EPL Talk - Latest Comments in Recognizing Premier League’s Best of the Rest

Re: Recognizing Premier League’s Best of the Rest

cory — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:04:05 -0000

i'm a massive liverpool supporter, and really think rafa if given the resources could do it, but you cant put liverpool in with chelski, manure or the arse until they actually win the league again.

Re: Recognizing Premier League’s Best of the Rest

mookie — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:30:11 -0000

Tottenham and Newcastle at this point better hope they stay at the mid table.

Re: Recognizing Premier League’s Best of the Rest

timmyg — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:01:03 -0000

I agree with Kartik, except it seems more of a Manchester United against the team du jour. Five years ago it was Arsenal, past few years it was Chelsea, now its Arsenal again...

Good post gaffer, and it really is quite ridiculous when you consider everything. Which is exactly why sports in the USA have salary/luxury caps. (Although those would kill the BPL)

Re: Recognizing Premier League’s Best of the Rest

kkfla737 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:01:19 -0000

I'd argue Leeds and Newcastle were much better clubs and bigger clubs in a way than Chelsea and even traditional power Liverpool throughout much of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In reality it has been a Big two since the foundation of the Premier League with a rotating group of other title contenders. Liverpool has finished 2nd just once and even at that point Leeds had a much better team but was focused on trying to win the Champions League which as we know they did not and doom followed for that club.

Re: Recognizing Premier League’s Best of the Rest

Simon — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:26:36 -0000

Excellent post gaffer, very interesting here to see where the rest fall. You might want to add however that really only 3 clubs have ever lifted the Prem consistently as Liverpool have never done it :)
I think in the future it will be more possible for the other teams to have a go with the way financial backing is changing. Man City have put in high investment and a world class manager and in 2 years could have a hell of a squad. Portsmouth and VIlla with good investment and a 2-4 year time frame could also have a decent go, more Villa than Pompey as Pompey will never be competitive in years with an African Cup.