Here we go again. It seem like only yesterday that the Spanish were lifting the World Cup and tomorrow the domestic stuff starts all over again.
The first day of the season is the only day of the season when every football fan is equal. The Blackpool fan can be as optimistic as the Man Utd fan. There is no league table to tell fans the cruel truth. Experiences on the pitch haven't deflated hopes and expectations.
It is the one day of the season when every football fan can think that this season just might be their season. It might be the season when everything clicks into place, when all the luck goes your team's way.
As a Sunderland fan, I know that nothing is ever predictable but I would like to think that we would make a top 10 finish this year. Of course, the first day of the season optimist in me is still thinking that the top 6 isn't totally unrealistic.
The first day of the season is, after all, the only day of the season when ungrounded optimism is expected.
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