I don’t always like the beginning of the season very much. To me, its still a hangover from pre-season in that nothing gets going straight away. Some players have come while others have gone, and everything still has an unfamiliar ring to it. Results are a bit freaky and misleading and serve no real guide to where teams might finish.

In the same way I didn’t get carried away after Southampton, I’m not going to get too upset about the defeat at Hull. Yes, I was delighted last week and yes, I am disappointed this week, but the truth is that it is still very difficult to tell where we are actually going to go and how far Peter Grant can actually take us.

As I was working on Saturday, and missed the commentary as well, my knowledge of the game is only limited to those who went. The feedback wasn’t great, but like me, people are just hoping it’s a minor early season blip rather than a worrying trend. It is obvious though from what I hear, that for all his hard work, Brown needs a goal soon, and that the defence needs to improve quickly (not just Docherty who seems to be blamed soley for each and every error the team make). Brellier still sounds off the pace too.

Also, after hearing the experiences of Canary fans at the hands of some of the neanderthal home support, it makes me wish the place would get immersed with rain again. Then again, its probably the same people who failed to insure their houses and then complained where they would get compensation from. Erm..insurance perhaps?

All in all a good one for me to miss. Despite that, I would loved to have gone to Rochdale - new ground and all that - but work suggests otherwise. A win there and a win on Saturday against Cardiff will put a little smile back and hopefully provide a better pointer of what may lie ahead.