But do you really think we have been consistent? I haven't watched every match, but we dominated stoke, were practical against villa, barely hung on against Swansea, played well at manu, were poor against Southampton, and were deadly but hardly in control against Sunderland
I think that is a fair summary.
We have yet to really convince but have quality up front. I think we need to be judged when we have more options off the bench as at the moment there is nothing there.
Add in Johnson, Cissokho, Allen and Coutinho and we will look an awful lot stronger in the second half of games when we are bringing on real strength from the bench, especially into the centre of the park.
The player that most allows us to control a game is Coutinho, he is the player who can sit on a ball, hold it, knit things together and dictate the pace we play at. I want to see him behind the two boys up front with an option to replace Gerrard AND Lucas from the bench.
As for Saturday. We should win but I wouldn't be ridiculously surprised if we didn't. I think we remain fragile and without Lucas and Allen in the middle of the park I worry about us dictating the game. Palace at 16-1 would be a well priced saver for a depressing Saturday night.