Tomorrow it all begins all over again.
What is needed is a Sectoral Vuvuzela, a monotone lepatatatic drone, to drown out the latest brand of ScudamoreWorld.
But there is salvation.
We have terminated our BSkyB subscription entirely.
There are no longer Sky feeds to either our trading room or other communication environments.
We were going to get rid of the Murdochratic media last summer but there was the nagging doubt that, as Sky output is so corrupted, we might be missing something if we voluntarily imposed a media blackout on Gray, Keys and Redknapp.
No problem.
And we are not bothering with ESPN either.
The free-to-air Championship and lower English leagues on the BBC offer a far less corrupted version of the sport if we really feel the need to watch something.
And if you must have your fix of The Fix, there is an issue with the ScudamoreWorld Security Template.
Unlike with Napster et al, where the prehistoric music sector targeted individual users for having the audacity to wish to listen to music, ScudamoreWorld targets the providers themselves.
So, with a few minutes creative googling, one is able to find ample free-to-air offerings of ScudamoreWorld fare.
Often even with the added advantage of a random South East Asian language which, remarkably, still seems to make more sense than Keys and the gang.
And, the chase is not one which ScudamoreWorld is likely to win.
As with the underground Asian bookmakers, particularly in the nineties, when they were interpolled out of one country, they would slightly rearrange the company name prior to setting up shop somewhere else in the Far East.
The Black Market can be very awkward when not working in your favour, Mr Scudamore.
So, to the second of our little polls which we'll leave up over the first month of the season.
If it wasn't a rigged event, who would Really win the Premier League?
United have lost two of their best four players and brought in a serial non-trier.
Will Chelsea be stronger under Ancelotti?
Perhaps you think we are wrong about Liverpool and Abu Dhabi United?
Who cares?
Register your opinion on the blog homepage below.
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And that is as exciting as it is going to get in ScudamoreWorld.
Richard keeps telling us that all is well with the game but we look at the unsustainable and highly leveraged financial structures underpinning Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.
We look at Portsmouth, entering the season halfway between two ############ owners, desperately selling off players to pay off the banks while trying to reach arrangements with other Premier League clubs over the crazy transfer policy while Redknapp was manager.
We look at West Ham who could cease to exist if Icelandic court decisions go against them.
We look at Manchester City trying to buy success out of a barrel, with owners who have shown a capacity for short-termism in numerous other ventures.
We look at Birmingham City who look, yet again, to be on the verge of being taken over by the Billionaire Barber, despite the fact that he was prosecuted by the SFC because he failed to declare an interest in a company on five separate occasions.
Gold, Sullivan and Brady or a Billionaire Barber.
What sort of choice is that?
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We look at the Fat Man from Uzbekistan with the glove puppet that is David Dein.
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We look at Allardyce at Blackburn and, for the moment, Redknapp still at Tottenham despite the allegations in the BBC Panorama Bungs Thingymijig.
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We look at the still-to-be-explained targeting of Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough.
We look at the fact that the vast majority of ScudamoreWorld clubs have been forced to freeze or reduce season ticket prices to address the Recession and the decline of the brand.
Duncan Drasdo, chief executive of the Manchester United Supporters Trust: "I've been amazed. Some of the people that I thought would never give their season ticket up have done so this year."
Oh, and guess which is the first country to ban the Vuvuzela?
Austria.
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