Megson: Prem now has Super Six

02 October 2009 13:56
The Bolton boss feels the 'Big Four' has effectively become a 'Super Six' in the wake of Spurs and City's emergence as super powers to challenge the dominance for many years of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. It is those six clubs who currently occupy the top six positions in the table, with another big-spender in Aston Villa seventh after a £40million spree of their own over the summer. With the majority of the clubs below such heavyweights unable to compete off the field, and rarely on it save for the odd result, it increases the pressure on the likes of Bolton as they have little other than salvation to play for. Ahead of Saturday's visit of Spurs to the Reebok Stadium, Megson said: "It is a huge task for our players. "But one we're looking forward to because it gives us a chance to gauge ourselves against a club that has maybe spent £200million. "And when you spend £50million on centre-forwards, I don't think it's any great surprise to see they have done so well so far this season. "They've started the season brilliantly, and they're a side capable of pushing into the top four, although it is getting tighter and tighter up at the top. "We might have to start talking about a top six or seven before too long. "Although the top four is getting stronger, the teams below are spending incredible amounts of money to enable them to get into the Champions League. "It's great for the Premier League, and it will cause one or two headaches for the teams that do expect to get into the Champions League through spending that amount of money. "But for everybody else, it just makes life harder and harder." Spurs have certainly been rampant on occasion this season, scoring five goals in a game in four of their nine matches so far. That includes 10 in their last two outings in trouncing Preston in the Carling Cup and then Burnley in the league at White Hart Lane last Saturday. "The players Harry (Redknapp) has brought in are all top class," added Megson. "I saw them play against Hull in the second game of the season and the football was absolutely out of this world. "Hull couldn't handle (Jermain) Defoe and (Robbie) Keane dropping into the gap between the midfield and the back four. "They won by (scoring) five and it could have been double that, and then they did the same against Burnley at the weekend. "The problem is you don't know what team Harry will put out. He has options all over the shop. "One of the problems you have with Tottenham is if you drop deep you are going to struggle against the height of (Peter) Crouch, and with the ability of Keane to operate all over. "And then if you squeeze up you are going to have issues with the lightning pace of (Aaron) Lennon and Defoe. "They're all comfortable on the ball, and this is why, when they are all fit they are hard to handle." Tottenham 10/11, Draw 12/5, Bolton 16/5  

Source: Team_Talk