Boring?

Posted by grell on 25 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: England, Posts

Is the Premier League boring? Are the results too predictable? It does seem as though the ‘Big Four’ - Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United - seem to own the top four spots. But what about the other big leagues in Europe?

Top Four Finishers

England 1 2 3 4
2008 Man U Chelsea Arsenal Liverpool
2007 Man U Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal
2006 Chelsea Man U Liverpool Arsenal
2005 Chelsea Arsenal Man U Everton
Spain 1 2 3 4
2008 R.Madrid Villarreal Barca A. Madrid
2007 R.Madrid Barca Sevilla Valencia
2006 Barca R.Madrid Valencia Osasuna
2005 Barca R.Madrid Villarreal R. Betis
Italy 1 2 3 4
2008 Inter Roma Juventus Fiorentina
2007 Inter Roma Lazio AC Milan
2006 Inter Roma AC Milan C.Verona
2005 Juventus AC Milan Inter Udinese
Germany 1 2 3 4
2008 B.Munich W.Bremen Shalke Hamburg
2007 Stuttgart Shalke W.Bremen B.Munich
2006 B.Munich W.Bremen hamburg Shalke
2005 B.Munich Shalke W.Bremen H.Berlin

Well, five teams in the premier League have contested the top four places in the last four years - Everton being the only team outside the Big Four to get a look in. In La Liga and Serie A there were eight, while in the Bundesliga there were six - very similar to the Premier League. So, on the face of it, La Liga and Serie A look a lot more exciting, but if we look closer - at the top TWO finishers - there were three teams in the Premier League, three in La Liga and four in Serie A and the Bundesliga.

Pretty similar.

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Comments

  1. on 25 Jul 2008 at 3:52 pm   Alex

    It is not a top 4 but rather a top 2. Coming 3rd or 4th on a regular basis does not make a side a top team.

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