Ok so..
Having seen us in pre-season I am convinced that Poch has managed to get some feel good factor back into the side... We are no-where near the finished article obviously and we have a lot of new faces and maybe a few more before the window closes.. I suspect that getting back into some European football is the minimum requirement for him this season if not pushing for a top 4 place..
Realistically I am prepared to write games off against City, Liverpool, Arsenal & Utd as they are in a better place than we are currently and would be be pleasantly surprised if we can get any kind of result against them..
Tough games would be against the likes of Brentford, Villa, Newcastle, Spurs & Brighton perhaps but not unwinnable.. and hopefully we are able to take points off the majority of remaining teams.. With the advantage of not playing European football in theory we should be well rested between games but that doesn't always help with runs of form..
If we can be pushing for top 6 I would be happy and if we can get top 4 even better.. A bit too early for that though I reckon but happy to be surprised..