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Major stagnation period going on right now. It's the time when the previous season is old enough for you to stop thinking of it as ‘this season'; it's also the time when the calendar leers at you for looking ahead to next season. Stagnation time. It's all deserted on the field, the tumbleweed is wantonly tumbling on the Emirates turf as a hauntingly slow version of ‘The Wonder Of You' plays and Eboue diligently attends his summer knitting classes.