Now that the fixture list is out hope Wenger and the board prepare better
than they did last season when we went unprepared away to Liverpool with an incomplete squad.
Even so, the Atlanta offense (fifth in the league in runs, with 645) is nowhere near the juggernaut it was last season; this year's Braves were on pace to hit 59 fewer homers and score 103 fewer
runs than they did last season.
Buying new players alone does not guarantee a title challenge, the players need to gel together with their new team mates and then we need to show a lot more
fight than we did last season when players were guilty of ball watching instead of marking opponents.
The Toffees have averaged 5.13 % more of the possession and completed 5 % more of their
passes than they did last season, with the players already adapting to Roberto Martinez's tiki - taka style of football.
Cash - conscious skiers can look forward to spending less on their next ski
trip than they did last season as prices are dropping at ski resorts across Europe.
But, however, despite our self - proclaimed love for the Toffees this season, we reckon Blackburn will fair
better than they did last season and won't be starting the new season with a home defeat, so the draw is our pick here in what surely promised to be one of the day's better games.
The Invincibles scored just 2 more goals
than we did last season.
I'd be happy with Diaby starting in the middle as long as we had quality cover and were able to rotate a little more
than we did last season.
Since his re-introduction to the squad, after he spent a long time in the wilderness over the summer, it took a little bit of time to get him back in top condition and now he's done that he's produced more goals
than he did last season.»
The Everton No. 10 has already scored more league goals (11)
than he did last season (10) and is only behind Barcelona's Neymar when it comes to most strikes netted between the ages of 18 and 23 at the moment.
Our goal is to do better
than we did last season, which means going through to the quarter - finals.»