Ah, league tables again.
Well, my take is that, like them or not they are here and here to stay. Whilst I wouldn't base my entire decision on tables, I'd still use them, be silly to ignore all the stats made available since they came online.
' Established quality ' is a truly nebulous concept isn't it? Apart from the very obvious who exactly is going to define that but another arbitrary 3rd party who would be no better to judge than a newspaper?
To answer the question, yes I second all the common answers given.