The interlull: Come back soon Premier League, you endlessly moreish mega-product

Brighton have impressed in a goal-laden start to the season, in a league that remains a brutally strong attraction

CRASH: Brighton's Pascal Struijk wins the battle to the first header, a microcosm of the south coast side's eclipsing of champions Arsenal last Saturday. Mikel Arteta's first chance to wipe the slate clean? October 10th. Pic: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Get ready for the dopamine crash. And this one really is a proper autumn nosedive. The past 17 days up to and including Sunday’s cut-off gave us 30 Premier League games and 79 goals. Which, if you take Spurs out of it – and this is fair because Spurs are now post‑goal, an entertainment concept unrelated to goals or even football itself – is really quite a lot.