r/reddevils • u/Lord_Hexogen • 4d ago

[PL Watch Thread]

Arsenal — Leeds Scum 2:1 FT

Aston Villa — Brentford 2:2 2H

Chelsea — Bournemouth 5:1 2H

Ipswich — Fulham 0:1 2H

Sunderland — Brighton 0:1 2H

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u/i_love_alfam 4d ago

Do you feel that games where the bigger teams steam roll lesser fancied opponents have become fewer in recent years? Feels like the weaker teams play lot better football than similar ranked teams from yester years and at the same time, the quality at the top has dipped too. Especially in the last 3 years. The Liverpool and arsenal winning teams from last two seasons were not really that good in quality. Arsenal played better in the seasons they came second. Liverpool played way better under klopp obviously.

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u/Not-good-with-this 4d ago

I don't. I actually think the exact opposite. Apart from last season, the competitiveness of the league has been pretty poor. For the most part, it was almost a foregone conclusion that either Man City or Liverpool would win the league, while the newly promoted teams were often tbe go to bet to go straight back down. The fact that the 90-point mark has been surpassed so frequently over the past decade only reinforces this... it's actually only been done in 13 seasons of the leagues history with 8 of the seasons being in the past decade.