Arsenal are back, and it’s boring

The Gunners are unbeaten since being thrashed by Liverpool in August, resulting in a disappointing dearth of interesting ArsenalFanTV content.

With games against Man City and Spurs next month, however, there’s surely plenty of red-faced raging still to come.

Jones and Stones are the ones for England

Formerly figures of fun, the Manchester-based pair have been excellent this season and are now Gareth Southgate’s best option in the centre of defence.

Their names could also be the title of an ITV cop drama, which is nice.

Jurgen Klopp’s head is going

From interrupting a Russian translator to snapping at a reporter after a harmless question, it turns out everyone’s favourite German is a bit less fun when his side’s losing.

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Square pegs do sometimes fit round holes

In the summer, Fabian Delph and Ashley Young were overlooked midfielders whose days seemed numbered in Manchester.

Now, they’re engaged in a duel to be the Premier League’s best makeshift left-back, and could each genuinely influence who wins the title.

Wayne Rooney isn’t good

People might’ve jumped the gun in thinking a 31-year-old striker who’s been rubbish for nearly three years was back to his best after scoring a couple of goals.

Not us, though.

Dele Alli’s gone too far

There's a time and a place for diving.

3-0 up away to Huddersfield is not it.

Especially when it's done as badly as this.

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The top-seven race is a real thing

After Everton blew £100m on players not quite good enough for the top six in the summer, it seemed a formality that they should stroll to seventh place.

As it turns out, the Toffees are useless, and Watford, Burnley and Newcastle all look capable of finishing above them.

Paul Merson doesn’t ‘get it’

Sky’s resident xenophobe is at it again, claiming that overlooking an opponent and making a slight tactical error is a “foreign fing”.

Never mind the fact that only one British manager has won the Premier League since 1995, it’s definitely the ones from abroad who don’t understand what it takes to be successful in England.

Sean Dyche does

Burnley’s manager is the only one in the Premier League giving Merson’s theory any credence.

If the Clarets keep winning away from home, Dyche might become the first British manager since David Moyes to actually deserve a chance at a bigger club.