Let's be honest, we aren't getting a top 4 place, nor are we good enough for one. Our best chance since 04-05 was last season after we had beaten Arsenal. We were on a 7 game winning streak, we demolished our rival for that 4th place and when the pressure was turned up, we bottled it against Palace. I've said before as well that our inability to rise to the occasion in big games, particularly away from home against our rivals will also prevent us from getting there. When do we ever go to a place like White Hart Lane and get a win, and then in the next game beat Arsenal at the Emirates? Top 4 sides are capable of doing that., we aren't. This season we can't even beat the poor sides that we are better than like Hull at home.
I expect us to improve, and if we get some form together, coinciding with some luck with injuries then we may have a chance at a European spot through coming 6th-7th but there is no way we will get 4th.
The other sides like Arsenal have had poor seasons but they're still 6 points ahead of us. When they improve how are we going to get ahead of them?
A change is needed in the players and managers mentality as well. Yesterday was a chance to go there and play some good football and grab a win. Martinez, similar to Moyes in the past, set his team up in bizarre fashion as if we had something to worry about from a side that had lost 5 games in a row.
