The premier league bottom half of the table is better than all other leagues bottom half. But the premier League top 6 teams are not on the same level with Spain. (Yes Sevilla and valencia will beat this arsenal and manutd I'm seeing.) we'll come third/fourth in laliga and 2nd in germany. The problem is the system of play and the type of players, we've been left behind. From 2000 - 2004 you could get by playing with a flat 4-4-2 with Lennon on the flanks crossing and leave all that space in the midfield. But Mourinho came in and dominated with 3 in the middle and the epl learned and became a force in Europe from 2004-2008. After this period, Guardiola brought a new system, which is to combine possession with incessant pressing. If you only need to press, you can get by with Antonio valencia, Lennon, young, and other players that just kick the ball and run in your team. But now you need to press and be good on the ball. This is where we have been left behind in Europe you now need more ball players, more technicians that can press. The comparison between the technical players in the top champions League teams and the English champions League teams is like Comparing heaven with earth. Hopefully we will have the desire to keep on developing our team further, Arsenal got away with it for years, Dortmund didnt and are paying for it now. That's what will happen to us the day we think we have it all.