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The Times and the Sunday Times, now with goals.

Hello and welcome to the new football season.

I am Gabriel Marcotti, and I'm here to celebrate the end of the summer with my specially selected panel which logically because it specially selected does not include Rory Smith.

Over the next 40 minutes we'll get all

excited about the new season, all cynical about England and will make a few predictions

along the way. I should point out that Rory Smith isn't here because he's taking a few well-earned days off

because he's basically had to run the whole place all summer while people like Ollie Kaye were on holiday.

To do this, I am joined by some old favorites, Allison Rudd, and the aforementioned Mr. Kay, and also by a

newcomer, top commentator, and one of the voices of our new Goals app, which you can download

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