boils down to one question: exactly how shit are Arsenal this year? And every season the Gunners are expected to struggle, but then surprise everyone at the start so that journalists begin making them their dark horses for the title, until that is they go through quite a long patch of rough form where some of their fans start demanding Arsene Wenger's head, before they finally get their act back together and end up finishing fourth with a little bit to spare. There's no real reason to think that it's going to be any different this time around, leaving Everton, Tottenham, Fulham and the rest fighting for a place the Europa League -- essentially the last cup of piss on a drifting lifeboat. In the morning, Martin is up first and actually wakes you by smacking you on the side of the head with a rolled up Daily Express . 'Hey sleepy head,' he says, grinning. 'It's a beautiful day. Here, I got you a cup of tea and some toast.' The sun is actually streaming in between the bars and you can't help but notice that he has carefully arranged some freshly cut flowers in a jam jar up on the window sill. And for a fleeting moment you think 'that's a nice touch'. It's good to have Jol, his shifty sideways glance, and almost inaudible utterances of "here, I have something to show you" back in the Premier League. Just seen his last two jobs were in Hamburg