Monday 2 May 2011

Premier league congestion table

By Martin McCutcheon

Is the premiership competitive enough? Many people complain about how it’s the same teams that win the league (man united, chelsea or arsenal since 1995) and the same teams in contention for the champions league. But looking at the tables distorted by point differences you see a clearer picture of how competitive it actually is – a point decided the winner last year, and while Portsmouth got left well behind (for financial reasons) there were several bunches of congestion in the table. This season, the title is anything but decided, european spots will be fought down to the wire and the entire bottom half of the table is as congested as a rush hour traffic jam.