I'll bet you and anyone else on this forum who wants to put their metaphorical money where their mouthes are, that we won't finish outside the top 4. I've heard that refrain three years on the bounce now. Even during Mancini's final season when things looked bleak I stated categorically that there was no way we'd fall out of the top 4. I feel the same this season.
Thing is Billy, it is highly unlikely we will finish outside of the top 4.
BUT, it would be arrogant, and wrong, to say it isn't a concern. We have shown nothing this season in the league to suggest we will arrest the side, and have put in far too many pathetic performances.
Last night was huge, and we just didn't look bothered. And they were missing their 2 best players, both first choice CBs, and should be just as tired as us.
If this group of players don't finish in the top 4 it would be a farce, and history tells us they will pull it together and go on a good run, but apart from the first 5 games we have shown almost nothing in the league this season.
Our record against the better teams is utterly dreadful, and we still have Arsenal, United, and a resurgent Chelsea to play.
I can't believe that we won't finish in the top 4, but at the moment we have to see it as a potential concern.