The smart Alec response to people discussing the publication of next season’s football fixtures is pretty standard.
Oh, guess what? Everyone is going to play each other twice, who would have thought it? Those sarcastic types have a valid point but, occasionally, in terms of momentum, a schedule can matter.
Manchester United’s early run of fixtures looks reasonably well-balanced but games against the Big Six come inside the first 13 dates so it needs repeating that Erik ten Hag has to hit the ground running. So how come there appears to be next to nothing occurring on the recruitment front?
