With regard to the three relegated sides from last season’s Premier League, I agree that they’ve benefitted from the shorter close season because it means that they were able to keep more of a core of their 19/20 squad than they would under normal circumstances.

As for other divisions, I’ll admit to being very surprised at Hull’s imminent promotion because they were such a poor side in the second half of last season - maybe I’m not being fair, but the fact that Hull could well be Champions makes me think that standards in League One can’t be great.