You have to go back all the way to the start of last season to begin to test the temperature ahead of Sunday’s London derby.
A much different time when supporters were allowed into stadiums and Jose Mourinho was in the Sky Sports studio and not the dugout.
It was the first Super Sunday of the season and there was Mourinho, the pundit, giving his assessment of Manchester United’s 4-0 beating of Chelsea.
It also happened to be Frank Lampard’s first match as a Premier League manager and he was pumped up.