Originally Posted by Mojo

Thoroughly embarrassing so far. I wouldn't have believed it was possible to implode any further, especially at the beginning of a season, because we rarely start well, but they found a way.

We've wanted a shuffle at centre half for a while now, with Brown and O'Shea getting older and becoming more and more of a frequent liability, and we got it. Unfortunately Coates and Kaboul have been made a mockery of in the first two matches, and van Aanholt has been truly shocking. We all knew he couldn't defend but Norwich just kept coming down that side and he couldn't cope whatsoever. You can't play like that against Norwich at home.

It's gonna be another long season. I'm confident we'll improve but it's too early to tell if we'll improve enough to escape again this year.