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With the Rugby World Cup over, the Grand Prix season finished and England's qualification to the European Championships almost up it allows time to evaluate the current state of the Premiership.
A full weekend fixture list was preceded by another Premier League team sacking their manager and this time it was Martin Jol of Tottenham.
The only surprise about this dismissal was that everyone knew the axe had fallen by half time except apparently from the man himself who was told after the UEFA Cup defeat against Getafe. Still, by the weekend Ramos of Seville had finally been poached and was in the stands for the game against Blackburn on Sunday.
Why a man would want to swap a team who are currently in the Champions League for one that is in the relegation zone of the Premiership is another question entirely but then the money on offer for these positions can often be very persuasive.
Sadly, for Tottenham fans, there was no change in fortune and in a twist of fate they suffered a 2-1 defeat after being 1-0 up in exactly the same way as the UEFA Cup game.
Ramos has a lot of work to do, not least finding what his best side is and making sure they play often enough to build some team spirit.
If this does not happen quickly then it is going to be a long season and instead of challenging the top four they will be fighting their way out of the bottom three.
Blackburn on the other hand are going through another season of progression and the fact they are themselves are out of Europe might help them become the most likely team to challenge that Champions League place should any of the top four slip up.
The team currently usurping this place is none other than Sven's Manchester City who have had their best start in the top flight for 40 years. Not only have they had some great results they have also played with some style and in Elano they have one of the best players currently in the Premiership.
Saturday, though, saw the challenge ahead given some sense of reality when a trip to Stamford Bridge resulted in a 6-0 thrashing and one the Swede was moved to apologise for in his post match interview.
Eriksson knows that they have relied on their home form to get them into this position with the fixture schedule being kind to them to support this and the fact that he alluded to more players arriving in January suggest there is plenty of work still to be done. Manchester United on the other hand are playing their best football of the season and the defeat of Middlesbrough on Saturday was the fourth time in a row they had bagged four goals.
In addition, Rooney and Tevez have finally found a way of playing together and some of their interaction that led to the Argentinean's goal was exceptional. United have proved in the past they are capable of going on long winning streaks and with Group success in the Champions League almost guaranteed they can concentrate totally on the Premiership.
Top game of the weekend though was between the two remaining unbeaten teams, namely Liverpool and Arsenal and the status quo is still in place following a 1-1 draw.
The pressure though was firmly on the home side's manager, Rafael Benitez, who with his rotation policy and poor home form was expected to prove a point on Sunday. However, after a great start from a Gerard free kick Wenger's Arsenal slowly rested control away from Liverpool and got a deserved equaliser from a Fabregas goal late in the game.
Arsenal are playing a standard of football rarely seen in this country and with such a young team it is exciting times at the Emirates.
The departure of Henry has liberated many of the players who have stepped up to the challenge with the skill and commitment of what promises to be an exceptional team for the foreseeable future.
It is not a surprise Wenger has produced another great team who can also get results but that it has happened so soon is incredible.
It is Wenger's success though that has contributed to the failure of their North London rivals Tottenham who have had seven managers in the same period the Frenchman has been in post. Even worse, they have had 15 managers since 1984. How the club expect to be successful with such a record is a mystery to any football follower who knows the key ingredient is the consistency of the man picking and inspiring the team.
Chelsea may have managed to bridge the transition, but only trophies at the end of the season will support this. Tottenham have much further to go and if Ramos pulls it off over the next two years he will deserve every penny of his reported £6 million annual salary.
