It's clearly still early days for Arsenal in terms of how they approach Without the injured Bukayo Saka.
They got off to a winning start without the magical winger, albeit in largely unconvincing fashion as they beat Ipswich 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium. However, you might suggest that two very tough games away to Brentford and Brighton would give us a clearer indication of how they will cope without the England international.
Whatever happens, I really feel they have to do everything they can in the January transfer window to bolster what now looks like a very threadbare attack.
Yes, January is a very difficult period to do well, but it's not impossible and I hope Arsenal are working hard behind the scenes to try and identify some opportunities that can give them the boost they need.
I'm not necessarily talking about a big move in January. That kind of move may have to wait until the summer. But there is certainly scope for the club to do something to fill the void left by Saka's absence.
Confirming Arsenal's interest in the English Premier League star
Arsenal are always reluctant to do business in January, and the message I got in this window from the conversations I've had has always been that the club will be reactive, not proactive in the market.
That's understandable, but this feels like something they should respond to. Losing Saka for ten weeks is a hammer blow. It's that simple.
I don't think anyone who comes in should be similarly substituted. They just need another option who can play up front and can contribute goals and assists.
I'm a big fan of Matheus Cunha and Arsenal's interest in him Doesn't make much sense. However, I understand it will be very difficult to tempt him away from Wolves midway through the season when they are fighting relegation.
Arda Guler on loan from Real Madrid would also be an interesting move in the short term. We've seen Arsenal have some success with a deal like this in the past. Just think of Martin Odegaard for example.
Guler is young, but he has shown he can perform at the biggest level and has the talent to make a difference in the final third.
So there may be options available for Arsenal, and it's up to them to go out and find them.
I thought Gabriel Martinelli played well on the right side against Ipswich. There were some good moments and I think it would be unfair to rule him out as an option in this side after just one start.
He will take some time to get used to playing in this role and his teammates will have to take some time to get used to someone other than Saka occupying those positions.
Arsenal will be different without Saka. Mikel Arteta has already said so. They can't keep playing the same way with someone else playing their part and expect things to be exactly the same.
Martinelli had a few good moments against Ipswich. He sent in several good crosses, including one that played into the net.
I want to see him do more of that. Just move the ball onto his right foot and get it into the danger zone before the defense prepares. The fact that he can do this, rather than tackling in with his strong foot as he does on the left, should be beneficial for Arsenal.
He clearly needs to work on being more of a threat himself. He didn't have a shot against Ipswich and that's not good enough. He must be a threat, as Saka always is.
While we wait for the window to open, I still think Martinelli is Arsenal's best option on the right. Ethan Nwaneri is another player who is a proverbial understudy due to the way he plays and the way he likes to cut inside to the left.
It would be good to see him go there at some point, but I feel like you have to stick with Martinelli for now and give him a chance to get used to that role himself.
It's hard to look at Liverpool now and see them declining.
There is still a long way to go and no one knows better than Arsenal how difficult it is to maintain such an impressive pace over an entire season.
But they look very strong and obviously playing with a lot of confidence at the moment. It is very difficult to know where any long-term misstep comes from.
In Mo Salah, they have the best player in the world at the moment and he is proving the difference week after week.
The numbers he produces are astonishing and when you have players like Cody Jacobo, Luiz Diaz and Jota backing him up, it's just an embarrassment of riches for Arne Slott.
Contract issues with Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk may start to take their toll on Liverpool, but at the moment it looks more like the rival teams are grasping at straws.
Just look at the West Ham game. Before that everyone was talking about Trent and the rumors that he had already told Liverpool that he was leaving for Madrid.
Was that distracting? No, he played well, Liverpool scored five goals and got one of them themselves.
So I don't really see this making much of a difference. If Arsenal or anyone else wants to get Liverpool back, they will have to do so by doing things right, rather than relying on some sort of internal collapse among the squad at Anfield.
What went wrong at Tottenham? I mean, this is a question that someone could spend years studying and still not be able to come up with a proper answer.
To be honest, I'm not sure there's much going wrong with them this season. They're just Tottenham. This is what they do.
I mean, is anyone really surprised by their struggles this season? I can't imagine they are.
They have some good players, they play good football, and on a day they can beat anyone. They look like a cup team to me under Ange Postecoglou.
It might finally win them the Cup. They have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup after all, and you'd think they should go far in the Europa League, but I can't see them competing for the league unless Postecoglou changes his ways a bit.
She is very outgoing and very easy to pick up.
They have had a lot of injuries this season and that has to be taken into account, but it's not like they're tight when they have Christian Romero and Micky van de Ven fit, is it? They are still conceding a lot of goals.
It will be interesting to see if Daniel Levy stays with Postecoglou. You never know what he's going to do.
I suppose when people ask what's wrong with Tottenham, Levy should join the conversation.
How many managers have you hired who have failed? The only real success story was Mauricio Pochettino who was sacked by Levy shortly after leading the club to the Champions League final because he felt he could improve.
It didn't work out so well, it happened…
