Time for a dose of that nasty stuff …………..Realism ! We are 5th in the league as it stands despite losing players that have been replaced by players of better quality and suffering a bad run of injuries among our defenders.
Of the 4 teams above us 3 were highly predictable , only Sunderland could be considered a surprise . None of these 4 teams have lost less games than us . How tight this division is can be seen by looking at Preston v Sunderland this week which I am led to believe (didn’t see it ) Preston dominated for large parts and has seen the point gained rocket them into errm 20th place !