[Adder]

Yes we shall see. I still wouldn't be too surprised to see one round of championship games staggered across the week to fill the festive viewing gap.

[johnny Cash]

Yes we shall see. I still wouldn't be too surprised to see one round of championship games staggered across the week to fill the festive viewing gap.

I agree. My intention was to support your point by show that  that the championship will be on during that week. It would make sense to have games spread.

[AlbionFan]

First round of fixtures in full

5 August

Crystal Palace v Arsenal

6 August

Bournemouth v Aston Villa

Everton v Chelsea

Fulham v Liverpool

Leeds United v Wolverhampton

Leicester City v Brentford

Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest

Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton

Games on 12-13 November before World Cup

Bournemouth v Everton

Brighton v Aston Villa

Fulham v Manchester United

Liverpool v Southampton

Manchester City v Brentford

Newcastle United v Chelsea

Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United

West Ham United v Leicester City

Wolverhampton v Arsenal

[AlbionFan]

Howard Webb to become Premier League referees' chief' when Mike Riley steps down from his PGMOL role next season after top-flight clubs complained that too many mistakes had been made under his watch


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10952429/Head-refereeing-Premier-League-Mike-Riley-step-role-season.html

[AlbionFan]

Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of rape in London

Six police cars arrived at his home in the early hours of the morning to arrest him, apparently

[gazberg]

Nottingham Forest making a fair stab at things if they get all the deals they are in for over the line. Without putting the club's long term future at risk as well. If they come down will be a EFL force.

Crazy how much a difference the leadership makes. Lais always been a clown but I underestimated by how much

[gazberg]

PL kicks off in 27 minutes time.

Palace vs Arsenal first up. Quite looking forward to it considering i'm not invested.

SJ on bench for Palace,  Ferguson fit but not in squad.  Arsenal starting Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus.

[KYA]

PL kicks off in 27 minutes time.

Palace vs Arsenal first up. Quite looking forward to it considering i'm not invested.

SJ on bench for Palace,  Ferguson fit but not in squad.  Arsenal starting Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus.

If the other bloke is any good that's where he will stay.

[gazberg]

If the other bloke is any good that's where he will stay.

Highly probable!

Arsenal looking good. I love their pink away kit I must say

[gazberg]

Mitrovich puts Fulham ahead against Liverpool

[gerry m]

Mitrovich puts Fulham ahead against Liverpool

Nunez pulls one back for Liverpool.

[Fritzl Palace]

Mitrovic puts them back ahead.

Marco Silva putting on a managerial masterclass. Shame Jacko is no longer on here 

[Fritzl Palace]

Salah 2-2

[gazberg]

Got a feeling Fulham might be ok this year. Only spent 30m or so but they were only 2 or 3 players away from being ok in the PL

[gerry m]

Salah 2-2

Sounds a crackin game!

[Fritzl Palace]

Got a feeling Fulham might be ok this year. Only spent 30m or so but they were only 2 or 3 players away from being ok in the PL

They retained a good core when they came down, think they need to strengthen though in certain areas. Tosin has been brilliant, I said when he was with us that he’s quality, and yet we were selecting Bartley over him, madness

[gazberg]

They retained a good core when they came down, think they need to strengthen though in certain areas. Tosin has been brilliant, I said when he was with us that he’s quality, and yet we were selecting Bartley over him, madness

Just talking about Tosin on WBA Twitter. Mainly played RB here. What a waste. Bargain for Fulham though I think they only paid 1m for him.

[johnny Cash]

Big point for Liverpool.

I know people will say it’s a long season, but Liverpool lost twice last season and didn’t win the league, they only lost once a few seasons prior and didn’t. Man City typically drop so few points that any loss is massive, no matter when it occurs.

[gazberg]

Villa losing to Bournemouth, Wolves drawing, Forest drawing with Newcastle.

[TAFKATMNo1Fan]

Just talking about Tosin on WBA Twitter. Mainly played RB here. What a waste. Bargain for Fulham though I think they only paid 1m for him.

To be fair Tosin had some stinkers for us that season
Ipswich at home I remember one particular bad game
Leeds away too
Done really well since but never rated him that highly then

[gazberg]

To be fair Tosin had some stinkers for us that season
Ipswich at home I remember one particular bad game
Leeds away too
Done really well since but never rated him that highly then

Didn't he get played out of position at Leeds?

[baggies_24]

Gerrard is bang under pressure if he doesn’t get off to a good start, that’s a strong squad at the Seals now.

[KYA]

2-0 to Bournemouth now we did better last year 

[Fritzl Palace]

Nice to see them both lose today. I fear the Wolves could seriously struggle this season, had a stinker of an end to last season and not really strengthened. Sadly the Villa have probably spent enough of a fortune to be fine this season and will spunk another fortune in January if not

[Dan]

Wolves massively overperformed statistically last seasons, things like expected goals aren't the be all and end all but the kind of overperformance Wolves had wasn't sustainable and eventually showed, they'll be struggling this season without serious transfer activity at the end of the window.

Villa will be fine for survival, there's way more than enough talent to get to 38 points. Though with the amount of resources they've had ploughed since promotion anything other than top half would have to be looked at as a serious underperformance.