We are not a million miles away, we have played 26 games in all competitions so far this season and only lost 3 of them, and 1 of those was that League Cup tie away at Leicester when the likes of Ward, Woodburn, Grujic, Solanke and Ings all got a run out. We went back to the King Power Stadium 3 days later and beat Leicester in the Prem with a proper side so that puts that loss into perspective.
Even the City game, until the sending off we were the better side, that's not my opinion but the opinion of Martin Tyler and Gary Neville who were commentating on the game.
Out of 26 games the only real stinker was the Spurs game at Wembley which was littered with individual errors so in a way we are consistent, we are not an easy team to beat and that's with a dodgy defence and keeper so Jurgen has done well with them.
We just need to strengthen the squad imo, improving our midfield is a must, we appeared in 2 CL finals in 3 years under Rafa with the likes of Milan Baros and a misfiring Dirk Kuyt up front because our midfield was so strong, when we don't score people often point the finger at our front 4 but the midfield play a big role in that too.
Let's see what January brings.