Scott matey, I think your problem is that you're expecting too much.I give up. I have no hope that this season is going to be anything other than terrible. This many injuries after just 2 games is absurd and if the first two performances are anything to go by, then it doesn't seem like much has changed at all. Unlike last season, I don't think we will get enough points early on and I am now resigning myself to the fact that this club is well on it's way to a dark period in it's history. Absolutely nothing is going right for us and we just can't break out of the cycle. No club can be in turmoil this long before it catches up with them and lands them in serious trouble, and we have been like this since Roman Abramovich was sanctioned.
I was completely with you last season, I bloody hated it because it was a waste of time and effort, an absolute circus quite frankly. But this season is a fresh start, I'm not expecting anything great, just some progress from the talent that we've acquired. It wouldn't be possible for us to become a great team overnight with all the new players all at once, it's not practical. But it had to be done unfortunately.
The injuries are annoying me also, because even when we have a good result, an injury is always there to ruin the day. But as for this season, expect nothing, and you won't be disappointed, hell, find some enjoyment in it. I usually find this forum quite funny after a defeat I can't lie, hopefully, TimesUpPotter comes back under a new guise, that was a belter IMHO!