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I don't deny it is success. I was simply pondering which team could reasonably claim to have had the best season? There are all sorts of criteria, including winning things, achieving European placing, out-performing expectations, defying adversity etc. I'm not sure there is a simple answer -...

Like you I am amazed that Potter isn't even in the running, given that he has comfortably out-performed his budget / resources at his disposal, which surely has to be the definition of great management in any industry.

Well, the list isn't scientific. I was just musing! I suppose I put them on there simply because at Christmas they were all but down. But I'm not sure if that counts as the 'having had the best season' so on that basis, you are probably right.

If by that you mean Brighton & Hove Albion then yes, and no I suppose. Yes, we comfortably out-performed our budget, won plaudits for some great football and achieved our best ever top flight finish and points total. However, we won nothing and didn't achieve a European placing of any...

Now everything that could be won and lost has been won and err, lost - which PL team can look back on the season with the greatest degree of satisfaction at a 'job well done'? Some considerations.... Manchester City? Yes, they retained the PL title which I guess equals 'meeting minimum...