Only nine months to go

The EPL is back, though it barely went away. And after only one game, Manchester United, with Wayne Rooney's new tonsure to the fore, look most likely to win it again, despite a defence already succumbing to injury. I was delighted to see Ashley Young slot in with aplomb. I watched a lot of him on and off the field when Jay DeMerit was at Watford and he is one of those quiet but brilliant