Man City tend to have a fairly consistent starting XI for the first few games of the season - whether the Super Cup will change that is yet another risk in the Guardiola rotation risk game.

I'm hoping that Haaland will be £14m like they did with Ronaldo, Henry and van Persie - van Persie was priced at that having scored fewer points than Haaland did this season - although Salah's scored more and never started above £13m which leads me to think that they'll make Haaland £13m so that he's accessible to the masses.

Elsewhere at City, Foden obviously did something to piss off Pep prior to the World Cup (Pep complained about player's protecting themselves before the WC) and he appears to be back in the good books. I wonder if Grealish's off-the-field antics will attract a similar fate to that which Foden endured. I also think Cole Palmer will get a lot more game time this season, he looked very sharp when given game time and then World Cup winner Alvarez is bound to play a bigger role too - at the expense of De Bruyne?

Despite their great opening set of fixtures, I suspect that a triple-up will be very risky (and also very expensive).

Arsenal's another interesting one because Trossard's also waiting in the wings and has proven himself. If Declan Rice goes there, he'll probably take Xhaka's role and given how defensive we all think Rice is, I think he'll be kindly priced and will have a more attacking role. One to watch unless Man City get him. In which case he'll have a nice rest this season.

Premier League squads have so much flexibility now and so many players competing for places that it might be a wise strategy to start the season with safer picks who are more likely to get plenty of game time. I can see a lot of squads with 4 or 5 risky picks only getting 9 or 10 players out and needing an early Wildcard.

Who knows 🙂 I'm waiting for the prices to come out before thinking about it too much and might well start the season without Haaland 🫢