The fact West Ham were in the top six recently and could be back there today if they want just shows how shit the rest of the league really is.
I don't think most of the Premier League are any better standard than any other country, which is why you see the rags finishing bottom of an easy champions league group
The main difference is we have probably a couple more good teams than mostly leagues who have about two usually.
The fact a team like West Ham are fighting for top 6 shows its basically poor standard apart from about 3 or 4 teams.