GYBS wrote:Mick - in some ways i agree with you about the standard of the prem being less at the moment as we dont have teams like the old chelsea and arsenal and man utd sweeping everyone away in front of them but could it not be the other way around thou where the top teams are just as good as before if not better but the reason why those top 4 arent sweeping all away in front of them is because other teams in the league have improved ? teams like villa have improved , the teams that have come up have found ways to be a bit more solid so the overall standard in the league has increased but the gap between the top teams and the others has closed due to the other teams increasing in standard as opposed to the top teams being worse ? just a thought ?
Villa have improved but arent any stronger than Spurs where a couple of seasons ago.
Everton where also stronger then i think than they are now.
Some teams have improved and obviously some have gone backwards that will always happen.
But as a whole i dont think the top sides are anywhere near as strong as they have been over the last 5 years or so, which is why the teams below are taking more points than usual off them.