After a depressing summer, ending with a disaster of a match against Norway which ended any realistic hope of Scotland appearing in next year's World Cup, the opening weekend of the SPL at least provided lots of goals and excitement.
Of course, the first round of the season is always exciting - the sun's shining, the terraces are busy, and everyone is full of optimism. We all know that the pitches and the players will look a lot less lively in January. But it was still fun to forget all the problems and revel in Scotland's top domestic competition.
Strikers were given the limelight - the rejuvenated Danny Cadamateri at Tannadice, the returning Benji at Easter Road, and of course the biggest signing of the summer, Marc-Antoine Fortune at Celtic.
As Pat Nevin pointed out in Sportscene, Fortune has been playing more like a winger than a centre forward so far for Celtic - but this may well be the secret weapon Tony Mowbray plans to use against Arsenal tonight. With Fortune buzzing betweeen the touch lines, it gives Aiden McGeady and others the chance to go narrow and lose their marker. Still, it will be very hard for Celtic to get through this tie.
The other European tie this week involves Hearts against Dinamo Zagreb. Having played on Monday night, and due to play Rangers on Sunday, the fixture list is certainly not doing the Jambos any favours.
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