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Let's not get carried away because we are 'riding high' in the 8th (the position that cost Kenny his job). Our decent run has coincided with a very easy string of fixtures. Look at all the teams we have beaten this season.....

Norwich
Reading
Wigan
Southampton
West Ham
Fulham
QPR
Sunderland

You would expect these teams to fill the bottom 8 places in the league when May comes around. Every 'test' against someone decent has ended in a draw or a defeat. That is where we are at the moment. We are capable of beating relegation fodder but seriously struggle against anyone expected to finish in the top half.
All I am saying is that we shouldn't get over excited because it is very likely that we will start to slip back down the table now that we are due to come up against some half decent teams.

Please don't over praise Brendan right now, and let's not be overly criticial when results go back to normal.

true no doubt but give us a break its an entertainment business and we are doing a little bit better. enjoy it

Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed seeing us putting a few wins together. I just hate it when the knee jerkers come on here with their mood swings....1 minute BR is a tactical genius for winning a game, the next he's a clueless buffoon because we lost.
I have a lot more respect for people who either think he's very good (even though they're wrong!), or think he's out of his depth - at least both camps are consistent.

There's also some that would like to reserve judgment for longer than half a season before knee jerking either way Car.

Indeed. But if that's a cheap dig at me you're well wide of the mark - I made my mind up about him before he was even appointed and have seen nothing to suggest I was wrong, unfortunately. My opinions are consistent and do not sway from one week to the next. I may be many things, but a knee-jerker I ain't.

Exactly, there is always that option but it must be hard for some people to bite their tongue when things are looking a little more positive. The thought of not being able to say I told you so must be agony.

Positive results and positive performances recently but Man U man city and arsenal away is the real test. I think if we got 6 points out of that We'd be over achieving

You were talking him up last season when you were raving on about Kenny going mid season so that the new man would have time to look at the squad, what's changed?

See us getting 1-2 points max from those three games, as CarheeX said in the OP we've only managed to beat relegation contenders.

I can't see us getting many points against those teams but it doesn't mean that we can't push on from here for the rest of the season and challenge for a top 6 place. If we can do that and add a bit more to the squad over the summer who knows, I think we just need to be looking to make steady but realistic progress at this stage.