I've basically seen teams go straight from Serie C1, to Serie B, to Serie A in consecutive seasons, and I have never in my life seen such a team concede eleven goals in their first two games in the top flight. In fact, has that ever happened in the modern footballing era?

It's so bad that it's difficult to even put it into words. The largest issue is that Adrian Heath seems utterly clueless; as I pointed out after the last thrashing, the team should have been built and trained to sit back, in two giant banks, and get goals on the break. Instead, the team bought winger after winger after winger, and subsequently is trying to play in an expansive attacking manner...

Imagine if Crotone had tried to play "as equals" this season: their -27 goal difference after 28 match weeks would be more like -70.