I'm feeling pretty positive about the delay. On the one hand, yes, it could mean that CA are in a complete mess and have bitten off way more than they can chew, but on the other I think it can be looked at as quite promising.

I don't think we need to be worry so much about bugs from the previous games, and I would be surprised if the multiplayer feature is going to be tacked on in this one swift extra month (it's the shortest month of the year, people!) or so.

I might write a blog about this actually, it's really quite an interesting topic.