Title Saturday

So Manchester United, Barcelona, and Inter Milan all sewed up their domestic titles today. The latter two haven't even played this rounds games yet, their chasers were eliminated when they failed to win earlier today. United ground out a nil draw with Arsenal that put them out of Liverpool's reach.

At the start of the season I picked Inter and Barca to win their leagues. The Premiership I thought would belong to Chelsea, which looks kind of foolish now.

It is worth noting that Barcelona have absolutely annihilated the rest of the league. They are on their way to possibly setting an all time goal scoring record in the Spanish first division and of the top 5 goal scorers in Spanish football, 3 play on Barcelona.

United clinched their third consecutive title with games to spare, something they didn't do last year. Still it is interesting that their record against the other big 4 clubs this season has been a dismal 2 draws, 3 losses, and 1 win. They won the title by way of efficiency taking every point available against the lesser teams.

The scudetto was never in doubt and seeing Inter clinch by way of Udinese's victory over AC Milan feels kind of anti-climactic. Inter drew some games they should have won and lost some they wish they could have back but the rest of the league is very mediocre and only a real catastrophe would have resulted in a different winner.

I had fun following these three leagues this season. Now its time to look forward to Rome. Less 11 days...