I agree with those who say the level of expectation needs to be realistic. If we get to a stage where we are challenging for 4th place and have above 66 points this season, that would be a progress. We need to stay the course. Yes there are bits missing in our team, but every other supporter of other teams feels the same about their team. It takes time to fix it all and sometimes there is not the opportunity in the market to get the players you need. Also the player and the manager and coaches are also learning and need time and opportunity to fix errors, try new things etc.
On the whole the last 9 months have been good. Since Jan 1 we have lost 6 games, mostly to teams that would be regarded inferior to us (Southampton (twice), Zenit, West Brom Oldham, ManU). That is not a bad run really, all things considered and is probably out best spell since 2008/09. Still the fans complain.
Specifically on the recent 2 results - our defence has been messed around by injuries and trying to fit new players in, and both of our most creative players (Coutinho and Suarez) were out. So we need to sort out defence out, get a bit luckier on injuries and probably need to add creativity (which we tried to do during the summer but failed). 10 points for 5 games this season and 43 from 23 this year is actually rather good.
