Everton manager David Moyes suggests that it is no longer the promoted clubs who are the ones tipped to be relegated from the Premier League.
This season has seen the likes of Swansea City and Norwich City appear to have held off the drop since coming up from the Championship and Moyes has heaped praise on the clubs and their respective managers.
"They have some momentum from getting promoted and what it says is the teams who come out of the Championship are in a financially better condition than those at the bottom end of the Premier League, which allows them to buy some players in.
"Some younger coaches come in with some different styles and are brave with what they do and that is great credit to them.
"I don't think the managers are doing things a great deal differently; I just think they are coming in with fresh ideas.
"You can see what Swansea have done and Paul Lambert has brought his team up and played three or four styles at different times.
"It has been a little bit of a surprise how well they have done but Paul has done a brilliant job in bringing them up and they have taken some big scalps.""The teams who come up are not automatic favourites to go back down and you've seen that with the likes of Swansea and Norwich this season," he said.