As a player I never really took notice of the league table until about 10 games into the season, so I don’t think it's time to panic yet.

Norwich are 15th in the Championship with five points from their opening five games, but I think it's a time for patience - performances have been better than the points tally would suggest.

A word that's used very often in football these days is 'process'. When a new manager comes in, things take time, it doesn’t happen overnight and there's been a lot of change at the club this summer.

Next up is Watford at Carrow Road - the Hornets have made a really positive start to the season under new head coach Tom Cleverley. Mind you, they've now not won in their last two games.

Norwich had the fourth best home form last season - only the teams that finished in the top three had better - but they have yet to win at home this season, and that needs to change ASAP.

Watford have had much the better of things against Norwich in the last few seasons. The Hornets have won eight of their last 10 meetings with Norwich winning just two. Over the years Watford have been more physical and bullied their way to beating Norwich. That needs to change tomorrow.

I've a huge amount of affinity for both clubs. I had the best upbringing in my first five years at Vicarage Road and I’ll be eternally thankful for the club for the great start they gave me. And, of course, I spent seven magnificent seasons at Carrow Road and enjoyed nearly every minute of my time here.

There could well be a new addition to the starting XI tomorrow, with Kadie Gordon signing on loan from Liverpool.

I have to be honest, I don’t know much about Kadie, but if he’s anywhere near the level of player that Lewis Koumas, who is on loan at Stoke from Liverpool and the same age as Kadie is, then Norwich have got a good one.

The pain game

The 560-mile round trip to Swansea is always a long old way even when you win, but it seems so much further and longer after a loss, especially when it's settled by an own goal.

I remember playing for Norwich at the old Vetch back in August, 1998 in the League Cup: we drew 1-1 on the night, Craig Bellamy scoring for us, which really went down well in south west Wales seeing as he’s a Cardiff boy, but the main thing I recollect from that game is Neil Adams having an absolute nightmare on the night!

Neil Adams is treated by physio Tim Sheppard after breaking his collarbone at SwanseaNeil Adams is treated by physio Tim Sheppard after breaking his collarbone at Swansea (Image: Newsquest Library)

Shoes (as he was always called) had a night to forget - not only did he miss a penalty which would have won us the first leg (I think it was the only penalty he missed in a Norwich shirt, but to be fair it was a fantastic save by Roger Freestone), but to rub salt into the wound, he only went and broke his collarbone in their second half. You can only imagine the pain he was in for that six-hour journey home!

Anyway back to last Saturday - I’ve spoken to my BBC Wales colleagues who were at the Swansea.com Stadium and their honest assessment of the game was Norwich should have come away with a point. Sadly, Amankwah Forson’s unfortunate own goal was enough to hand Swansea all three points.

In all fairness, there was little Forson could do - he’d worked back well, but couldn’t react quickly enough to adjust his feet or his body position to give himself a better chance of getting closer to Eom Ji-Sung.

In over 20 years of playing I only ever scored one own goal, and that was for the Canaries up at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United. We lost the game and I felt shocking; it's a horrible feeling, but to be fair it was a fantastic header that flew past Robert Green before he’d even seen it!