You will have heard this many times since Wednesday night but football is back, just not as we know it.
It was no different in east London as West Ham took on Wolves in their first fixture back after more than 100 days away.
They were undone by a bit of pace from the speedster Adama Traore, who breezed past Pablo Fornals and Aaron Cresswell, stood up a cross where Raul Jimenez inexplicably found himself free to nod past a helpless Lukasz Fabianski.
Traore was involved again ten minutes later as a tired Hammers were put to the sword, the winger finding Matt Doherty and his cross was whacked home superbly by substitute Pedro Neto.
Despite David Moyes claiming his side were “ready” for the return, which he was of course bound to say in the build-up, his side were sluggish.
With teams around them picking up points, Brighton struck a late winner against Arsenal and Watford picked up a point at home to Leicester City, this was a game that West Ham needed to get something from in the race against the drop.
The three-month break was bound to affect the players but it looked like some more than others showed signs of severe rust.
Felipe Anderson was one such player. While others took their time to get into the game, he took more than most. The first chance he had to go on a run he showed exactly what he has done for most of the season, a lack of confidence and decision making.
The Brazilian had Antonio running through the middle but Anderson dallied and eventually lost the ball to Matt Doherty far too easily.
He ducked out of a 50-50 near the touchline too that, had there been fans in attendance at London Stadium, would have not gone down well.
Playing in the ten role, Anderson was not effective. He didn’t know whether to hold his position, try and help Michail Antonio, or even try and get further beyond him.
In the second half, it was much the same. There were a few nice touches and good passes but none of them were incisive or particularly brought anything to the West Ham attack.
He was playing as a second striker at times as well but doesn’t have that instinct to get in the box and on to the end of crosses or a through ball.
In the end, Anderson was put out of his misery as he was hauled off by Moyes with 66 minutes on the clock at the second drinks break, replaced by the equally ineffective Manuel Lanzini.
All in all, it was a day of frustration. West Ham’s players and manager knew that Brighton had beaten Arsenal and knew that Watford had pinched a point against Leicester City earlier in the afternoon.
But there was just no urgency from West Ham, who are now hovering out of the relegation zone by just one solitary goal. The Hammers really needed to get something from this game but in truth, they didn’t look like they were ever going to.
The performance of Anderson can arguably sum up West Ham at the moment. Expensive, easy on the eye at times but lacking the ability to dig in when needed.
