Originally Posted by TheSloth:
“Things are better now than in the Eighties and Nineties - no monopolies/duopolies at least these days. The race may go down to two or three teams eventually but at present there's too long to go before we can safely say that - top 4 are looking set but Spurs and United still may have a say.
Four different EPL winners in 4 years is a good thing. From 1995/96 to 2003/04 we had the United/Arsenal domination and from 2004/05 to 2010/11 we had the United/Chelsea domination. There are more teams now that can regularly take points off each other and that can only be good for a competitive league. Leicester's miracle has also given many clubs a "can do" attitude which, added to the TV money, means the quality of the "also-rans" is getting better year-on-year generally.”
The last bit, is very much the key point here, the teams that used to be easy three points to a degree, no longer are, and have sufficient strength in depth, so that you won't see high scoring one sided games much anymore (thinking of when we beat Ipswich 9-0 for example).
It is a much tougher league to win, as the gap between the best teams and the worst is not as much as it once was.