Are we already starting to wrap up Liverpool's league title? What has happened in Manchester, both on the red and blue sides of town? Will Champions League and modern football destroy smaller cup competitions or does it enable teams like Dortmund to play a bigger role on the world stage? Should we contemplate Texas, not as an MLS market, but as a thing itself? And what of Chicago? Are we under Fire again after an off season of have-not's rather than have's in this trepidatious transfer market?