As a fan of low-league football club Gillingham FC, this article will be biased, but is the EPL really a good league to watch now?
To me, the only good part of the EPL is watching the underdog teams annihilate the big four—Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool (some could argue Hull at the moment!). It is the big four that ruins the novelty of the premier league.
Also, the lack of English players and staff in the EPL almost makes you think you are watching a foreign league; there are some exceptions where a team has quite a few English players, like Aston Villa, Hull (maybe)...oh, the list runs out. The EPL seems to be more about making money and being the richest club other than singing up crisp local talent and having a hard work ethic.
However, in the lower leagues, it is much more interesting to watch. Yes, you don't see skill up to Ronaldo's standard, but you see good local talent, hard-working players most of the time, and English players. These players have to make a name for themselves, especially at lower leagues like No. 1 and No. 2, and it clearly shows.
To contradict myself a little bit, teams in the lower leagues do work for the money as well to become a wealthy club, but this is from a lack of funds, and a desire to one day become one of the biggest clubs, and play in the top league, just like the tale of Hull City, and captain Ashbee will know all about this, being played in every league from the conference all the way up to the Premier League.
I think overall, the EPL has lost a lot of its attraction, apart from the prospect of making millions of pounds, but is that not what draws you into most sports?
My case rests.
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