The PL's bottom 3 (27 replies)
Are they collectively the worst in the Premier League era?
Ipswich and Southampton seem to offer some sort of attacking fight but are both abysmal at the back and Leicester are simply terrible everywhere. All three teams seem like a guaranteed 3pts for everyone baring each other.
I was looking at their transfer spend this season and surprisingly Ipswich have the highest net spend in the league with £126m! That's not far off Forest's 22/23 £160m spend. Should McKenna be doing better? Southampton have the 6th highest net spend with £67m but £109m overall and then Leicester are 7th with £52m net and £82m overall. Leiecester's spending looks fairly modest but at over £100m, both Ipswich and Southampton have certainly "had a go".
What, if anything, do you think this means for Championship teams going forward?
I heard an interesting remark from a journalist the other day: Each season, the established 17 PL clubs stay up, get financially stronger and pull further away, making it harder for the next three promoted clubs to survive.
Ipswich and Southampton seem to offer some sort of attacking fight but are both abysmal at the back and Leicester are simply terrible everywhere. All three teams seem like a guaranteed 3pts for everyone baring each other.
I was looking at their transfer spend this season and surprisingly Ipswich have the highest net spend in the league with £126m! That's not far off Forest's 22/23 £160m spend. Should McKenna be doing better? Southampton have the 6th highest net spend with £67m but £109m overall and then Leicester are 7th with £52m net and £82m overall. Leiecester's spending looks fairly modest but at over £100m, both Ipswich and Southampton have certainly "had a go".
What, if anything, do you think this means for Championship teams going forward?
I heard an interesting remark from a journalist the other day: Each season, the established 17 PL clubs stay up, get financially stronger and pull further away, making it harder for the next three promoted clubs to survive.