GymClassHero
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Many have predicted this seasons points total for survival could be a record low.
I can see the average points total for staying up decreasing not only for this season, but continually over the coming years, what with the gulf in quality and finance becoming seemingly larger ever season.
20 years ago we had the 'big 4' of Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United and Chelsea and you could pretty much guarantee it would be those 4 finishing in any given order in the top 4 places. Man City were the first team to be of any real and consistent threat to the status quo. Fast forward another 10 years and this is now 'the big 7' (Spurs and most recently Newcastle).
Then there are the best of the rest (Villa, Brighton etc - obviously not currently but Everton have generally been in this category until the last few seasons) who would be considered outsiders for a top 4 finish, but occasionally will over achieve and pinch a CL spot.
The point I guess I'm trying to make is that newly promoted teams and the few others in the relegation battle are becoming cut increasingly further adrift of the rest, with the ever increasing gulf in quality - meaning points are becoming a lot harder to come by. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the average points total for survival drops as low as 30 within the next 5 seasons.
I can see the average points total for staying up decreasing not only for this season, but continually over the coming years, what with the gulf in quality and finance becoming seemingly larger ever season.
20 years ago we had the 'big 4' of Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United and Chelsea and you could pretty much guarantee it would be those 4 finishing in any given order in the top 4 places. Man City were the first team to be of any real and consistent threat to the status quo. Fast forward another 10 years and this is now 'the big 7' (Spurs and most recently Newcastle).
Then there are the best of the rest (Villa, Brighton etc - obviously not currently but Everton have generally been in this category until the last few seasons) who would be considered outsiders for a top 4 finish, but occasionally will over achieve and pinch a CL spot.
The point I guess I'm trying to make is that newly promoted teams and the few others in the relegation battle are becoming cut increasingly further adrift of the rest, with the ever increasing gulf in quality - meaning points are becoming a lot harder to come by. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the average points total for survival drops as low as 30 within the next 5 seasons.