Well what do we know, it happened again. The top four drew all their games. But unfortunately, unlike what had transpired last time around, West Brom looks to be this season’s whipping boys. Having no striker of Premier League class, they are struggling to find the back of the net, Mowbray doesn’t have time to pick another striker out of the Championship. It would be interesting how he would wheel and deal come next month.

See, if you are in the mire of relegation, January is an important period. This is the time when you need to convince a good foreign player to sign for you on-loan. Managers like Harry Redknapp and Sam Allardyce are the masters of this. And who can forget how Dugarry single-handedly kept Birmingham up in 2003, only signing for them in the winter.

Mid-table still a lively affair though, a side like Sunderland who look to be doomed suddenly gets a win and shoots up the table. This will spell doom for Paul Ince – Blackburn’s next win will be without him in the manager’s seat. And that, I must say, will come very soon.