At the start of the month Romelu Lukaku's Chelsea future looked dead and buried when Thomas Tuchel left him on the bench while hunting a late equaliser at Everton.
Instead of throwing his £98million striker into the mix, Tuchel decided his best shot at rescuing a point would be to introduce wide forwards in Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, and Lukaku's vacant, miserable stare into space spoke a thousand words.
But what a difference ten days can make.
Fast forward that amount of time and the Belgian, now boasting a return of three goals in his last two Premier League appearances, has suddenly revived his Blues career and thrown his hat into the ring to start Saturday's FA Cup final against Liverpool.