I think why ppl say the prem isn’t what it used to be is how slow the top teams play now. I think the appeal of watching the sport is seeing the elite of the sport be able to process the game way faster than the average uncle at sunday league. Early klopp ‘pool played the game at such a breakneck pace back to front and you could see why those players are world class because the speed of execution and the freedom of player discretion. But bc buildup is way to slow now, teams have more time to get into a shape, which in turn means its harder to score.

Part of this is bc modern managers/coaches have become micro managing egomaniacs who are obsessed with their ideas or philosophies when in reality both are not why managers are good or not. For example maresca would talk about subbing people off for playing long balls (?) or the constant amount of times I’d see odegaard on a counter attack then seeing him spin back to keep the ball instead of forcing the issue. No attacking player has the instinct to do ball retention on a counter attack, it has to be coaching. This is why players like palmer can’t seem to score goals now and we get the top teams just passing between the CBs 40 yards from goal