Pre-season is done and dusted, and the start of the new Premier League season is now less than a week away. Everton return with an opening day clash with Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon, with a whole host of new signings potentially set to make their competitive debuts. At last, there is ample reason for excitement around Goodison Park with all these new faces, who offer a mysterious promise of the brighter future their injection of fresh ideas could provoke. Four new signings and counting, with the window not quite yet shut, Evertonians are quietly hopeful that this campaign co…