General Premier League Thread

Fixtures are out for the new season so opening a new thread to discuss the upcoming season.
bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c0q8ewklkpgo
Tough first few fixtures for a few clubs, but I suppose you have to play them all at some point or time in the season.

Read an article earlier about the challenges facing both Bournemouth and Brentford as they face into a potentially challenging season. For balance, it stated that less than 20 years ago, these were facing each other down in League 2, but lots has changed since then, so everything is relative.

I’m already eyeing a few early fixtures, and I usually keep an extra tab open with rubiscore.com since I like checking quick stats while chatting about matches. It helps me spot little things in form or lineups that I’d miss otherwise, so it makes these threads way more fun. Curious to see which teams everyone thinks will come flying out of the blocks this season.