The Premier League fixtures are out and Erik Ten Hag can thank the Premier League gods, apparently. While England are at crisis point. Obviously.
Nightmare on Anfield Road
Without going down the tiresome ‘everybody plays each other twice’ route, it’s clear that there is a little bit of overreaction to the fixture list. Like this on MailOnline:
‘Jurgen Klopp handed his WORST NIGHTMARE as Liverpool will face Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham immediately after playing in the Champions League in midweek… but Man United play NO big six teams after their European commitments’
‘WORST NIGHTMARE’ seems just a tad overblown for something that really is just a mild inconvenience.
And nice mention of Manchester United in the (ludicrously long) headline there; here we go, still pretending that Manchester United are title rivals to Liverpool.
‘However, the Premier League gods have been kind to new Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag.
‘His side have no games against big six clubs directly after they play in the Europa League. The highest-placed team from last season that United will face after a European gameweek are West Ham on 29 October.’
We’re pretty sure that Ten Hag will be rather more concerned about playing the entirety of the Big Six, plus Leicester City and Everton away, within the first 13 games. He will not be thanking the ‘Premier League gods’ for that difficult start/WORST NIGHTMARE.
I have a dream…
Headline on the MailOnline homepage:
‘PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURE RELEASE: Erik Ten Hag handed dream Man United start against Brighton and Brentford (before Liverpool visit), as the new season opens with Palace vs Arsenal on a Friday.’
Is that the same Brighton who tw*tted Manchester United just six weeks ago? That Brighton? Dreamy stuff.
One direction
After the England overreaction of Wednesday comes the return of perspective on Thursday with The Sun in particular appearing to realise that this is the Nations League and not the World Cup, though their back page has amused us.
It brings an exclusive with Harry Maguire and – brace yourself – he has ‘come out fighting for under-fire England boss Gareth Southgate’.
No shit. And there we were thinking that Gareth Southgate’s first-choice centre-half might turn on his manager.
‘Centre-back Maguire, 29, who came on as sub in Tuesday’s defeat, claims the Three Lions ARE still heading in the right direction.’
He’s really put his head on the block…
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