Really? I don't see it. Then again I am looking at it through rose tinted spectacles of yonder. For me the general era of Beckham, Keane, Giggs, Scholes, Ronaldo, Veira, Petit, Bergkamp, Henry etc was far better than it is now. What was that? 15 years back? Game seems to lack the passion and bite of those days.
I guess the players are fitter now for sure. Maybe quality was the wrong word - perhaps excitement is word I was looking for?
Then again, the teams from 7 down in the Premier League now are (IMO) pretty poor.