7th, 8th, looking likely to be 6th? Fair dues to them, they've overtaken West Ham and Leicester. Helped by the lack of European football and cup runs in addition to both the aforementioned teams having terrible seasons.
Yes, mostly like the will finish 7th. I am not sure West Brom will be able to catch them (9 points?). Nevertheless, this is an improvement on the 8th place finish last year. They are improving. But still a long way short of the glory days of 6th under Hodgson and Rodgers.
They really are a mid table team that raises their game for their cup finals against Everton, City, Spurs, Chelsea, United and Arsenal but against other mid table sides like Bournemouth, Hull, Swansea and Leicester they struggle.
In short they are a less likeable and delusional version of West Ham with the added charm of a distasteful sense of entitlement.
And frankly blaming their defeat to Leicester on the oppo using PEDs for their game (but no others) reaches a new levels of lunacy even for them.