Although the statistics show that this is our worst ever start to a season, I'm fairly confident that this isn't the worst squad we've ever had.
From the years I've been watching the Boro, the 1982/983 squad would probably edge it. The star players who got us to the Wolves FA Cup QF had all moved on, leaving us with a squad full of players who had been decent in their time but we past it (Beattie, Hankin), would be decent in due course but were just breaking into the squad (Mowbray) or had never been decent and never would be (most of the others).
Returning to the second tier after relegation we lost each of our first three home games 1-4 and didn't win a game until mid October.
From the years I've been watching the Boro, the 1982/983 squad would probably edge it. The star players who got us to the Wolves FA Cup QF had all moved on, leaving us with a squad full of players who had been decent in their time but we past it (Beattie, Hankin), would be decent in due course but were just breaking into the squad (Mowbray) or had never been decent and never would be (most of the others).
Returning to the second tier after relegation we lost each of our first three home games 1-4 and didn't win a game until mid October.