They've played and beaten spurs, Liverpool and arsenal(granted all at home) and drew to Chelsea and Newcastle. They took a hammering from us but that's their only defeat to the top 6 and that's their hardest fixture done with. We've beaten the scum at home, lost at Anfield and drew at St james' and not played anybody else. They've undoubtedly had a harder fixture list. As have every other top 6 side.
Nothing will carry on at that pace as the fixtures aren't symmetrical. 14 games isn't a low number of games either, it's more than a third of the season and no judgements, silly or otherwise we're made. Was a simple statement that a combination of them not being as bad as we think and would like them to be alongside us unexpectedly dropping a significant number points leaves them a lot closer than they ought to be.
