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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5471311, member: 405"] The 2025-26 Premier League season kicks off a week from Friday, August 15th, with last year's Champions, Liverpool, kicking off at home against Bournemouth. Bournemouth finished in 9th last year under Thomas Frank, who has moved on to Tottenham. Bournemouth has lost a few good players this offseason, while Liverpool has strengthened considerably. Aston Villa hosts snake-bit Newcastle on Saturday the 16th in the early morning game that will be full of intrigue, with all the trouble with Alexander Isak wanting to leave. The other big game of the weekend, to me, is Sunday's 11:30 game with Manchester United hosting Arsenal. Arsenal have been runner up 3 years in a row, and have spent big to make a run at the title. United were terrible in Ruben Amorin's first year in charge, but they were pretty good in the US, giving some hope to their fans. Man City are flying a bit under the radar, after winning 6 titles in the last 7 or 8 years under Pep Guardiola. They bought well both last January and this summer, but seem likely to add another Right Back to replace Kyle Walker, who has departed. They still haven't replaced their back-up striker, Julian Alvarez, who they sold to Athletico Madrid last year. Chelsea had a great summer in the Club World Cup, and are full of belief under Coach Enzo Maresca, who just completed his first season in Blue with 2 trophies, beating mighty PSG in the FInal. They have added well, with a couple more still in the works. They have sold well, too, bringing in the most money of any Premier League team this summer, with Liverpool second. Still time to get in on the SyracuseFan Premier League Fantasy Football game. Look at the Fantasy Football thread in Other Sports for log-in info to join. Meanwhile, as we finish up the transfer window (also subject of a thread on Other Sports), here are some previews to chew on. [MEDIA=youtube]rSDnAgOHkVo[/MEDIA] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/36177391/premier-league-predictions-supercomputer-man-utd-tottenham/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://theanalyst.com/articles/premier-league-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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