They've now dropped 8 points at home in the first half of the season when they only dropped 1 in the whole of last season. The only time they've done worse than that in the last few seasons was in 2005-6 when they dropped 9 points in the first half of the season, ironically losing to Blackburn & dropping points against us at the Swamp that season as well.
They finished 8 points behind Chelsea and, by another coincidence, played the eventual champions in the third last game of the season, who had already won it by then. Good omen?