We've got the best points total after Liverpool over the last 5 league games (3 wins, 2 draws - the only team other than the RS to be unbeaten in those 5). I'm not joining those who say below 6th would be a disappointment - it's just refreshing to be looking up the table instead of down, but there's a lot of teams around similar points or just below us. I think a realistic assessment would be 6th - fantastic achievement, top 8 very good, top half satisfactory (in terms of where we were a month ago). Let's be real, the talk was more on avoiding relegation not so very long ago. Looks like we're playing without the fear that was apparent before, without heads dropping at missed chances or a goal conceded. We look to have a stronger mentality and drive to make chances and keep going when previous attempts haven't paid off. That's surely great management from both DF boosting the players' spirit and from Carlo. Are his recent comments about DCL having potential to become a top European striker a genuine assessment or a clever way of instilling a greater level of desire and personal belief from him in order to squeeze a higher level of performance out of him? I don't know but either way it's great management.
