Greetings from Canada. I hope most of you will be able to understand my English.
May I just say that even last season I had the Premiership in mind whilst watching our boys win the Championship. At no point last season did I think our midfield were good enough for the Premiership. Perhaps Guthrie in a rotation, and if you need to use Smith and Barton, then as deep cover. Most of our goals last season came via the air, rarely was anything created by keeping the ball on the deck. So other than this Arfa talk, I'm quite shocked that this midfield would stay in tact going into the new season.
That being said, I'm true Toon and will be cheering our boys on to fight to stay up.
All the best from the Toronto Toon contingent!