We just knew it didn't we! Not just one but two ex-City players – three if you include Charlton manager Chris Powell – inflicted a first defeat of the season on us, and both of them scored.
After the incident involving Matty James being sent off, how do you as a manager keep your cool these days?
These decisions can add up and make a difference at the end of the season. I am not saying we would have taken something from the game, but it was even more difficult with 10 men.
Over the years, I have advocated the introduction of goal-line technology and I am sure that will be a success now it has been brought in.
My other crusade is to fast-track ex-professional players to become referees. I am sure there are thousands of them who have had to stop playing but are still fit enough to do the job. I am not saying it would be the complete answer but it would help.
Well, I suppose I had better explain why there wasn't a column last week and why I haven't been around much lately. If any City fan has seen me limp around on my charity runs over the past couple of years, it is because I have had a back problem.
I have a disc in my back which has basically disappeared I think, and I have been controlling it with pain killers. Dave Rennie, the first-team physio, and our club doctor have done a tremendous job of getting me out there. I didn't want to give in.
However, I finally decided to take the plunge and go under the knife. I saw a specialist called Dr Oldham, who has a list of patients as long as your arm from the worlds of football, rugby and many other sports. He has got them back playing within weeks rather than months.
But, during the treatment, not only did they find my disc was disc-o-knacker-rated, I also needed a replacement hip. I call it a hip-op because I am trendy!
Every City fan will know I rather favoured my left foot, which meant all my weight was going through my right leg as 'The Claw' did its thing. So I had to get that done.
So, here I am, still in the early stages of my recovery, but I am sure I will come out the other end better for the treatment. It needed sorting.
Luckily for me, a young consultant Stuart Birtwhistle, was to have the pleasure of getting his digits on my body. Birtie tends to lean towards the Tigers but his wife Ali and all his family are big City fans, so he is as well.
He drinks with me in the Woodies and he was quite pleased because he said now I could get to the bar quicker to get my round in! I was quite pleased he wasn't in the Woodies the night before the op and that his hammer and chisel were sharp enough.
It is ironic that I have visited our local hospitals so many times over the years on charity work and now it was my turn. I have to thank every one of the staff for their superb care.
Now my target is to be well enough for our next game against Wigan Athletic. Over the last 33 years, I have only missed two games – when I represented the club in Goa as an ambassador. I don't want to miss another and I know the best medicine will be to see the lads win.
I would like to welcome Dean Hammond to the club and I know he will be a great addition to the squad after talking to Nigel and Shakey.
Also, congratulations to the newest City fan, David Nugent's new baby, who was born earlier this week.
Finally, the cheques have gone out to the Foundation charities after last season's efforts, more than £70,000. That is absolutely fantastic and that gives me the incentive to try and make my 34th run.
