Yup and I fear we will not even make top four never mind challenge for the league. Its amazing how expectations change so quickly. United even with their disastrous start look a lot better than us going forward despite their shet defenders. I think they will get the fourth spot and we will finish outside, I just can't see us challenging the top 4 teams with this form no way, unless something dramatically changes.
I gave up on that quite a while ago - the only thing that gave me hope was seeing how badly the rest of the league was performing... not even that will see us finish in the top 6 / 7 places this season.
Whoever gets forth this season will do so by default - unless one of the more unfancied Southamptons of this world clinch it - and I hope to god they do.