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He literally doesn't have any other options though, does he? Remy? Our bench prediction for them today was Caballero, Christensen, Pasalic, Scott, Boga, Musonda and Remy.

Quite funny that a club with a squad of such size (technically speaking) can name a bench like that for the first weekend with only 5 senior players missing.

Not in the 18, he's at least third choice centre midfielder there currently. Oh right. Why did they buy him? Just to fill the albino quota, I think. Seriously, for competition I'd guess. He only cost about £8m.

Not in the 18, he's at least third choice centre midfielder there currently.

Not even in the team, Joel Ward preferred to him...

Mignolet. Every time. How many years now?

Urgh. Didn't want Watford picking up anything here.

Lots of attacking injuries, guess they want to keep him until those have cleared.

Even more questionable.

Decision to not go with the Mane, Firmino and Salah triangle looking instantly questionable. De Bruyne, Jesus and Fabregas better do the business.

Get James Milner on this pitch.

Liverpool being overpowered everywhere. Watford look fucking massive.

I like this season already.

Class

They've signed Robertson from Hull Where is he? Injured? Not fully settled in yet, according to Klopp. Moreno had a very strong pre-season.

Liverpool still going to be good to watch for the neutrals then. Abysmal out of possession if the ball makes it past their initial press, far too pedestrian and lightweight in the centre.

Good marking las.

No news on him pre-game, but he's behind Chalobah and Doucoure anyway to begin with.

That's what I said m8.

So is it safe to assume there was an 11v11 going on in preparation for Spurs? He's obviously not in either the first XI or the second XI now, so he wasn't involved, but got a shout when someone dropped out and then refused to join in?

This is right, of course, but any of our proposed strongest XI for this season could get crocked or sold as well. That was our strongest team in 2010/11 player-for-player.

Played more than Harper that season.

Bottled Moreno for Fantasy despite fancying him to get the nod, went with Alexander-Arnold instead. Delighted to see Milner on the bench though. Very interested to see Liverpool's front three, but even more creative weight on them than normal with no Coutinho/Lallana behind.

Townsend's in a weird spot at Palace now, with De Boer going with a 3-4-3/3-4-2-1 and wing-backs. He's going to start the season at right wing-back, which is a position he's probably not delighted to be playing because he'll have no chance there from an England perspective. With Zaha and Benteke automatic choices he's effectively got that position or the other one behind the front man to go for, but Puncheon and Lokilo are relatively stiff competition for him there. I still rate him and think he'd complete that three very nicely, offering a different threat with his long-range shooting, but he's obviously far from settled.

Killed me Wenger makes it with his little responses. #KeepWenger