He seems to be saying that because the division is very close outside the top two that it means the game is either less competitive or a lower quality. Except that doesn't make sense because it's e
xactly what you'd expect to see if all the clubs were of a very high standard. The only conclusion you can draw that there isn't a large difference in quality between the sides, but that doesn't say whether it's because they're all good, bad, or indifferent.
Basically, it's nonsense.
I hate to admit it but we are lower quality in terms of skill and entertainment.
Very few if any of our players will be coveted by the teams at the top as none of them has the individual skills to make them stand out.
Couple this with our change of approach since we leaked three goals in no time at Villa and we are now nowhere near as good to watch as we were in the first half of last season and the two seasons prior to that.
We are still lauded for the use of overlapping centre backs despite the fact that the sight of Jack O'Connell is becoming more and more scarce by the game.
Recently we are looking disjointed in attack, we're giving the ball away far too often and far too easily and whilst we're well up the table we ae one of the lowest scoring teams in the league
BUT
Football is a results business and we are getting results because we are well organised, hard working and a TEAM that is far greater than the sum of it's individual parts.
I have no issues with this, and no issues when fans of other teams use similar phrases to describe us, in fact I see it as a great compliment and originates from their jealousy that we are doing so much better than their team despite being compromised of players that none of them would dream of signing in a million years.
At the end of the day results define a team, "one nil to the Arsenal" and there is more than one way to win a game of football.
We play the way that we do because we have to.
Our players do lack the skills and individual abilities of most of their counterparts in the Premier League but they have twice as much heart and commitment to the cause and each other than any other team in the league.
These qualities can only take us so far but for now it's working.
The way forward has to be to try and steadily improve the quality of our individuals without losing the heart, desire, and othe qualities that enable us to be at the level we are deservedly at now.
