Liverpool have as much chance as us of stringing together a run of results that bring them into contention, not for a title but to grab the last CL spot. Liverpool are our closest rivals this season. It's between us and them for a probable 5th. We've just put together a run of results against a stream of pubbers, ranging from relegation candidates in the PL to minnows in the Europa. It's the classic false dawn being lapped up by fans on AFTV who are suddenly calling this a 7/10 season so far.
The one notable result is the 0-0 win against the chavs. Boy oh boy, plenty of people are patting the team on the back for avoiding annihilation. This is taken as a sign of progress, a 0-0. Of course the gypos went and took all 3 points.
But in reality we're where we always are. A hapless manager who is nowhere near figuring his starting eleven. A shambolic midfield and a defence that swings from almost competent to all at sea. There's nothing I have seen to suggest we are on the way back up. We'll see what happens when we face the next credible challenge. Another 0-0 won't cut it. Somewhere along the line we're going to have to take points from our supposed rivals if we want to take their place in the top 4. Can anyone really see it happening? We're the team that comes bottom of the top 6 round robin now the spuds have found their way out of our shadow.
There's nothing happening at this club, it continues to be in stagnating limbo while we wait for the idiot to relinquish his grip. Klopp is struggling but he's at least sane and will find a way to patch up his crappy defence. Wenger will never, ever, ever find a way to patch up ours. On the contrary, he's likely to make it worse at every turn. If we ever do get settled he'll tinker and ruin it, maybe start playing Jack as a CB - don't put anything beyond possibility with this guy. So 6th is where I see it unless Klopp mortally embarrasses himself by failing to do better than Wenger.