In all of the pre-season hype I don't think I've heard one comment or question about whether anyone will challenge the Big 6.
It's almost a given and further backed up by "The Debate" agendas which invariably discuss each of the Big 6 in turn with no mention of the other 14, despite this...
I find that incredible. They could lose Alderweireld, Rose and Dembele in a matter of days, and with so many England players returning from a World Cup they are most definitely short (even allowing for emerging players like Winks and Walker-Peters).
Watford rebuffed for Ward-Prowse, now looking at Livermore. Why haven't they just got Isaac Hayden from Newcastle? He's desperate to move back down south.