Dawn is breaking on a new campaign and what feels like another new era for Arsenal.
On Friday night Mikel Arteta takes his side to Selhurst Park, with several crucial questions lingering overhead.
Chief among them: which clip or comment will prove most haunting should this season begin like the last? Take your pick.
From pre-season, when technical director Edu revealed that, in the club’s five-year plan, now is the time when everything begins to click.
From this week, when Arteta himself declared: ‘We are ready to go to a different level, I am convinced.