Strength of the Premier league

[Rita_Poon]

Turns out playing rugby every week doesn't cut the mustard against sides with actual technicality

England and Wales need this memo. Same the celery wristed wofters at cricket HQ.

 

[Toffeeslam]

The correlation is that the Premier League is getting less dominant due to PSR.

Shooting itself in the foot by limiting what clubs can spend

 

[Marius57]

There are 6 English teams in the top 11 of the CL table. Thats about as dominant as it’s possible to be, surely?

And 2 of them are bottom half of the PL. which shows the reflective strength of the rest of the league.

 

[Gilbert..]

League format means little when it gets to the serious business of knockout legs. Interesting to see if PSG are doing the same again and waking up in the knockouts. Or Chelsea were so bad.
Anyway. Come on Bode/Glimt

 

[JimmyJeffers]

The correlation is that the Premier League is getting less dominant due to PSR.

Shooting itself in the foot by limiting what clubs can spend

Noooo, the premier league way outspent all other leagues

 

[Swartzy]

I think the actual question is wrong, which is where the opinions bump heads.
Saying it has really dropped, you're probably really just looking at the "So called" super six, rather than the actual league.

Arsenal - same manager, greatly built squad.
City - just not doing it this year
Filth - Fraud Manager
Chelsea - new manager, seems like a deer in the headlights at the moment.
Spurs - new manager, total mess.

Newcastle - Same manager
Villa - same manager

Forest - 4th manager.
Palace - manager that doesn't want to be there..

All still competing in europe.

 

[mahermi1]

The correlation is that the Premier League is getting less dominant due to PSR.

Shooting itself in the foot by limiting what clubs can spend

Liverpool say hello . Saying that, that's not a great advert for spending money is it..

 

[MikeH72]

Chelsea, City, Spurs and Newcastle all getting annihilated and dumped out of the Champions League, not the best look for Masters and buddies.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Hard to say how strong it is. Would say that we were not far from getting a result away to the team that will likely win it with 2/3 players that would struggle to get championship games though.

 

[Drico]

This whole "strong league" stuff is self-serving nonsense designed as propaganda for TV companies and the PL clubs to make more money though subscriptions and as a comfort blanket for fans of clubs in the league who can console themselves that they are also-rans because of the strength of the domestic opposition they face.

As Evertonians, we know full well that we tend to fall flat on our faces in Europe when we do not have a domestic league-dominating side. There's a reason for that.

The Premier League is a very strong league - but that doesn't necessarily mean that its best sides are better than those on the continent or that the very best players play in the Premier League. It's certainly the richest league. That's not, necessarily, something to take pride in - especially as those riches seem to come from the pockets of fans.

 

[Joey66]

Calvert lewin joining Leeds
xhaka joining Sunderland
Walker joining Burnley

When promoted sides can strengthen by bringing in these type of players it shows how strong every team is in the league

This isn’t the German league where Bayern win 6-0 every other week this is the best league in the world

Its poor viewing most weeks & our football has a Rugby league style to it = hoof