I think, based on the one game played so far (which is dangerous), Haaland will definitely help City further whip the dross in this league, which is roughly 14 out of the 20 teams? I expect to see their goals total rocket as they put 5 or 6 past teams who they might have put 3 or 4 past last season, and he will very likely finish as leading scorer, injuries allowing. How it pans out against the few teams who actually try to give them a game will be interesting though, they appear to be playing more direct balls into the box or behind the defence to accommodate his style of play, and some of the better defenders may find that easier to play against than the usual “ get it to the line and pull it back” approach they usually adopt. Of course, they would still have the second option of doing that if things weren’t working out, so overall they’ll be more difficult to overcome. That’s not to say it can’t be done though.

Yeah, but he didn't get an Everton tattoo.

We enjoy plenty of very easy league games too. Did Manchester United - our so-called arch rivals - give everything when we beat them 9-0 over the two fixtures last season?    Our history is definitely an issue here though. We're a massive club, one of the biggest in the world. Despite the money and the rest of it, fans of other clubs don't look at Manchester City in the way they look at us. They exist in a vacuum. They're an aberration. A rivalry/ill-feeling/dislike/hatred hasn't built up between them and others. Even Manchester United are indifferent about them. We've won six European Cups. Beating us is still a bigger feather in the caps of other clubs.    Even Nottingham Forest have a history with us and were briefly domestic and European rivals. For their fans, our two games with them will be bigger events than those with City's (not least because there'll be an atmosphere at Anfield). 

Assumed at first that was 1 minute ten seconds long. Not sitting through an hour of "Lad, we had a few stripes, lad".