MiddleClassPeasant

Friday 11 August 2023 20:00 Burnley v Man City (Sky Sports)

Saturday 12 August 2023 12:30 Arsenal v Nott'm Forest (TNT Sports) AFC Bournemouth v West Ham Brighton v Luton Town Everton v Fulham Sheff Utd v Crystal Palace 17:30 Newcastle v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)

Sunday 13 August 2023 14:00 Brentford v Spurs (Sky Sports) 16:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Monday 14 August 2023 20:00 Man Utd v Wolves (Sky Sports)

Interesting first round of fixtures. Burnley - Man City will be interesting, and feel it's been a while since we had a game like Chelsea - Liverpool on the opening day.

Sheffield United - Crystal Palace feels like a game from sometime back in the late 19th century.

Agreed. I think it's such a difficult issue to tackle. If you implement salary caps, would the increased income just go to the owners? Is that any better, how feasible is it to equalise wages to a degree that many countries are attractive from a financial standpoint and is that even desired?

It's interesting to think back to the Bosman ruling and it's implications. I would never be able to argue that it would be better for the players to go back to pre Bosman days, but it is incredible the ramifications for "smaller" clubs who face a constantly ticking time bomb of needing to lock players down on contracts early to avoid risking those who develop fantastically only have a year or two left, but that leaves you paying a lot of money for youngsters who don't pan out.

I was listening to a podcast today about the Danish Superliga discussing how they anticipate all of the top 8 teams to lose their best player in the summer transfer window. Got me thinking about the challenges and imbalances in the football league structure across countries today. While it's great for the players it does make me a little sad to think of how these clubs and their fans have to almost view as an inevitability that most of the best players in the league will leave every year.

I think he would be right in-between. Depending on game situation might start ahead of Eriksen some games, other times Eriksen might be preferred. Perhaps similar to how 2 of de brune, gundogan, and Bernardo Silva start for city. Allows for rotation and midweek adjustments.

You would think so. 70 million for mount seems like a steep price for sure.

Love it. Definitely didn't manage to get in and comment too much in the Reddit community, felt like shouting into a massive crowd. Nice to know there's alternatives to still get my fix of football news!