I think the unpredictability of the Premier League this season

is both fascinating and refreshing.

Some people have tilted right off about the fact that we couldn't beat Hull away. A Liverpool fan on 606 last night was calling for Brendan Rogers head and the reinstatement of Gerard Houllier after their 3-1 defeat... despite being in the top 2 and un-beaten in the first 7 games this season.

Seems pretty much every team has its problems. I've read on here how some people say we should be more at the level of teams like Swansea or Southampton. I've just read an excellent article by Robbie Savage on how Chelsea changed things to win yesterday. User Posted Link

Not quite sure that Southampton flatter to deceive, but they have some glaring problems that Robbie points out (some of those problems that may seem very familiar with us too)

"The best teams with the biggest squads can change things round during games.

Saints' system clearly works but even if the opposition work them out, as Mourinho did, then they have to stick with it because they do not have a back-up plan.

Southampton have lost twice in a week now, to Arsenal and now Chelsea, and those two away games have shown they are not quite up there with the really top teams in the table.

They got good results at Anfield and Old Trafford earlier in the season but they have to be playing at full-tilt for that to happen.

Southampton also do not score enough goals. They have only managed 18 in their last 18 league games going back to April, and only Sunderland have managed fewer than that. It is not good enough for the top four."

We can be too miopic sometimes over our performances (me included), but what is increasingly apparent is that we're far from being the only ones with issues. I think it will be ever thus for at least half of the Premier League teams. Of course I'd like to see us performing better (more positively if you like), I'd like us to be in a more comfortable position in the league table, but I don't think the fans of any of the other teams outside "The Top 6" think much differently to us.

Posted By: Jim Nasium, Dec 2, 08:44:27