[Stevens]

Has the Premier League become stale and predictable?

[Matt the Thrasher]

Certainly at the top it has, only 4 teams are now capable of winning the league and the gap between them & the rest is growing all the time soon England will be like most other countries where 2 or 3 teams have all the money & all the fans.

[PrinzPoldi11]

I voted yes......because beside Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal who can contend?

[gibbelinho]

I voted no....otherwise I would have my made millions through Premiership betting!

[Stevens]

Yes!

[danyab]

yes

[goldenHuddlestone]

No who would of thought Man U would win

[gibbelinho]

...or Reading do so well...

or West Ham do so **** (oh well, maybe you're right!)

[lb7]

i say no cause who would have thought that reading would be a 6th place condenter aswell as reading fighting for 6th spot. And who would have thought that charlton would be in the relagation zone for most of the season. Arsenal lost their first game at emirates to West ham.
if it was yes then people would be rich from prem betting

[Matt_THFC]

Certainly not. Football has always had periods where it has been dominated by a group of sides and this season is no different.

The top three (I'm excluding Chelsea here - granted they are second in the league table) are well backed clubs with promising futures and I suspect have a good shout of carrying on their success for many years to come.

I've excluded Chelsea here as they are solely dependent on Abramovich, every year they actually are going into debt (although they are slowly sorting out this issue) whereas the other three have been a "big club" for a long time and are effectively better equipped.

I think clubs like Everton and Tottenham have real potential to break in but must move to bigger venues to compete.

The two real issues for the league is the ticket prices, which even reduced now are still too high (least it's going in the right direction I guess) and the lack of English players making the grade at Premiership clubs.

[Stevens]

Yes?

[HAMMERTIME]

No way its the most exciting leauge in the world...

[steven.jerjian]

Originally Posted by Matt_THFC

Certainly not. Football has always had periods where it has been dominated by a group of sides and this season is no different.

The top three (I'm excluding Chelsea here - granted they are second in the league table) are well backed clubs with promising futures and I suspect have a good shout of carrying on their success for many years to come.

I've excluded Chelsea here as they are solely dependent on Abramovich, every year they actually are going into debt (although they are slowly sorting out this issue) whereas the other three have been a "big club" for a long time and are effectively better equipped.

I think clubs like Everton and Tottenham have real potential to break in but must move to bigger venues to compete.

The two real issues for the league is the ticket prices, which even reduced now are still too high (least it's going in the right direction I guess) and the lack of English players making the grade at Premiership clubs.

I agree. The reason Tottenham didn't make the champo league last season was not just because of dodgy spaghetti but because Arsenal, one of the big four had that extra bit of quality where it mattered.

Tottenham have conceded way to many goals this season and were off the pace for 4th right from the start.

They also have a small stadium and a very small fanbase outside this country.
If you look at the big four, especially Liverpool and Man Utd you see they have loads of fans all the way as far as China and Japan and they improve those by going on tours there. (Liverpool in Asia Cup and Man Utd in Malaysia?)

[Eire-Dearg]

I think the top 4 is very very predictable but the bottom is nowhere near predictable! Who would of guessed West Ham, with Tevez and Masch, would of been struggling like they did? The most entertaining relegation fight in years.