you still go on and buy David fecking Villa!
I mean just look at that team. When you already have Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol and others and then you still go on and buy David fecking Villa!
STOP THE PRESS! Where is the 2022 domestic cup winning and greatest team ever assembled?!
You expected United fans to vote for United? On this forum?!! Was a brave attempt.
(I had already voted for United before this thread - other seem reluctant to be partisan)
100& AC Milan for me. I had Gullit / MVB / Milan posters / shirts and scarfs all over my room and even a beach towel and duvet set of both (looking back, the duvet set is a bit wrong)
I voted for United, but Barcelona was something else that season.
Im voting utd even though its barcelona because the dippers will be voting for themselves regardless and will then claim that their side was better than the 99 side as evidenced by the poll.
It is obviously the quadruple winners. They won everything this season.
No Manchester United 08? Up there with the best for me
Why is Barca 2011 considered better than Barca 2009? Serious question.
2009 had better front line (Eto'o and Henry >> Villa and Pedro), scored more goals and won 6 trophies in one year.
Is it just because they humiliated a Poor Man United in the final? Our team wasn't good enough then and was already declining, we only made the final due to beating poor opposition which made Barcelona look better than they were.
In 2009 people thought we were the best team in the world and we were still made to look like amateurs.
2009 had better front line (Eto'o and Henry >> Villa and Pedro), scored more goals and won 6 trophies in one year.
Is it just because they humiliated a Poor Man United in the final? Our team wasn't good enough then and was already declining, we only made the final due to beating poor opposition which made Barcelona look better than they were.
In 2009 people thought we were the best team in the world and we were still made to look like amateurs.
That Barca side has perfected the football. Crazy to suggest that Milan or Utd for that matter were better at any stage.
Not Liverpool
No bias. It’s obviously Barcelona for me.
Was Enrique’s Barca better than Pep’s?
I voted for us for obvious reasons but Barcelona 2009-12 is the answer. That side pretty much won Spain the World Cup and Euros. Phenomenal side. City are getting there, though, unfortunately for the rest of us.
Kids nowadays will never know how dominant Torino 1945 was!
Seriously though, why include that in the poll? Who could possibly have watched enough of it
Seriously though, why include that in the poll? Who could possibly have watched enough of it
I couldn’t find Liverpool 2022 so I voted for Barcelona.
I’d say so, but Pep’s Barcelona changed the entire game.
Messi was better in 2011 & Barca didn't get through the semi-finals by luck. And I still believe that Barca was the best side in the world that season but Chelsea were a better team over those two legs.
VVD, Fabinho would certainly get in too ahead of Carrick/Vidic.
From what Ive seen very comfortably Pep's Barca. Also illustrates the beauty of football; the best team doesn't always win.
couldn’t have said it better
did they not put liverpool 2021-2022 as it is universally accepted that they are the greatest side in history?
Barca 11, they made other good sides look utterly helpless, I think they impose their style of play on any other team ever and smother them to death. It wasn't often particularly exciting, there was very little drama to it, but they controlled tempo and the ball like no other team, and really the only argument against them is an incredibly fortuitous win for Inter given the circumstances surrounding that run.
They would have brutalized our 99 side, and I love that team more than any other Utd group for their heart and fight but they were nowhere near good enough defensively or positionally disciplined to handle that style of play, go at them and play an end to end game and they have a chance against anyone but Barca 11 just removed variables from the game.
They would have brutalized our 99 side, and I love that team more than any other Utd group for their heart and fight but they were nowhere near good enough defensively or positionally disciplined to handle that style of play, go at them and play an end to end game and they have a chance against anyone but Barca 11 just removed variables from the game.