That's It for the EPL This Year

It has to be completely over now in England. (Sunderland's draw at Manchester City convinced me fully.)
There's no more point in following the Premier League this year anymore, because those pathetic incompetents at Manchester City just cannot come up with a good win nowadays, no matter what they do.
I don't even know why they play anymore, because they would probably be assured of a Champions League berth even if they lose all of their remaining matches. And they're not going to win the Premier League, so that's that.

How does one team go from dropping only 4 points, and not losing any matches, in almost four months, at the beginning of the season, from going 20 home matches without giving up a single point, and from crushing Manshitty united 6-1 at Old Trafford, to not coming close to winning the title?

It's simple. I believe that these three things were major factors:
1) Bad organization at the top: Roberto Mancini is somewhat of a loser coach. He cannot motivate a team, to save his life. He's been receiving warnings about the lack of quality and depth of his squad for more than three months now and he could do nothing about it. He didn't get good new players, and he could not get the old players to remain at the same level as in the fall, when they were worth their money. And, also, the owners apparently do not know that he's a very mediocre coach, either.
2) Amateurish players: There is at least one team, every year, in every league, that plays way better for a short while than their actual value. Manchester City was that team this year, in the Premier League. In the first half of the current season, it was definitely them, yes. The fact that Manchester United has also been a sucky team this football year, led City to believe that their players were good enough to sustain the rhythm shown in the first 13-14 matches, against United. But, in actuality, the players that Mancini brought to Etihad, thinking that they're good enough to get the title, are second-rate players who are simply not capable of playing a full season at the same intensity. Mancini got way too much out of them in the first half of the season, and now there's way too little left to squeeze out when the going gets tough. With such easily-withered players, City should have actually bought two squads, one to play the first half of the competition, and one to play the second half.
3) Manchester United 's obsession with winning: They always seem to pay to get their way, and they just could not possibly have accepted to see Manchester City winning this year without doing everything to see another conclusion. So, one of the shittiest Manchester United teams ever - eliminated from the Champions League at the hands of Basel, ha, ha, and not going more than two rounds in the Europa League either - keeps beating everybody in the league, for six matches now, and nine out of the last ten, courtesy of either unbelievably weak performances from the teams they face or referee mistakes that everybody overlooks as "[honest] errors that even out over the course of a season"

That was actually said by Alex Ferguson, by the way.
And, since this guy is over 70, I would be very interested to hear, given his life experience of over 70 decades, how he could formulate the explanation to the following inquiry, to make it sound that his team is totally honest: Why, at crucial times in so many seasons, and I'm not talking just about this season, so many teams suddenly play so well against the title contenders that are going up against Man. U., while United always seems to have much easier times against most of the same teams? I'm talking about the likes of: tottenham, Sunderland, Everton, Wigan, Fulham (when they got paid, 'cause they apparently got a little upset that they didn't get paid for the match on Monday, when the referee saved United's asses, and they actually played a good match), Wolverhampton (when they got paid), Stoke, Bolton, and so on.
(As a related fact, in other leagues, which don't make a big point of pretending to be completely fair, it's common knowledge that some teams with money pay smaller teams to play well against their rivals. Could that also happen in England? Well, I don't know. What do you think?)

Here's the simple conclusion I think is accurate, based on what I see:
When you're trying to win a Premier League title at the same time as Manchester United, which, because of the connections they have everywhere in English football, is every year in this day and age, you're going against most of the English Premier League, too. You better be prepared to beat everybody, including Man. U., because Man. U. is definitely going to beat almost everybody that they need to beat, through whatever means necessary, on and off the pitch, to make you lose.
I can't believe Mancini and the owners of Manchester City are too stupid to understand this. I wouldn't expect the players to understand this, because some of them are too young to accept the fact that results do not only come through the team's effort on the pitch, but some people with experience should understand this and prepare for it. If you want to win the league in England, you better make your team get way better results in the second half of the season than in the first half (which should also be very good, too).

That's why, clearly, the title race in England is over, and I would bet on it. Manchester united is not going to lose this title. And manchester City is clearly substandard as a top team at this point, too, which is why there is no hope left, either.
So, there's no reason to watch this year 's Premier League any more (unless you're betting on it).