With one week until the season begins, it's still too early to predict how this one will play out. Sochaux's first match next week is against Arles, another team tipped for relegation. Lose that one, and France Football correspondent Christian Manicourt's prediction "that Sochaux could be in for a long, tough season" may prove prescient. All soccer fans should hope that, at the very least, Davies plays a part in it
*Davies back but not at full speed
