re: The title race is 100% over.

RvP isn't the reason. Nor is anyone at United. The reason is that City isn't a championship team this season.

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RvP is pretty much the reason. Sorry, you guys.

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I would say that's pretty accurate. more importantly it was RVP staying healthy. we knew he was this caliber of player but has never avoided injury remotely like this season. When they made that transfer I was pretty confident that he would be a bust like most others. How wrong we were. He single handedly turned the tide of the derby. With RVP in the mix rooney has adapted very well to his supporting role. Today he was as far back as the by line and all over the place.

As a whole, united has avoided many new injuries and are deep enough to compete for a treble. City's lack of midfield quality has become apparent as silva hasn't had a stellar season and barry's mistakes have been costly. The incoming transfers of rodwell and sinclair have proved to be little more than satisfying the homegrown player requirement, which is nearly as dumb as FFP. It didn't help that we had to deal with the fricking ACON. Nasri has been completely ineffective. The only positive that has come out of this season is getting balotelli out of the dressing room and finding nastasic who could be an important CB in the future. TBH I think mancini might have lost this dressing room and I think he will be replaced.