According to Roy Keane, the Premier League's bottom "seven or eight" clubs, including Leeds United, Everton, West Ham, and Nottingham Forest, have been "really poor" and the level of competition has decreased.
The bottom eight clubs on the table have unintentionally formed their own mini-league with eight to nine games remaining in the Premier League. However, Crystal Palace and Chelsea are six points clear of the rest.
Below that, all nine teams are battling the possibility of relegation. Palace has won two straight games and moved six points clear of the relegation zone. Following the 5-1 loss against Palace, Leeds is currently in 16th place, only two points above the bottom three.
Leicester, Forest and Southampton occupy the bottom three, with Everton, Leeds, Bournemouth, West Ham, and Wolves hovering above them.
According to Keane, all of these teams have performed poorly, falling short of the league's standards.
“The standard of the Premier League has been poor this year," said Keane.
"The teams near the bottom have been really poor, I’m talking the bottom seven or eight teams, the standard is really poor. But the rest have been really, really average.”
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