Comments on: The Premier League the Best League in the World…? http://backpagefootball.com/the-premier-league-the-best-league-in-the-world-it%e2%80%99s-not-even-the-best-in-england/18855/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Nevitt http://backpagefootball.com/the-premier-league-the-best-league-in-the-world-it%e2%80%99s-not-even-the-best-in-england/18855/comment-page-1/#comment-38660 Robert Nevitt Thu, 19 May 2011 10:50:58 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=18855#comment-38660 I think the thing with the play-off winners struggling in the Premier League is that they may only have finished 6th in the league (Blackpool only snook into the top 6 on the last day of last season). That means 5 teams were better than them in the championship, so it is a big step to be better than 3 teams in the premiership aswell. But the play-offs are a vital ingredient to the excitement of the Championship, so I wouldn’t want them changed.

]]> By: Josh Wright http://backpagefootball.com/the-premier-league-the-best-league-in-the-world-it%e2%80%99s-not-even-the-best-in-england/18855/comment-page-1/#comment-38590 Josh Wright Wed, 18 May 2011 19:38:54 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=18855#comment-38590 In fairness i didn’t say were relegated, I said they struggled. As you have said those who go up via the play offs have massively struggled but if you look over the course of the last few seasons you can say teams like Wolves, Birmingham, Reading and Hull just to name a few have struggled in the second season.

But for every Burnley or Derby there is a Stoke who have proven that it is possible to make the step up and flourish. I am the greatest fan of Championship football and love seeing sides such as Blackpool representing the Football League so well.

]]> By: Mike http://backpagefootball.com/the-premier-league-the-best-league-in-the-world-it%e2%80%99s-not-even-the-best-in-england/18855/comment-page-1/#comment-38464 Mike Wed, 18 May 2011 13:14:43 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=18855#comment-38464 Totally agree with you but I’m not sure that I agree with Josh about promoted teams struggling – over the last 20 seasons, only seven winners of the ‘second tier’ have been relegated straight away, a figure that rises to eight of the last 20 runners up. The perception that promoted teams struggle come from the playoff winners – if Blackpool go down on Sunday, they’ll be the fourth team in the last five years that have won the Championship playoffs and been relegated the following season.

]]> By: Josh Wright http://backpagefootball.com/the-premier-league-the-best-league-in-the-world-it%e2%80%99s-not-even-the-best-in-england/18855/comment-page-1/#comment-38454 Josh Wright Wed, 18 May 2011 12:50:58 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=18855#comment-38454 Watching the championship week in week out I agree with you in many respects. It is exciting, any team can beat any team on its day and the quality has improved vastly. In terms of the strength of teams, quality of the play and the levels of support it is up there with the best leagues in the world.

However the quality in the Premier League is undeniably far superior, as shown by the fact the majority of promoted teams struggle.

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