Rich

Think this is finally the season Man Utd go down, been circling the drain for years.

Villa being shite will never not be funny.

A clear step up from Dubravka, for me, but he didn't have to demonstrate too much other than a solid command of his area and distribution.

Wor Hugo on the pitch, as well.

Thought he was outstanding yesterday, like, and I would've been one of the people who would've just stuck Botman straight in.

wat

I think Bruno might actually be better than O’Brien, you know?

How is this 0-0?

It'll be class today, like, the display looks immense again and there are smaller flags all over the ground.

Look at all of us deluded Geordie bastards eh? Some cracking answers so far.

Pretty much this for me, too, cups are a lottery but we have to be looking to better last season's league finish.

Aye, same here with the 8. Still think we need to do some business to justify such a high score, but I do think we'll get that business done.

I feel guilty bumping this, and hopefully it drops off the first page after today, but it is nice to be able to vote "1" at the beginning of the season.

Thought it might be interesting to see where we're all at before a ball is kicked, and it might help us pass the time until kick-off.

Howay then, balls on the bath time.

Howay the fucking lads!

He's dangerously thick, like. Absolute miracle he's got the job he has.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/bruno-guimaraes-details-lucas-paquetas-27666720 There's very little in here, but this should see us through until kick-off. Get him here.

Lovely stuff on the eve of the season.

It's class, like, this is what every fucking season should be like.

Little bit on Harrison. ”As for Jack Harrison to Newcastle United, Radrizzani kills the link stone-dead. “Absolutely not,” he says. “There is no way. Jack stays here.””

Wait til you see the Pogba and Djemba-Djemba thing.

Aye, but Azpi's hardly a giant and he's done well enough.

Seems the consensus from Hope/Caulkin/Douglas/Downie on that True Faith talk-in with Hodor was that this is dead in the water, at least if Twitter is to be believed. Agents briefed that we could get him for £42M, then they held firm on £60M. Used to flush out interest from the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham. I suppose we'll see. The last article Douglas wrote a few hours back said we were considering a third bid

No clues from the training photos, but do we think we're looking at something like this? Pope Trippier Schär Botman Targett Willock Guimarães Joelinton Almirón Wilson Saint-Maximin SUBS: Dubravka, Krafth, Lascelles, Burn, S. Longstaff, Anderson, Fraser, Murphy, Wood.