I'm sure you've all heard about the poor Millwall kit man who forgot his side's strip for their away game at Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday.

Now I know the majority of you will have no sympathy with him as you think he's only got one job to do, but I felt for him as I know how hard kit men work and how they have a hundred and one things they have to remember to pack.

Of course, the kit is the most important thing, but when you consider 18 players will travel and will want four pairs of boots packed along with trainers, flip flops, shin pads and any other individual requests, it appears there is slightly more to take into account than the kit. He has to pack training kit for players to warm-up in before the game and the kit the lads will warm down in post-match. He has to make sure spare studs are packed and that balls are also put on the coach.

In my seven years at Norwich we had a great kit man in Terry Postle. Terry was not only the best table tennis player at the training ground, but was also great at his job. He never forgot a thing and always made sure I had a brand new pair of shorts for every game. He would do anything for the players and they thought the world of him. The only mistake I can ever remember him making is when we played Oxford at the old Manor Ground a good few years ago when our shorts clashed with the home side's. At the time we had an all navy kit with a yellow and green stripes, which Terry thought would be fine. However, he failed to realise that Oxford also play in navy shorts, so as the away team we wouldn't be allowed to wear ours. This was a little problem, as Tel hadn't packed an alternative, so we had to use Oxford's bright yellow away shorts instead. This wasn't a problem until I was given the smallest pair of shorts I'd set my eyes on. If you haven't seen me play, I like my shorts BIG. The bigger the better for me, so to be given tight shorts that would have been better suited to 70s was far from ideal.

• HUMBERSIDE REFEREE GOT IT WRONG TWICE

It was a very disappointing result last weekend against Hull City, especially considering the circumstances.

Hull is never the easiest place to go, but I really fancied the lads to go up to Humberside and come back with at the very least a point. The Canaries had plenty of possession – the side put together more passes than any other Premier League team this weekend – but the fact they couldn't turn that possession into goals is disappointing.

Chris will be slightly concerned that his side couldn't break down Hull as the home side had to play with 10 men for over an hour of the game after Yannick Sagbo received a straight red card after thrusting his forehead towards the face of Russell Martin. There might not have been much contact, but Sagbo's head movement was clear for all to see, and he deservedly received his marching orders.

It was a game of two penalty decisions, and both went in favour of Steve Bruce's men. For me neither was a penalty. I thought there was minimal contact between Michael Turner and Sagbo, but the big centre forward made the ref's mind up with his theatrical fall. Turner was again involved in the other penalty decision, one which infuriated Chris Hughton –and I can see why. Even though there was minor contact between Curtis Davies and Turner you would have expected a penalty to be awarded with the referee having set his standards in the earlier incident. However, the appeals of Turner were dismissed, much to the bemusement of the Norwich City players and staff.

Tuesday night saw Norwich City win their first game of the season in the Capital One Cup against Bury. Chris made nine changes to the team that lost at The KC stadium, but this was by no means a weakened team. With the likes of Bassong, Ryan Bennett, Olsson, Snodgrass, Fer, Pilkington, Elmander and Hoolahan all coming in it shows the strength in depth the manager has at his disposal.

• SAINTS' STRIKE TALENT WILL ASK PLENTY OF QUESTIONS

Southampton are the visitors to Carrow Road tomorrow for what is set to be a very tough test for the lads.

Mauricio Pochettino's men have made a good start to the new season, having taken four points from their opening two games, and they have already won their first game on the road at West Brom. He's made some good signings, especially that of former Roma front man Pablo Osvaldo. He is a right handful with an eye for goal, and when you factor in Rickie Lambert to the Saints front-line they really pose a more-than-useful attacking threat.

Defensively the lads know that they will have to limit the amount of opportunities provided to these two players. If they can do that and create half the chances they did on Tuesday night then they have a good chance of claiming their first league win.

Finally I'd like to wish Elliott Bennett a good recovery from the knee injury, which will keep him out for a lengthy period of the season.

I'm gutted for him as there's nothing worse for a player. He's done all the hard work in pre-season and started the first game against Everton only to pick this up this injury. I have no doubt that he'll be working his socks off once he's had the surgery to get himself stronger than ever to help the cause.