The COVID malaise must be getting bad if I've forgotten all about my monthly opportunity to wax lyrical about my love of the beautiful game.

Well, it's all happening anyway. The transfer window preparing to SLAM SHUT next week with Red Ed no doubt putting the final touches on another bid of £17.70 for Sancho, games getting called off because everybody's getting the Rona and most excitingly of all THREE ENGLAND GAMES IN UNDER A WEEK. I'm not sure I cope.

I actually don't know what else is happening after that because the BBC fixtures page is having a wobbly. Do the various group stages of things also start this month?