DownSwinging.com

Hello, I’m back. I appreciate the multitude of ‘get well soon’ emails I received when I was down with the flu over the past several days. It was a little overwhelming. Aside from that, my return to health closely coincides with a return to meaningful football. Despite what the Chelsea and Man Utd fans think, I am not referring to the “high-intensity”, and “controversial” match that took place on Sunday, which despite what the pundits said, has no correlation to how a squad does the coming year. (See 1998: Man Utd lost 3-0 to Arsenal in the Shield, and then went on to win the treble.) This Saturday marks one of the most joyous days of the year. Its the beginning of yet another Premier League campaign, and as is the case every year it has been dubbed “the most titilating season yet”. A weekend where people will even be fully gripped watching the full highlights to Stoke v Burnley. And I love that. So I, myself, have bandied up a nice little season preview for you lot. Along with my designations I will provide reasoning and commentary. You can discuss and debate what you think will happen on our new forum!