Just watching motd

[Father Dougal]

Whatever people say the quality of the premier league is so so good. The teams are so quick moving the ball and direct. Even teams like forest and brighton.

Such a contrast to yesterday and the past few seasons.

It feels strange we were pushing for that league at one time. While we have never been able to compete in it we seem a zillion miles away from it now.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Whatever people say the quality of the premier league is so so good. The teams are so quick moving the ball and direct. Even teams like forest and brighton.

Such a contrast to yesterday and the past few seasons.

It feels strange we were pushing for that league at one time. While we have never been able to compete in it we seem a zillion miles away from it now.

Newcastle looked a different level and will probably still only finish fourth or fifth.

Luton looked like a parks team up against a weakened Brighton that has sold £300 million worth of players in the last year.

[Trigger]

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It's most noticeable when you think we were a big player in this league not that long ago.

I know we got a point at Leeds but second half there looked a good league between us.

Speed of thought is such an issue for us, we play so slowly. Number of times Saturday you look (granted from my elevated position) and think release it now, now, now then another full second later the ball is played or often, not at all.

When we sped things up late on we looked ok, but the damage is done and QPR well happy to sit on what they had.

[The Bloop]

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It's a totally different level, but I think a 3-4 minute highlights package of many teams in our division, could make many of them look like world beaters.

[J R Hartley]

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It’s almost like they are playing a completely different sport.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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They are a bunch of diving cheating ponces

[Bobby Dandruff]

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It’s almost like they are playing a completely different sport.

I often think exactly this - the Premier League and the Championship are almost like different sports.

[splott parker]

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I often think exactly this - the Premier League and the Championship are almost like different sports.

I remember a West Ham side that despite having three World Cup winners in their ranks (although the three didn’t figure against us) very often languished in the First Division’s bottom half. We played them in the two legged semi final of the League Cup in 1965, they battered us 5-1 down here and 5-2 at the Boleyn Ground. The top division has always been a huge cut above the second tier.

[life on mars]

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Who cares, we are ere born to struggle and moan, if it was happy chappy successful footy CCMB could struggle with too much happiness.

[Bobby Dandruff]

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I remember a West Ham side that despite having three World Cup winners in their ranks (although the three didn’t figure against us) very often languished in the First Division’s bottom half. We played them in the two legged semi final of the League Cup in 1965, they battered us 5-1 down here and 5-2 at the Boleyn Ground. The top division has always been a huge cut above the second tier.

Do you think that the gulf between the top two divisions has got bigger since then? I suspect that the gap has increased significantly since Sky Tv turned up and seems to be accelerating.

[The Bloop]

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Do you think that the gulf between the top two divisions has got bigger since then? I suspect that the gap has increased significantly since Sky Tv turned up and seems to be accelerating.

The Sky money has enabled teams not only to buy the best players and coaches, that overseas teams can't afford, but also to make massive investments in training facilities and backroom staff. Stuff that most teams below the Prem have no chance of competing with them.

[LA Bluebird]

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VAR given the first decision of the season to one of the big clubs then. How on earth is that not the clearest penalty you have ever seen.

[splott parker]

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Do you think that the gulf between the top two divisions has got bigger since then? I suspect that the gap has increased significantly since Sky Tv turned up and seems to be accelerating.

The influx of overseas players has improved the top division particularly but had the deluge not happened many second tier British born players would be top tier players nowadays. The standard has improved throughout the divisions. Prior to the Premier League the titles were still dominated by the ‘big’ clubs. Liverpool just prior to the year that ‘football began’, Arsenal have been the club that’s always knocked around at the top, certainly since the ‘30s. If anything, it’s the elite that have pulled away further and are playing a different ‘sport’.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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VAR given the first decision of the season to one of the big clubs then. How on earth is that not the clearest penalty you have ever seen.

Legitimised cheating. Always has been , always will be.

Remember Rooney booted on of our players up in the air as he charged down the wing right in front of the referee?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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VAR given the first decision of the season to one of the big clubs then. How on earth is that not the clearest penalty you have ever seen.

I assume it was a nailed on penalty ?

United fans from London, Canada and Ireland are on some feckwit YouTube show out doing each other in the asshole competition

Can't they realise what utter tits they appear ?

Another reason why the Premier League is a load of bollocks