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| The Premier League has just got too predictable |
First of all, it's just too predictable, OK you get the odd surprising and interesting result, we got 2 at the weekend in this league with Wigan 2-2 Tottenham and Newcastle 0-6 Liverpool. However compare this league to the Championship where you can beat the top team 3-0 one week and lose to the bottom team 5-0 the next, that's why I'm more of a fan of the Football League.
Another reason is because the players when I was watching the Premier League week in, week out were passionate about the club they were playing for. These included the likes of Alan Sheerer and Roy Keane (even if he didn't show it some times) When I was only frequently watching it, there were considerably less of these types of players, but some still existed. These included the likes of Mellberg and Hypia. Now though there are even less, I struggle to name 1 at every club. You still have the likes of Steven Gerrard and Brad Guzan. You have some who would claim that they would stick by the club, but have proven if they don't get what they want, they're out, these include the likes of Wayne Rooney. The lower down the leagues you get the more passionate the players are towards their clubs.
My penultimate reason is its lost all of its personality, when I was younger, there were great fights and players in the Premier League, you had great fights such as Keane and Viera, personalities such as "Psycho" Pearce and such hilarious blunders such as the Viera and Henry penalty against Man City. In recent years you have had events such as Phil Brown giving the team talk on the pitch and Jimmy Bullard's celebration the year afterwards. But in recent years, we haven't seen anything that is even on a par with these characters or events. Mario Balotelli being an exception.
Finally, the Premier League (and all top flights) are dominated by money, sure you could pick out Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, but the best example of this is Manchester City. A few years ago, Man City were a mediocre mid tabled side, but in 3 or 4 years, their fortunes were turned with their new owners and they were Premier League champions, we need to go back to a time where clubs were on a financial par. This is why I personally welcome financial fair play, we also however need to bring back salary caps for fans and clubs sakes. The consequences of not bringing Fair Play in is devastating, as once the Man City owners get bored, they will sell, they don't spend their own money on the club, they borrow most of it from banks. This would leave City in a pile of debt and cause them to potentially drop out of the Premier League and maybe even go and revisit League 1 and League 2.
I bring this up because the Premier League is over its head thinking it's the best league in the world. UEFA are even thinking of docking it a Champions League spot meaning only 3 teams will be able to qualify from England. I will be writing another blog in the near future on what the Premier League and the rest of football in England can do to solve this problem.
That should be coming up in the next week. A preview for the Leeds vs Watford game will be up on Friday, you can follow me on twitter @AJWoodward29 and keep up to date with this blog @LUFCWorld
