My thinking is this. We have one of the best midfields in the EPL, and have gained a real threat going forward in Kelly. The side is starting to look a bit more settled, a bit more confident, and within a few weeks we will have probably the biggest aerial threat in the league spearheading our attack. In terms of difficult away games there's only the game at the Emirates, where we've never won. All our other bogey clubs have to come to Anfield.
If Chelsea and Spurs draw their game, and we beat Spurs at Anfield, we're only 4 points out of 5th (assuming Spurs win their game in hand, which is no certainty), and anything can happen thereafter (say we beat United and they don't). We can close the gap to 5th easily enough given a few results going our way, but can we leap both Chelsea and Spurs? That's a tough ask. Chelsea have a fully fit squad, but maybe they'll slip while they try to find space for Torres. Spurs have tougher fixtures than us as well and anything can happen in the remaining dozen games.
It's squeaky bum time for us. We've got some momentum, we're gaining that belief, and we don't even have our strikers ready yet. It's going to be one hell of a race to the tape.