...Dan

Finished 2-1 to PSG, but Troyes really impressed. They weren't at all negative, they tried to play football, they attacked PSG. Unfortunate to come away with no points, but positive signs for the season ahead.

Didn't last long unfortunately.

Two matches played and two 1-1s. Lyon not good enough at home. Looked better when Slimani and Paqueta came on, equalised, but couldn't find a winner. Next up is newly promoted Troyes against a PSG who are missing a few big players, but Mbappé has been deemed fit to start

The second match of the season starts in 45 minutes. Lyon v Brest. Both teams have new coaches taking charge of their first competitive matches. Bosz v Der Zakarian. A pretty young lineup for OL. Gusto and Lukeba were very impressive in pre-season, and it's good to see Cherki starting the season in the first 11, he's a potential world class player in the making. Bizot is making his debut for Brest after his move from AZ, and for now, they've kept hold of their star player Romain Faivre, though I don't think he'll be there for much longer.

Two points dropped for Monaco. Conceded the equaliser from a corner then did nothing in the 2nd half. Disappointing. Jean Lucas was very impressive on his debut, Myron Boadu missed an open goal 8 minutes into his, and was pretty quiet after that before getting subbed early in the second half.

It's the day we've all been waiting for. The best league in the world is back! I'm surprised to see Boadu go straight into the starting 11 on day one.

I'm really looking forward to it, I think a lot of clubs will be very strong. Nice have brought in Galtier and signed several new players, Marseille will be exciting to watch (after years of dullness) with Sampaoli in charge and again, several new signings, PSG have added some massive players to their sqaud, Lyon have brought in Bosz to replace Rudi Garcia, Rennes have quietly made some good signings too (notably Loic Badé who was brilliant at Lens last season), Kovac's Monaco will be up there again, and good news for Bordeaux as they finally got rid of their awful owners, got bought by former Lille owner Gerard Lopez, and are making some good moves in the transfer market. Yeah, can't wait.

@Machado is he any good? It's not a good sign for us that Benfica fans seem to be delighted to see him leaving The general consensus seems to be that he has a bad attitude and is bad defensively? He'll only be backup for Tierney, but it still doesn't sound great. Hopefully he'll improve here, he's still young.

The fixtures have been announced. Here's the first round of matches to be played on the weekend of 6th/7th/8th August: Bordeaux - Clermont OL - Brest Metz - Lille Monaco - Nantes Montpellier - OM Nice - Reims Rennes - Lens Saint-Etienne - Lorient Strasbourg - Angers Troyes - PSG

@El Profesor Seems like a weird signing. Is he any good?

Classic OM

Sampaoli in, Eyraud gone and Longoria the new president. Maybe OM fans can finally be optimistic about the club's future.

Brenner going to Cincinnati Weird decision, he could've gone to a top European club surely?

There's never a dull day in the life of a Marseille fan What a mess of a club they are.

Is every online match super slow for everyone or is it just me? My ping is 14 right now but every match is being played in slow motion. It's been like this for a few days now.

Lassina Traoré 5 goals and 3 assists

Adrian to concede Allan to be carded Doucouré to be carded Henderson to make 2+ tackles James to take 1+ shots from outside the box £5 returns £225.

I don't like Nadal or Djokovic, but I am enjoying watching Djokovic get destroyed.

Tierney out for the Man City match.

I guess I'll take that in a positive way If he's moved to Germany to play a relegation battle I'm gonna be mad. He deserves so much more than that.

I see they were only a point off a Europa League spot last season, are they expected to challenge for a top 7 place again this season?

I know nothing about Freiburg, but he's a very good player. He could've gone to one of the top clubs in France, he was linked to Napoli and Villarreal before, I think he'll be a big success in Germany.