u/Financial_Panda6543

You see any fancy alignment charts here but I'll just explain the new tier system as the current one has become too confusing "Are Spurs a big 6 team while they finish bottom half every year" "Why aren't Aston Villa in the big 6" "Is it a big 6 or a Top 7" etc. etc.

I'm just going to put forth the easy to remember tier list.

Tier 1 : Arsenal (Hereby forth known as "The Big One"

Arsenal are in this tier due to their overall dominance of the league this season and their future prospects looking so bright with rivals in "rebuilding mode"

Tier 2 "The next 6"

You have the other big European teams like

Man City

Man Utd

Crystal Palace

Liverpool

Aston Villa

The teams you generally expect to compete in European competitions sealing qualifications and winning trophies

Finally Tier 3 "The Domestic dozen"

The domestic dozen is the 12 clubs who you just can't consider to be big teams. No offense to them it doesn't mean they're bad clubs but it's the clubs you get used to seeing in the mid table (Everton, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, Brighton, Chelsea, Bournemouth etc.)