This from the Grauniad, points 4 and 8 seem to be a bit confused.... Probably written by some goon supporting cunt.
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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
4) Unready Everton could be there for the taking
Everton, having lost five and won two of their final 10 league games as last season drifted to the most limp of conclusions, can be expected to improve significantly under Ronald Koeman. This, however, might not be the day they prove it. Ashley Williams is unfit, Yannick Bolasie and Lamine Koné have not yet joined, and Romelu Lukaku and Seamus Coleman, two members of last season’s squad whose position in the starting XI would seem assured – outbound transfers notwithstanding – are doubtful. “We are not at the level we need to be, in terms of the players and their physical state,” says Koeman. “The squad will be 100% in two or three weeks. It’s a big project. It won’t be complete after two months, we need more time.” Tottenham know all about starting seasons disappointingly slowly, having kicked off last season with a defeat and three draws – one of them against Everton. They ended the season similarly, with two defeats and two draws – in the 30 games in between they were the best team in the country, a full nine points ahead of Woolwich and above Leicester by an emphatic goal differential of 17. Their efforts to hit the ground running this time could be assisted by Everton’s apparent unreadiness to do so.
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8) Can Spurs avoid another underwhelming start?
Tottenham were excellent last season, at their best, probably the best team in England. But there was still something irrepressibly Spursy about their best league season in a generation ending with a title lost to Leicester and a capitulation against a relegated side that meant they finished behind Woolwich for the 21st time in 21 years. Now, through the summer, they’ve watched Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United install a variety of elite managers and players, such that they now face a serious battle to preserve their status as Champions League competitors, let alone championship contenders. But success needn’t be beyond them; it is not easy to pinpoint any weaknesses in their first-choice line-up, and they retain the same movement and intensity whoever Mauricio Pochettino selects. But this is not to say they have no weakness. Unlike their likely rivals, they have neither elite players nor an elite manager, so this is their challenge: to produce them organically. The likes of Toby Alderweireld, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Moussa Dembélé and Erik Lamela must improve themselves from the merely very good, and Mauricio Pochettino, similarly unproven, must extract it from them. And his team has been dealt a tricky start at Everton, whose players will be buzzing to assert their worth before Ronald Koeman’s inevitable splurge. Last season’s dodgy start cost Tottenham the title – the same again will cost them a lot more.