Aye, but we were nowhere near as bad as them away. They've lost four out of their first six, which is as many as we lost in that entire season! And they've lost to Cardiff, Villa and Sunderland, whilst for us it was Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
But of course you're right, buying a load of expensive new top class players is bound to make them much worse. Negredo, Navas and Fernandinho have proved themselves to be total liabilities
Tell you what, if they reach the CL final this season then I'll agree they are as good as we were in that season