You could flip this phrase on its head and argue that it’s the best it’s ever been.
I personally think that the Liverpool side we’re currently watching, could be one of best Premier League teamwe’ve ever seen (that grated on me a little).
Then, Manchester City are just having a poor season.
Leicester City down, the quality isn’t that different. The Premier League cashflow has allowed to purchase all the best players from around the world, therefore making everyone a lot closer in quality,
Just because Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton etc are struggling more than previous years, doesn’t mean that the league is poorer. It’s more of a balancing of the levels.
I’ve watched a lot of Leicester (as you’d imagine); and the team we’d had in 15/16 to now would easily beat the teams from the Martin O’Neill era, that won two league cups.
Teams with the quality of Norwich, Watford, Bournemouth and Villa, wouldn’t have been relegated in some Premier League seasons. I think the quality of the Premier League helps our teams in Europe, as they are playing to a higher standard each week.
Outside of that, if you look at the rest of Europe, you can see other leagues are getting poorer and will need a lot of money to keep up with the Premier League teams. Do they even have the resources to do that!?
Barca will have a real problem once Messi retires. They’re having to buy players from other clubs again, as the Youth isn’t there from the academy (ala Manchester United). They no longer how that fear factor. Real Madrid are the same and whilst still a big pull, aren’t the same since Ronaldo left for Juventus. They’re ageing and it’s showing. They need a serious overhaul. The rest of the league is dross and would mostly be cannon fodder in the Premier League.
Bayern Munich are struggling. They aren’t the same as they once were.
Ajax we’re a breath of fresh air last season but they’re slowly being stripped of players so will undoubtedly struggle to maintain what they achieved last season.
Serie A is potentially more exciting with the re-emergence of Inter and Lazio as a challengers again. However Juventus dominance has been at the detriment of that league for so long. A team winning 8 leagues in a row, isn’t healthy. Juventus has an ageing defence also, so it’ll be interesting to see how they maintain that going forwards.
Then we have Scottish football ......