United old boy Mark Hughes faces a tough opening day fixture at Villa Park where Martin O’Neill has made some astute purchases. Despite many of the ‘experts’ expecting his new Manchester City side to struggle on the pitch due to the current much publicised off-field problems at the club, I am in no doubt, he’ll have no problems whatsoever. After all, Sparky has proven himself to be a good Premier League manager at Blackburn and has all the attributes to be a success at Eastlands.