Ok everybody knows the drill. Unfortunately I've not had the time to do as much of an in-depth job as sixfour did last year but we were in danger of the season starting with no new thread!

Last season started fun but City running away with it and players' legs giving out in the second half (i.e. covidball) meant it ended it a bit of a whimper.



- Leicester managed last day heartbreak again to miss out on the champions league
- Leeds had a really solid first season and were incredibly fun to watch
- Brighton managed a historically under EV xg season. Either they got incredibly unlucky or it's probably time to stop rolling out Wellbeck.

Memorable moments:
Eric Dier needing a **** mid-game



Sean Dyche continues to take mushrooms before his press conferences



And last but not least, six teams try to break away to form a European super league, which, erm, did not go down well with the fans.



Looking ahead, the pre-season (as of 7th August on betfair exchange) odds for the title are as follows:
City 8/11
Chelsea 11/2
Liverpool 7/1
United 9.5/1
Spurs 64/1
Arse 69/1

As usual, the new boys are the favourites for relegation:
Norwich 20/21
Watford evs
Brentford 8/5

With the following contenders behind them:
Burnley 11/5
Newcastle 3/1
Southampton 4/1
Wolves 11/2

So far we've had three big transfers in the off season.

Many City triggered a £100m release clause to sign Jack Grealish:



Chelsea and Inter appear to have today agreed a €115m fee for Romelu Lukaku after an elite season in Serie A last year.



And Man United finally complete the signing of Jadon Sancho after years of lowballing Dortmund and being surprised when their advances were rebuffed.





As the season starts, fans will be considering such questions as:
- Will Liverpool be able to bounce back after a disappointing season with many injury frustrations?
- Will analytics darlings Brentford be able find a firm footing in the PL?
- Who will be the team to beat Southampton 9-0 this year?

Fan list (c&p from last year, which was apparently a c/p from the year before):

Manchester City
8bus
PNHH
daca
Wilfred1

Liverpool
Consty
LFC_USA
NicReynolds
Liverpool
heh
valenzuela
BertieWooster
Jake7777
ChrisV
PBAL
StormBorn
Dean Manifest

Man United
kevin21
kingweed
xXDeuce7Xx
EnglishLad72
t3hbandit
JoeDiego
SenseiSingh
ashley12
thedeezy
Sven O
KDawg
Hap_Hazard
ukbilly

Tottenham
mw828
Human Halo
ChopSueyyy
Elrazor
martymc1
Lars1
Stu Ungar
thedinergetsby
ikestoys
thenickh
Empire Man
TheGramuel

Chelsea
Cinarocket
ZAIDS
O.A.F.K.1.1
72off
Yippee ki-yay
Bjorn ?
Wooders0n
Ghost of Langer

Arsenal
Mindfckr
Ducksauce
cashy (probably when not busy)
aoFrantic
PoseidonCubed
raheem
Giroudgeous
theshocker7
kingofcool
Adolph Hipster
Aidan
marek_heinz
Nandos v2
Ledders
ceire
NOZE

Misc:
Burnley
Tall Paul

Everton
LostOstrich
S.K
SaulGoodman

Leicester City
andre006
thethethe

Middlesbrough
ffire

Southampton
joejoe1337

Swansea City
kidcolin

West Brom
tchaz

West Ham
Hoopie1
MedicorePlayer2.0

Phil Foden
BAIDS

Sheffield United
sixfour

Bolton
bazooka87

Aston Villa
Burnss / 100zAndUp

PSG
andre006
EL RATA

Toon
TehVader

Sheffield Wednesday
thechef

Celtic
martymc1

Schalke
royalblue

Leeds
PeteBlow

LET US FOOTBALL!

p.s. post your predictions below. Both league tables and/or broad predictions. I will be langering at the end of the season so make 'em bold people.

first

Need to add the mighty SHIRE to the fan list

1. City
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. United
5. Spurs
6. Arsenal
...
18.Newcastle
19. Norwich
20. Brentford

1. Man City
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Man Utd
5. Leicester
6. Spurs
7. Arsenal
8. Leeds
9. Villa
10. Everton
11. West Ham
12. Wolves
13. Brighton
14. Southampton
15. Brentford
16. Burnley
17. Watford
18. Newcastle
19. Palace
20. Norwich

In. Moyes to field the same XI for 60 games, win both domestic cups, whatever the UEFA Cup is now called and finish 16th.

Might want to correct the thread title to 2021/22

1. Man City
2. Chelsea
3. Man Utd
4. Liverpool
5. Villa
6. Spurs
7. Leicester
8. Leeds
9. Arsenal
10. West Ham
11. Everton
12. Burnley
13. Wolves
14. Brighton
15. Southampton
16. Newcastle
17. Watford
18. Brentford
19. Norwich
20. Crystal Palace

City
Chelsea
United
Plop
Leicester
Arse
Leeds
Spurs
Villa
Brighton
West Ham
Everton
Wolves
Soton
Burnley
Brentford
Watford
Newcastle
Palace
Norwich

rofl double checked the post but forgot to check the ****ing title. Think I need a mod to do it

As usual will be buying some pro-chelsea stock and short the arsenal/spurs stock

1. Chelsea
2. City
3. United
4. The lions
5. Liverpool
6. Arsenal
7. Spurs
8. Leeds
9. Leicester
10. West Ham
11. Wolves
12. Brighton
13. Everton
14. Brentford
15. Burnley
16. Palace
17. Watford
18. Norwich
19. Newcastle
20. Saints

1. Man City
2. Chelsea
3. Man Utd
4. Liverpool
5. Arsenal
6. Leicester
7. Spuds
8. Aston Villa
9. Wolves
10. Leeds
11. West Ham
12. Everton
13. Crystal Palace
14. Brighton
15. Southampton
16. Brentford
17. Newcastle
18. Watford
19. Burnley
20. Norwich

probably ranked someone twice.

A lot think Man U ---> Plop, anyone want action?

Sheffield United being a goal down already has provided a real shot in the arm.

Birmingham appear to have the bloke with the afro from Manchester United. Or another bloke with an afro.

Choudhury?

edit: lolme that's the Leicester guy, he still there?

Chong, I think. Or Cheech.

They appear to be jheri curls, they are looser than an afro. More on this as we get it.

I don’t think I’ve ever been less excited about Arsenal going into a season.

Still, let’s gooooooo

Arsenal o60.5 work for you?

The midfield sucks and incoming probably aren't coming. Azeez could maybe push for a spot soon is grasping at straws. Patino is probably two years away but ppl are rating him higher than esr/saka.

Moose injured already

True…saw an article the other day with a headline like “Is Charlie Patino Arsenal’s best ever prospect?” Clickbaity, but still a good thing.

I sure do love our young players, that’s something at least.

Oh and that's a bad miss

Birmingham bossing this. Amazing its only 1-0. Also sad to see how invisible Rhian Brewster is

I'm more optimistic than last season. Ben White is a stud, so is Lokonga. We are for sure getting one more big signing.

VAR gives that every time