As shit as the likes of the rags, ourselves, Arsenal and Spurs have looked.....you've hardly taken the league by storm either. Difference is you have winners in your team, proven quality and are the best team in the league based on quality, however, perhaps it's just a hard league, and you are overforgiving of your results while being too hard on others?
In hindsight for example our loss to West Ham doesn't look TOO bad (granted they dominated us in a way that shouldn't happen, but still....).