With Mesut Ozil joining the Arsenal during the transfer window I think they will have renewed impetus and I expect the Gunners to sweep past Sunderland at 7/10.

The slamming shut of the transfer window left Newcastle United fans as voyeurs, looking on as everybody else had at least a little bit of fun and excitement.

We now know which players we will be relying on this season, at least until the January window anyway. The question is, how full is your glass?

Denied by the woodwork last week, better luck this time?

My weekly tipping column got off to a flyer last weekend as we nailed a 12.5/1 treble, a £10 investment would have returned over £135 at BetVictor.

Hopefully plenty of you were on and now have a war chest to go to battle with for the rest of the season.

It’s been a golden summer of British Sport with Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, a Lions series victory in Australia and the cricketers winning the Ashes in the North East with a test to spare.

All things considered are we in for the most exciting and open Premier League season ever? Where’s your tenner going?

Even the arrival of ‘Arry last season failed to spark any form of revival. It also remains unclear whether the likes of Adel Taraabt and Loic Remy will still be there after the transfer window.

In the pub before the Liverpool match, when Spurs scored that equaliser the roar it was greeted with told you how worried Newcastle fans were, and that was before the chaotic performance against Liverpool.

I know Ba has started well with 4 goals already but I fancy once Cisse gets into his stride there will be no stopping him, so on that basis I’m going to snap up the 13/8 on Cisse.