Everbodys expectations were so much different back then though. We are at the top table now, had our foot on the rags throats until pellegrini let them breathe again. we have played well sporadically in the last few months , Chelsea (until the ****s equalised), today, and from about 30 mins in against Barca, we have also been dire as often as we've been good and only the most blinkered would suggest otherwise. Conceding regularly in the first 5 minutes has to fucking stop, that has to be lack of concentration. My biggest regret however is that we haven't dominated the dippers at all, even mancinis juggernaut couldn't humiliate the ****s and god knows we owe them one. if that changes new years eve then who knows what we might achieve this season!