I think a bit of perspective is required here. And I'm not being positive for the sake of being in any way argumentative to those who say that the performance was dire, and recent ones have been also. I agree.
However, let's look at the season so far.
Stoke: A tough shower to play against, and first game of the season they were up for a battle, no doubt there.
Then we were handed the toughest start of a season I have ever seen
Man City - top four and flying out of the traps this season with a team full of top class players;
Chelsea - Champions, and again, full of class players;
Spurs (yes, at home), again, a team full of quality players who arguably could have won the title in either of the previous two seasons;
Atalanta away (why couldn't we have got the soft team at home first...?). Deflection into the path of their player half a yard from goal; world class strike for their second - very difficult to recover from that.
Man Utd away - looking VERY dangerous this season. I see nothing coming from this one.
Four of last season's top six in the first five games, three of them away!!! That is enough to sap the confidence of any team outside of last season's top six!
After Sunday, we have Bournemouth (home), Burnley (home), Brighton (away), Arsenal (home), Leicester (away) & Watford (home).
I would suggest we start ringing the alarm bells if we are still playing dire, and in a dire situation following the Watford game.
If the RS would have been given that kind of tough start in the Prem, they would have been squealing like stuck pigs up to present and beyond...
