Premier League Losing it’s Competitive Balance

[Sky High Bluebird]

To put today’s result in perspective there’s in article in The Times saying exactly the above.

So far this season in 40 matches between the top six clubs and the rest of the premiership they have won 34 drawn 3 and lost only 3.

Take out Man Utd poor early season form who are responsible for two of the defeats and one draw ,and the results would be even more one sided.

Their 1-1 draw with Wolves is the only time in 19 fixtures that one of the top six clubs has dropped so much as a point to a club outside the elite.

Just goes to enforce the view that now we have five out of the six elite clubs out of the way ,our season is only just beginning.

Onwards and upwards.

[MOZZER2]

don't want to sound like a stuck record but being saying for the last 5 years uefa should be setting up an european league

do it ASAP





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[blue matt]

The longer it goes on, the worse the gap gets

of course Leicester proved a few years ago, we can have teams break through and compete with the big boys

[dml1954]

don't want to sound like a stuck record but being saying for the last 5 years uefa should be setting up an european league

do it ASAP.

Totally disagree. Why would we want that. It would kill the Prem League and only benefit the big 6 clubs. The whole point of us being in there is us playing bigger/better teams and improving year on year.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

To put today’s result in perspective there’s in article in The Times saying exactly the above.

So far this season in 40 matches between the top six clubs and the rest of the premiership they have won 34 drawn 3 and lost only 3.

Take out Man Utd poor early season form who are responsible for two of the defeats and one draw ,and the results would be even more one sided.

Their 1-1 draw with Wolves is the only time in 19 fixtures that one of the top six clubs has dropped so much as a point to a club outside the elite.

Just goes to enforce the view that now we have five out of the six elite clubs out of the way ,our season is only just beginning.

Onwards and upwards.

However, that doesn't mean that the top 6 are getting better and better. I think the rest of the Premier League is getting worse. The gap between bottom of the Premier League and top of the Championship has been narrowing for a few years now. Relegated teams don't do so well, while more promoted sides are surviving.

[MOZZER2]

Totally disagree. Why would we want that. It would kill the Prem League and only benefit the big 6 clubs. The whole point of us being in there is us playing bigger/better teams and improving year on year.

how the hell are we going to improve year on year with the current set up ? the top 6 now have less than 20% of british home grown players playing on a regular basis . let the top 6 play on mars for all i care the damage is done no return .

[Father Dougal]

However, that doesn't mean that the top 6 are getting better and better. I think the rest of the Premier League is getting worse. The gap between bottom of the Premier League and top of the Championship has been narrowing for a few years now. Relegated teams don't do so well, while more promoted sides are surviving.

It's both i think. The top 6 are incredibly strong but there is very little gap between 7th in premier league and say 16th in the championship.

[the other bob wilson]

To put today’s result in perspective there’s in article in The Times saying exactly the above.

So far this season in 40 matches between the top six clubs and the rest of the premiership they have won 34 drawn 3 and lost only 3.

Take out Man Utd poor early season form who are responsible for two of the defeats and one draw ,and the results would be even more one sided.

Their 1-1 draw with Wolves is the only time in 19 fixtures that one of the top six clubs has dropped so much as a point to a club outside the elite.

Just goes to enforce the view that now we have five out of the six elite clubs out of the way ,our season is only just beginning.

Onwards and upwards.

The only defeat suffered by one of the current top five to one of the other fifteen so far is Watford 2 Spurs 1.

[Father Dougal]

The only defeat suffered by one of the current top five to one of the other fifteen so far is Watford 2 Spurs 1.

And Watford were most likely in the top 4 themselves at that point?

[surge]

It's both i think. The top 6 are incredibly strong but there is very little gap between 7th in premier league and say 16th in the championship.

Nonsense. Are you really saying, presuming this thread is about big six financially speaking and therefore current sixth side in merit are actually seventh, that Bournemouth wouldn't walk the championship? They have now comprehensively beaten the second and third best championship sides of last year.

What is happening is that investment is increasing in the championship so you have four or five sides spending on premier league players or even champions League players whereas we are a side that cannot do that while in premier league. In one off games I'd probably back top 6 of championship over bottom 6 of premier league (how does form and confidence impact this hypothetical?) but 14th in premier league could easily be a Leicester who still have a core of very, very good players.