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11 Apr, 2025
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Premier League: Has 'micro-managed' football made it boring?
@Source: bbc.com
But what do you think? Is the Premier League boring, exciting or the same as ever? Let us know your thoughts below, We also asked for your opinion during our live text coverage of Leicester v Newcastle on Monday night and received a range of responses... Yes, the Premier League is boring Kev: What's become boring is every team playing the exact same way. Possession football, playing out from the back, endless passing even if it's not their strength. Teams would have style and identities (Bolton's aerial bombardment for example). Now the system dictates all and it's making games exactly the same. Joe: The problem with the Premier League is the hype. To pay the ridiculous salaries to players, all the commercial partners have to big up every game, and many are drab. Let's be honest, a 10-team elite league might be more attractive, seven or eight teams this season are way below the pace of the league. Ben: The problem with the Premier League is that teams get so much money for being in it for just one or two years and can afford to splash out on good players. The upside of this is that it's not just the big six getting Europe every year, but it puts the promoted teams who don't have this money at such a disadvantage. No, it is not boring Rob: Liverpool are about to win the league for only the second time in 35 years. Newcastle have won a trophy for the first time in 55 years. Forest have gone from relegation favourites to Champions League entrants. Man City has collapsed comically. Southampton might be statistically the worst team to ever play in the league. All of the top 10 teams would probably make top four in any other league. When they play each other even the bookies struggle to pick the result. Man Utd and Spurs, two traditional giants, are in the bottom half of the table and flailing wildly. Boring? Not on your life. Matt: Without commenting on the games themselves I don't think you can call the current Premier League season boring when you've got "bigger" teams like Man Utd and Spurs languishing in the bottom half and less "fashionable" sides like Fulham, Brighton and Bournemouth pushing the top five, not to mention Forest breaking up the top three. Bob: It's not just the top and bottom positions in the league that determine whether it's interesting. The jostling for top four is interesting. The inexplicable slump of Man City is interesting, as is the unexpected rise of Nottingham Forest. The complete collapse of Man Utd despite multiple renowned managers is interesting. Angeball is interesting. Everton's redemption is interesting. What is boring is the mind-numbing waiting times with VAR.
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