I'll be hoping Enzo Fernandez has a quiet one first match of the new season...

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Oh no Matthew, now I'm worried.

There's no relegation in the BBC Sport league, yet.

But I'm not too far off the bottom and I have no idea if there's any kind of wooden spoon or forfeit.

What would it even be for a BBC Sport journalist? Try and do a match report without the letter E?

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BBC Sport Scotland

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When 49ers Enterprises completed a much-anticipated takeover of Leeds United in July 2023, the situation was far from rosy at Elland Road.

The West Yorkshire club had been relegated from the Premier League after a chaotic season featuring four different managers, and fans had been left in the dark after relegation was confirmed with a defeat by Tottenham Hotspur seven weeks prior.

There was no permanent manager following the conclusion of Sam Allardyce's short-term deal, and no sense of what the squad would look like for the season ahead.

And yet, 18 months on, they are well placed for a return to the top flight having navigated those choppy waters.

Leeds chairman Paraag Marathe is now a central figure in discussions regarding a takeover at Rangers.

Any investment would be subject to approval from the Scottish FA's board, given rules on multi-club ownership, but what could the Ibrox club expect from a deal involving the 49ers?

Click here to read more.

We will, of course, focus on many other things today, not just FPL.

Don't worry, I am fully aware most people don't play. I'm just desperate at this stage!

Rest of my team:

Subs: Sanchez, Amad, Hall, Cresswell.

Assistant manager chip is activated and on Arne Slot.

This is my team.

I've got two free transfers, £0.1m in the bank and an injured Amad Diallo on the bench.

What would you do?

And this was last week's effort:

Absolutely crushing. I feel like I'm almost there, but these other sports journalists actually know what they're doing.

Oh good, I'm going to take those early thumbs as a "yes, go ahead, Joe".

So here I am in the BBC Sport head-to-head league, 44th, out of 48.

Now I know my name is on these daily football lives a lot, but I don't actually find myself working this particular shift on a Friday too often.

I think the bosses like to save me for the quieter days of the week. Slow Monday reaction, that's my speciality.

Like putting the weakest player on the team in goal.

Anyway, I've been told a lot of you come to this page on a Friday for team news updates - mainly for FPL reasons.

Is that true? Because I am desperate for some fantasy football advice, and the deadline is tonight, not tomorrow.

This handy video we made at the start of the season tells you all you need to know about this year's Champions League as a whole:

As for the last 16 in particular, today's draw will decide who the seeded teams - the ones who finished first to eighth in the league phase - will face in the last 16 and which half of the draw they go into.

Read more here, including who Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa can face.

Feel sorry for Darwin Nunez, so glad he spoke out.

Yesterday's live text Get Involved theme was all about players who get unfair criticism.

James Maddison was mentioned, as was Kai Havertz and Marcus Rashford.

Now then, a few people want to know a bit more about how today's UCL draw will work...

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BBC Sport

"I wasn't the best three weeks ago, and I'm not the worst now."

That is how Darwin Nunez framed the disappointment he experienced as Liverpool missed the chance to go 10 points clear in the Premier League title race in Wednesday's 2-2 draw at Aston Villa.

The Uruguay striker's wastefulness in front of goal, a persistent concern since he joined for an initial £64m in 2022, again reared its head as he blazed over from six yards with the target gaping at Villa Park.

For Arne Slot, however, this was less about Nunez's miss and much more about the impact it had on the player.

"I can accept every miss, especially from a player that scored two very important goals against Brentford," he said on Thursday.

"What was a bit harder for me to accept was his behaviour after that chance. I think it got too much in his head and he wasn't the usual Darwin that works his ass off and helps the team. I think he was too disappointed."

Read more here.

Speaking of news conferences, Liverpool had theirs yesterday, and Darwin Nunez was brought up pretty quickly.

Oh, and there's also an incredible 14 - yep FOURTEEN - Premier League news conferences.

Luckily that paper cut on my finger has healed overnight. Today is going to be busy.

Newcastle and Brighton are first up at around 09:00 GMT.

We'll go through all the ins and outs a bit nearer the time - the draw is supposed to start at 11:00 GMT, but who knows when it will actually begin.

So we've got a good chunk of time this morning to chat and catch up.

Maybe we could start with you funny draw stories, or who do you want your side to face in the next round? We can always change things up if it isn't working.

Don't forget - you can watch the Champions League draw LIVE in this page.

The last Uefa draw I was on was for the Women's Euros.

About 90 minutes of chat and build-up only for England and Wales to be drawn into the group of death.

Still, they can be quite entertaining and at least this time it should be a bit simpler with who can face who.

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Pop culture references horrendously out of date.

Long periods of waiting before anything meaningful happens.

The feeling it could all go wrong in seconds.

No, I'm not describing our live texts!

Today is the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League.

These are always a treat. Let's get through it together!