loadsofposts69 > 14/05/2018, 16:42
(14/05/2018, 16:29)ScottyRampant Wrote: A mid-table Prem side can expect to attract a far higher calibre of player now than they could have 10 or 15 years ago, so it's difficult to see how the standard is dropping.Yes ok.But the players down below are just hoping they are transferred to a bigger club no loyalty like years ago.
It's just that the top 5/6 or whatever have pulled away even more, which means there's less points to go around.
And because of the sheer amount of money in the league now, a team like Huddersfield can come up, spend £50m like it's nothing, take points off the traditional mid-table sides and hold their own. Even 5 years ago it'd have been a £15m outlay and 25 point season at best.
So yeah, the top end of the table has distorted it, but I think it mostly comes down to the rest of the league being so evenly matched.
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