Yes overall, the league has not been good this year generally and I think its a number of factors including the amount of European games now that are often taking precedent over PL games and also all the international friendly games and money grabs like a expqnded club world cup or friendly tournaments around the world. Its simply too much football as alot of players have pointed out and we see that with the injuries and how the clubs with bigger squads generally cope better. It's often clear around 8 clubs are prioritising those European games many game weeks now. Second there is Var which is a passion killer and largely backs up in the inbuilt bias towards certain clubs. This is also aided by the likes of Sky and TNT who love the Sky/glamour clubs, even the likes or Spurs who haven't won anything of note for decades yet are some how seen as an elite club because they have a big ground and are based in London and had a few good years in recent memory. They present everything through the lens of those clubs.
Also coaching has become largely one dimensional all following this Pep light style where defenders and goalkeepers have more touches than midfielders or attackers And it is often passing for the sake of it, Pep's City at their height were a great team but now most teams follow that style but are not as good and it's boring.
Finally PSR has reinforced the gaps in the league and the gap between the Championship and the bottom of the league, and even if a Forest say have a great season as they are this season and they buck the trend with their fast counter attacking style, it keeps the bias toeards certain teams eventually as they likely won't be able to maintain it next season because of their turnover/will have to sell some of their better players. With potential super leagues and games abroad mooted, If football is not careful its going to lose the next generation of younger fans some of whom seem more keen to watch youtubers kick a bill around...
