Pilko

"I'll change 'football' for 'shit', please Richard."

Not for us he wasn't. Saved 2 out of 29 in league and cup

Kepa is going to be the cup keeper so more likely to face pen shootouts this season than Mendy, probably worth giving him the practice.

A boring tie that we'll lose. Lovely

General shithouse players, Mbappe incredibly overrated and Neymar a massive cunt.

I wouldn't have been excited at him going to one of those clubs you allude to there, but I'd be a good deal happier just because I hate PSG the most.

Winners: Man City Runners Up: Chelsea 3rd-6th: Liverpool, Man U, Leicester, Spurs Relegation: Watford, Norwich, Southampton Overachievers: Brentford Underperformers: Leeds Top Goal Scorer: Lukaku (25) Break Out Year: Ivan Toney Season to Forget: Raphael Varane PFA Player of the Year: De Bruyne PFA Young Player of the Year: Foden Manager of the Year: Dyche First manager to quit/be sacked: Farke Newcastle United Where will we finish?: 13th Top Goalscorer?: Wilson (14) Will Bruce still be manager at the end of the season?: Yes Who will be the first player to be sent off for us?: Hayden FA Cup: Chelsea League Cup: Villa EFL Trophy: Wigan

Get ready for the Jeff and Jonjo masterclass. 0-2.

Yeah my perception of Messi was that he'd be a one-club man, with the possible exception of a token season in Argentina when he was 39 and virtually finished. PSG are incredibly easy to dislike and even the presence of Messi doesn't change that for me. EDIT: Wew Nage Panker

This is also the week when we start doing things traditionally, just on the eve of the first match in order to save on wages.

That's made my day that Serie A / BT announcement.

You'd expect it to be reasonably high after 18 months without home games and fewer people on holidays abroad than usual for the opening game. Hopefully the novelty soon wears off for some and Bruceball coupled with worsening weather sees the attendances plunge as we move into winter.

Excellent signing if it gets done and I think great value at the £20m-ish quoted. Of course, Charnley and Co will love the fact that they can dress standing still from last May up as ambition to plenty of match-going divvies.

I reckon he'll be used as a makeweight if Arsenal want Maddison as the papers suggest. Think he'd do well at Leicester too

Got same as you except sub QPR for Huddersfield.

I think Willock would rather come here than stay at Arsenal but he's sitting tight to see if any better offers come in, which would be virtually anyone else in the PL or a decent European league. If we get him at all it'll be with 2-3 days of the window left when nobody else has offered to cough up for him.

literally 20 mins later

Starting slow this season as I want to see how the first few weeks pan out before sticking loads of bets on. I did 5p on that offer to get a free £5 which I've stuck on Wigan, Huddersfield, Oxford and Rotherham at 23/1.

I think they might try for Tammy A now that Villa are less likely to get him.

That's a really shrewd signing by Villa, even when Grealish goes they look on paper at least to be in great nick.

McNall this U23 pre season is basically a procession of former youth players finding the net against us. I expect Colin McMenamin and Aaron Spear will bag the 4th and 5th goals.

Probably signing Greg Halford knowing our fucking luck.