Spot on. I've held my tongue and held my patience with regards to MON since Blackburn Away last season, but it seems like nothing has changed. We're worryingly short of ideas and the transfer window - in terms of preparing us for the new season - has been a disaster so far.
Yes, there's still 2 weeks till the window closes but the season has already started and we're not ready. That's not good enough.
I thought losing Martin Laursen would be tough, but that we'd unearth someone to have a go at filling his boots. I was wrong.
I thought Gareth Barry's departure would see us add more steel and mobility to our midfield, maybe even change our style of play. I was wrong there too.
Tactically inept, and lacking in motivation. Very, very worrying.