It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single journalist in possession of an empty page must be in want of a story.
And in the absence of a story, he’ll make one up to suit his agenda.
No pride, but plenty of prejudice.
And when nearly all the journalists are in the same predicament, the wave of spurious content will hit us like a tsunami.
One such tsunami this year has been the supposed shift of power in North London footballing circles.
After our 8-2 drubbing at Gorbals Towers many journalists decided that this was the year when Arsenal faced mid table mediocrity (or even a relegation struggle); and as for Arsenal’s manager – well, he’d lost it, hadn’t he? First in line for the sac...

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