 Welcome to the Premier League show. It is back. It's kicked off. There's games. People have won. New signings are score goals. It's absolutely boiling. It still feels really early, doesn't it? Feels really early in the day for Premier League football. I'm not going to lie. I don't think a lot of people are ready for it. It still feels, I've said this on something else we've done. Because the sign, it's always really felt like this. Because the transfer is still ongoing. Dispit until the window shuts. Always feels a little bit like... But it's way too long this time. Because there's loads. Nearly a quarter of the season will be gone by the time the transfer window shuts. Nearly. I'm saying nearly loosely. Loosely, very loosely. But yeah, there's a lot of games. Five games, five Premier League games before the window shuts. Four to go. It started at the weekend. It started on Friday night. Arsenal went to Crystal Palace and they got a good 2-0 victory. Can't take that, let's say. After watching the documentary about him. He's like Bob Ross. He keeps on drawing pictures of things. Roads and clouds. Surely you can get your point across to the team without drawing pictures of fluffy clouds. That's real, the picture they draw. There's thought someone had liked part of things. And in the lightest one he's drawing like a road in some of the destination and the journey and all this. I'm like, are you for real mate? Is this modern manager? He is like the touch of the Spanish David Brenton. That was kind of strange. You can tell my look. But if they get results, then you can keep doing them. Sure, the Arsenal fans won't care. And that's always the danger, I guess, with doing these programmes. Some of your methods will be scrutinised and people will look and go. This is a bit weird, isn't it? Like the envelope thing with Brendan Rodgers and all that. But a good win for Arsenal. It's a tricky game this one because obviously they've been very good in pre-season, won every pre-season game. And then Crystal Palace is a little bit of a banana skin on a Friday night first game and if you remember a year ago they went to Brentford on the Friday opening day and got beat. And Palace had opportunities in this ram style. Didn't have a great night. A couple of opportunities where he spilt the ball and led the chance. But they've run out two nil winners and obviously they might nearly go settle them down in the first half in a guion go. At the end, has given them a good start. Three points. We will go on to the Saturday games but Sunday was obviously Eiland Harland's been a huge buzz about Harland all summer for a while, obviously, isn't it? Excuse me. It was interesting to see how he did at West Ham and I thought this is a tough game for City. There was. Day one obviously Liverpool hadn't won the day before we'll come back to that. So there was almost more pressure on City because it's like we've got a chance already to put a little gap between us and Liverpool. And it was once of the year Eiland Harland done and he came up with the goal to shoot both goals in a two nil win. I will get your thoughts on it but people over at 888 have been talking about whether Eiland Harland is all that basically. I've seen loads of flaws in Harland's game that I think would be wouldn't be an issue at other clubs but will be a touch build up play, weight of pass. To slot into the City team you have to be so specific you have to be so good at so many very particular things. This isn't scoring goals for Chelsea who are going to whip in crosses this is intricate build up play how good is your touch, how good is your weight of pass. You can do that. I don't think you can look at Harland and say I don't know how many ways I can say this. Fair enough. So that's why I think there is a question mark about Harland. And this assumption that Harland is going to go for the Golden Boot and it's so disrespectful to the establishment. It's so disrespectful to Mohamed Salah, Umin Son, Harry Kane who have been doing it for over half a decade. It's new guys going to come along. When the best players come when the best players come into this country and we're talking the best when they come in it's not disrespectful to say they're going to be better than what we've already got. There you go if you want to see more of that head over to 888 Sports YouTube channel check out the playlist there's lots of discussion going on there. I think Rory's talking absolutely nonsense there about Harland. I do I think Harland has done it in his in his in his his young fledgling career but he's done it every year. He's a power house of a centre forward. He's a ladw score goals in Norway score goals in Austria score goals in Germany he's already scored goals in the Premier League. His movement's fantastic he's big, strong and he's playing in a team that is unbelievable and creates unbelievable chances. I kind of understand what he means in terms of the demands that are going to Manchester City. You've got to be able to have a good face touch you've got to be comfortable in possession you're passing as got to be good but when you're a fellery you're at the top end of the pitch and they're rolling things across and you just go Raheem Staling was getting 20 and I like Staling but Harland will naturally get into those. He'll score a lot of goals. I think both of his goals were different because the first half was quite tight West Ham had loads of men behind the ball and the city was struggling to break them down and then one little one little spain, one through ball wins him the penalty, dispatches it with lots and lots of confidence and that was the moment. A lot of people were like ooh really do it. And then the second goal West Ham pushed up going a little bit more attack and left more space at the back. One good ball which let's be honest two or three city players can play that pass even though you know Kevin the Bull you know play it all day. His movement was brilliant opened his body up pan I can hit it first and I'm going to put it in the corner that's a 2-0 and really you should have had a headache with the header. He's just a massively talented player and I suppose what you'd say is that city will have to change slightly and he'll have to change slightly but listen he's a top player they've got a top manager in top coach, some of the best players in the world. If he doesn't score 20 plus goals then something's gone wrong. But what I would say is that it's not just about fitness permitting obviously it's not just about what he scores as well it's about how he unlocks 8 games for them as well and how he'll be the difference because teams in the last year also have tried mostly unsuccessfully but possibly this is the difference in Europe so you go into a European game and I look at the semi-fan against Real Madrid where city had to be really open and expansive to score the goals but that left them wide open at the back and it left the door open for Real Madrid to score the goals in the first leg at the edge he had and city should have been fiveing up in that game but they were so open because they have to be expansive to score the goals I think with the Harland he scores a couple of goals and city never get trouble at the back because they don't have to come out and play and I think that's the difference they are looking for that's the edge he gives them tied games can he get that one goal can he out change the game draw people out like we saw on Sunday and I think he will score a lot of goals but I don't think by the way Pep Guardiola signed them to become the top goalscorer in the Premier League and I don't think that's the reason the reason he signed him is because he's a completely different from what they've had you have to go back to Aguero since they've had a real game change in centre forward and I just think he's such a talented player and he will do major damage this season the way he just come round the ball for the second goal just opened the whole goal a fantastic brilliant movement quick, strong, big and great in the air confident and you're right it's not about it's not about whether he'll get 30 goals although they'd be made up of you've got 30 goals obviously it's about when he unlocks them games or when he takes a game away that's 1-0 and you see it with City sometimes they're not ruthless enough they have a lot of chances and they don't kill it off having him, someone who does put the ball and you mentioned Aguero there even though he was a different type of striker he was someone who would take games away from teams he gets three goals in 20 minutes and the game is done so he'll just go into them, they're a fantastic side and I think he'll be brilliant and it will be those games, the big European games so fantastic City ended up 75% of the possession 14 shots a 6 disappointing star for Westambr it's a game where you're playing the champions they'll just put that on one side obviously David Mwys still trying to strengthen the squad as well they'll move on from there Liverpool on Saturday had a game I thought to be honest they were comfortably this one I thought they'd go to Fulham and they spat comfortably in the first half I thought they'd be done and that might have been a little bit disrespectful to Fulham but Liverpool are normally quite they're the kind of games that normally they get done but it's a good sign to play them for having kicked off and it ended the 2-2 draw Mitrovich with a couple of goals and Liverpool come back for him behind first goal for Darwin Nunes nice little flick to get them back on one and then a little such a 4-2 with the second goal there hit Nunes and broke the shuttle and he was never missing but they'd be disappointed with that one because he hadn't snipped a bar later to win it for them Clops said it wasn't good enough if you go to the team that's been promoted first game of the season is better wouldn't it especially being the strongest especially in the margins first game of the season but the margins any time you drop points there's going to be a little bit of outcry in certain elements of the fan base and there has been a little bit of talk this week I've noticed about Liverpool's midfielders they're too old is it like should they have got someone in to refresh it wouldn't surprise you if they still did that's just new there's just been linked with them just one of those days I think full on were are it was the early kick off hot day hot day and you know Liverpool may have been caught just a little bit cold on that first game of the season so it's how they bounce back isn't it Liverpool they've got Crystal Palace on Monday night and then they've got Manchester United the following week away and that'll be a very very interesting test but it's how you bounce back it's how you find your rhythm and that's the same before about being so early in the season not playing as many pre-season games even though Liverpool did play quite a few and actually played a lot for the first team and for the second 11 so they did play a lot of games so yeah I don't think Cop will be worrying too much but they don't want to be playing catch up early on because against someone like Manchester City that's a difficult place to be but Liverpool have been in this position and it's day one wasn't it good point for Fulham now the fact is we're talking about it's like a surprise result and really a promoted team early on is a difficult game and at home and day one we can be a handful and Fulham at the post at 1 nil could have gone to tunnel but Liverpool had already hit the post on the first half and at the bar so it could have gone either way Fulham, great point to start with against obviously a fantastic side so I think Silver will be absolutely delighted with that and in the afternoon Villa went to Bournemouth and went down to tunnel great win for Bournemouth like we've just been talking about promoted teams day one was a difficult one Jeffers and Learmer in the first couple of minutes and then Keefermore made the game safe for Bournemouth in the second half and disappointing for Stephen Gerard's men because they will have expected to get something there they had doubly attempts at goal more possession but good win for Bournemouth Leeds beat Wolves 2-1 Padence put Wolves ahead early on Rodrígue levelled it up in an own goal from a tinoori with 15 minutes left give Leeds the victory big win for Jesse Marsh Wolves more possession, more attempts at goal They've gone out on both of strike now haven't they so they know where they're problems that have been in the going on both of strike and that's what can happen right now is that you can go on with just what you need to do Newcastle played another the other promoted team not in Forrest a home at a weight till a 58th minute for Fabian Shaw to get them up and running and Callum Wilson scored a second with 12 minutes left to give the Geordies a good opening day win 23 attempts at goal for Newcastle 5 for Forrest 61% possession dominated it really for Newcastle, Callum Wilson important to keep him fit he's a goal scorer Chris Wood's been injured a lot of the time as well and he's a goal scorer he's hit Mr Wood he's a goal scorer I think it was a decent effort from Charter forrest good staff for Newcastle who again they'll be on the look for more plays as well it's tough for them because obviously coming up you do try to get plays it just reminds me a little bit of when Fullham come up a few years ago and they went and bought 12 or 13 plays in and even though they bought some decent plays they just never gelled and ended up going down Forrest have got to be careful with that the close at the time of the goldenness to bringing another player in in a manual den and she will help them but it is a tough one when you're trying to get so many players to gel isn't it, early on when you're trying to get some results otherwise you are playing catch-up for day 1 Spears 4, Southampton 1 James Rowe Prowes but Spears have got lots of goals in that side Ryan Session levelled up after 21 Eric Dyer made it 2-1 to put them in to the lead at the break and then 2 goals and 2 minutes Southampton went full edit Salasiu great on goal I don't know and Culeveschi a lovely finish It's interesting Southampton isn't it because they brought in younger players there's been a couple of reports this week about the players not being 100% sure on and some of them saying they thought he might have been sacked some of his coaches were sacked he kept the job and brought in young talenties it's you do look at them and think you look at them last season and how bad the run was second half this season you know when they ended up finishing a point above everything so it would have been really nice if we actually finished above them just as a mental thing to get over and get that 40 points and be above them but they're going to struggle this season again goals are going to be the issue I was actually a little bit surprised someone never came in for world proud he was asked and villain written all over him they were interested money wise it depends how much they want for a brilliant set piece but he is at that stage of his career where you would think he is ready to go to the next level or is he a 28 now or something he's been around forever he might be happy he might be content with what he's doing I mean it won't have seen some criticism so finished with two more ffilders off-front rather than a strike it's just a bit mad he brought you a rainbow in from Rangers who did very well last season coming into the Premier League obviously the keep was fantastic but he had these gambled on younger players that's what their ethos is that's the way they're going but they did finish the season poorly and he was on a terrible run so they're going to have to try to turn it around as quickly as possible good staff of Spades and Conti they'll be up there and obviously he's suspended for that long but goals in that team we're all sun and keins going and he's still got four says it all really doesn't he beaten a home by Chelsea by Georgine Eau Penalty in first half stoppage time was enough to give Thomas Tucklesman the three points of good it's a tight game I think we said at the time neither team I don't think and Chelsea had more of the ball than ever never had the better chances but I don't think either team did really enough to win the game but one mistake by the Corrie and Chelsea got a big big win Tuckleshedder after the game interesting now listen we've spoke obviously all week about everything but Chelsea yeah it's interesting because obviously the strike of ours they're really light aren't they they're just spamming now we don't know they've all brought you on you know very very interesting they won another centre back which you know for fans it's been massively linked and that's going to take a massive bit he will be a great fan but they play space Sunday and that's the first real big game of the season isn't he that would be interesting because it is so airy but when you look at Chelsea I just think you look at them at the moment at fancy spares in that game it is a stand for bridge but spares this is a real test of spares as well as getting over that sort of can you go to stand for bridge and take on a decent Chelsea team but which one that really doesn't have that little bit and now Stalen is a good player but against Devon there was a lot of build up play but now real John Pickford hasn't had to make a shave so so that will be the Sunday that will be an interesting game it will be an interesting test for the back three because against Devon they haven't had any forward so we played with three wingers up front Kula Barley, sylfa and that's Billy Quetter had a comfortable afternoon we threatened a couple of times but obviously we would have tested them all but spares will test them we don't have Kane, Sun, Retialys on the bench we've got Kula Zeppski spares have got goals in them so it will be a real test I think if either team wins it will be a huge result I think it's Chelsea beat them and I've started a way of evidence on spares and got six points there it will be like bright let's do our business I think if spares go there and win or a market that will be by Conti to put that old club real test like you said and go on and beat them could be all eyes on that I think it will be a cracker on to Sunday, Leicester and Brentford will be two-nil up in this one probably thought they were home and housed in Stanya and Dewsbury halls a good goal by Irving Sony and just the sylfa with the great goal and he's been out for a long time Leicester more possession as you'd expect, more chances as well but two-to-two for Brentford finished the season brilliantly because of Ericsson but he's gone and then to be two-nil down and fight back cos I think no matter what Brentford do this season they are a team that will fight in every game and whether you beat them or you don't I think most weeks you come off the pitch and think we've had a game even if you've won, you know they come off they're never going to give up so people are going to have to you're going to have to concentrate with these cos they've got goals in them as well for Leicester, just something just seemed off at the moment at Leicester just not quite right Smychle's gone, there's talks for far more manor will go man United is sniffing on Vadi if he went he'd be the early question cos there's leadership for them and now he's getting older and older but Salomon's still being like my Arsenal even though Arsenal have been and Madison with Newcastle still so you know it's a tricky one Manchester United just mentioning beating the home by Brighton Brighton have got a little thing isn't it weird that that would be a big story that in days gone by just came a moment I'll be honest Brighton are the good side I'll be honest he's not a great goalscorer but he plays some great football thought Danny Welbeck was fantastic movement up front, United still I think I've had lots of good players and no real cutting edge about them it's amazing when you're talking about team Fernandez, Christian Eriksen, Christiano Ronaldo Marcus Lathford, Jadon Sancho all in the squad it's something they've got a heart something they've got a heart it's a lot of a full line they're just a load of individuals and they can put it together and this fella's going to have a big job because there's just too many players in there it's all the youngs going to go to Chelsea that would be a smash he was even talking about Marcus Lathford going to PSG this week it is weird United are, we've said it before it's strange what's going on there but Brighton, Graham Potters doing a really good job there they play nice football if they could get a striker that's got goals, who knows what they could do hire up the pitch obviously lost basiwme this summer but Casidaw is in there they do the business smartly great result absolutely brilliant result like you said the biggest compliment you can pay wasn't a surprise Brighton play go 40 United might have had stats wise 63% I can go and see that really against Brighton 17 attempts but Brighton had 15 attempts so Brighton, we talked about City and West Ham haven't we just want to go back very quickly for us to finish just on Arsenal because we kind of skated over them before in terms of artether and the thing but what do you think about them because they're still obviously some people they'll definitely be in the top four this season and other people seem a little bit more cautious like they're still going to fall away I mean how do you see because they've had pre-season they were perfect six wins out of six they won the first game which was an away game and it was a tricky game as well you know them and Spades are top of the league at the moment Spades top obviously on goal difference if you want to look at it like that on day one but what do you think about Arsenal because you think artether I still see a section of Arsenal fans and I don't understand why I think they have to be flatter bullies and you know that's what they've got to be they've got to go back to beating the crystal palaces of the world and you know wolves and all those kind of games they've got to make sure they win those games they played less than a home this weekend and they should win that shouldn't they and it's a case of winning those games and then the games against I suppose Chelsea and Tottenham will be the ones won't they this season I think because you know it's that top six isn't it it's going to be that top six I imagine Manchester United I still think will be sixth but it's going to be that six and Chelsea and Tottenham are their rivals and just about beating the teams you're supposed to be and that's what Arsenal has to be very very good at in the venga that's how they've got thought that they should beat those teams they should be beating Spades did they underpot a team they beat everyone else against the top sides they get beat they would always beat everybody else I don't think there's much between them I do think where Arsenal might be a little bit less than Tottenham is I think Tottenham have got more goldscorers and more of a one goldscorer lot of pressure on Jesus this season but I think Tottenham now seem to have three or four goldscorers and that might be the difference and that's what might push at the moment Chelsea is there any goldscorers if you got if you get a bad man young if you get one in I think they will I don't think Chelsea will stay as it is but obviously there's still a couple of weeks to go so teams will change there you go make sure you check out 888 sport if you want out the rest of that video see what other matchouts come out of the playlist from Rory but now now go and check it out why not leave a comment link is in the description subscribe if you haven't and we'll see you soon take it easy