Agreed. I struggle to watch the Premier League personally, it's mundane. Teams just try to counter the big boys, that have 11 £80m players. It's a case of watching them press and press and seeing if the other team can catch them on a break or if they win 4 nil. And big teams vs big teams just seems to be players throwing themselves over every 2 minutes and it's always a foul. There's obviously some great moments but it's too few and far between now for me to bother.
I like watching the latter stages of the champions league as the quality of officiating is excellent, and throwing themselves over doesn't work. I guess the refs in the Premier League are instructed to protect the players more (protect the cash cows), as they play in it week in week out. Whereas the end of the champions league is only a few games and are always played at high intensity with a eagle eyed team of officials. Same applies to the world Cup. I still love watching that too.