Last night on Match of the Day 2 Lee Dixon offered up his factors for Man City's capitulation in the title race and what looks like Man Utd's defence of their title.
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He boiled it down to these five gems:
- Form - Man City have played badly, Man Utd have played well.
- Injuries - City had injuries and suspensions but didn't have replacements of sufficient quality. Man Utd did have replacements of sufficient quality.
- Dressing room - Man City have divisive characters in their dressing room. Man Utd do not.
- Experience - Man Utd have more experience of winning titles.
- Team - His point here was vague to say the least but essentially I think he was saying that Man City are a team of individuals and that Man Utd are not.
I always thought Lee Dixon was a decent analyst. He's the best of a bad bunch in Match of the Day's lineup but something tells me he spent most of the weekend watching the golf and wrote his five factors on the back of a business card in a taxi on the way to the BBC studio. I never excpect much in terms of analysis from Match of the Day but this was obvious, basic and just unbelievably vague.
