Rory Smith
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first heard Apr 2026
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over the course of the season, is beating... I think they're both capable of being excellent against the traditional elite.
But I think there's a different pressure on teams to win the number of games you need to win to get into the Champions League.
So for context,
Yeah, I think the big challenge of the Premier League for everybody at the moment is being the team that is the protagonist in games.
I think it's the thing that's really difficult for everyone to be the team that says, we've got the ball, we know how to break you down.
I think Brighton and Brentford, neither of whom had the majority of possession at the weekend.
They both...
had less of the ball and won really well without it.
I think they face a different challenge when teams like Sunderland or Bournemouth or Everton or whoever it might be go to the GTEC or go to the Amex and say, OK, you have to break us down.
I think that...
Yeah, we'll come on to Man Utd, Liverpool, Tottenham, Villa, Chelsea.
They're all struggling to do that in different ways anyway.
I think for Brentford and Brighton, you throw Bournemouth into the mix generally as well.
I think the challenge they have is in beating the teams mid-table, lower mid-table, upper mid-table, the teams that consider themselves their peers.
Those games, and they're the majority of games in the Premier League, it's hard for them to define games against those opponents.
I think in a way we get not a false impression, but watching them against the big six...
is when they are often at their very best.
That's when they're almost at their most dangerous.
Whereas the Premier League to grind to finish in the top five, you need to grind out results.
And I think those teams struggle to do it.
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