
It is a sad when a football fan can't show his appreciation for some beautiful attacking football ...
- GMgoran, 2014
This year's Premier League season sports a new logo, and for the first time has no overt sponsorship in the title (for example Carling Premier League, and Barclays Premier League). There are some pretty huge talking points going into this season, chief of which is the arrival of rival managers Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho at the Manchester clubs. However, there's also the matter of reigning champions Leicester City: Will they be able to mount a title defence? How will they juggle the added pressure of a Champions League campaign? Will big clubs like United and Chelsea be able to reverse their recent fortunes under new managers?
The Premier League is proving to be a hotbed of managerial talent, with many of Europe's top managers coming to the league. In the past year alone, Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte and Jurgen Klopp have all found new homes in the Premier League. When you consider the massive reputation and history that clubs like Manchester City have, this is surely not at all motivated by money.
With Pep's arrival, he also brings with him a massive reputation. Primarily, in the field of turtlenecks, where he is something of a pioneer in managerial beatnik chic. Here, we can see the Premier League's expected turtleneck boom demonstrated in graph form, which I created using NCES 'Kids Zone' create-a-graph:

What can we gather from this graph? Frankly, not a lot, clearly the dense complexity of a child's simple line graph eludes me. But one thing is certain, the turtleneck is here. Does this mean we'll see Tony Pulis donning a turtleneck? Will Steve Bruce be seen emerging from a northern Jazz club, sporting a classy beret and turtleneck combo?
In less important news, a warm welcome to this season's newly promoted teams, Burnley, Middlesbrough and Hull City:



Finally, here are the teams representing the Premier League in Europe this season:
