All change with this column, folks. Goalkeepers are great and strikers consigned to a bygone era. Yes, you read that right and yes, I am still Peter Crouch. Promise.
It is not quite so straightforward obviously, but last week I dedicated a section of these pages to the excellence of Edouard Mendy and how goalkeepers are becoming even more important for potential title-winning teams.
Now, having watched Chelsea and Manchester City score 11 between them without a recognised frontman on Saturday, it does make you wonder if we can start labelling the strikers’ position as unfashionable at the elite level.