So the EPL loses Swansea, WBA and Stoke and gains Cardiff, Wolves and Fulham. I'd equate Swansea/Cardiff, Wolves/WBA but Stoke are a bigger club than Fulham whose ground capacity is only 25K. All three promoted sides stay up. Another weakening of the also-rans in the EPL I think, cementing the hegemony of the Big 6. The objective now for everyone outside the Big 6 is to avoid relegation. At least some years ago they'd have a stab at a Cup. Now it's play the reserves and gear up for the league game against Bournemouth or Watford the following week.
The Championship is now really a mini-EPL in its own right with Villa, Leeds, Derby, Stoke, WBA, Wednesday, Ipswich, Norwich, QPR, Notts Forest, Blackburn and others not long ago in the higher echelons. The only clubs which I wouldn't regard as big clubs, albeit some with top flight experience, would be Millwall, Brentford, Bristol City (though I remember them in the top flight), Preston, Hull, Reading and Rotherham.
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