Every season it's the same.
We say this time it will not be a two-horse race . . . that three or four teams will make the Premier League title race more competitive.
Last August we thought European champion Chelsea, reinforced by Oscar and Eden Hazard, would be competitive, that Tottenham with Hugo Lloris, Mousa Dembele and Chris Dempsey arriving, can show there is life after Harry Redknapp.