With regard to outlay/players and squad depth top 4 should the bare minimum requirement for us and on paper should be achievable. Sides like Arsenal/Spurs normally have pretty good runs but then fade away a bit as the season goes on but even I thought Spurs would finish above us this season, I don't know how long Arsenal can keep up the current levels of performance or if they will drop down a bit at a later stage, City obviously are in for a shout for the title every season and we might have expected Liverpool to have been close behind but not so far.. Newcastle are currently that one unexpected side that performs above average and surprises everyone, and you have a team like that every season..
This season is going to be harder than normal for everyone and the World Cup is going to take it's toll on the bigger clubs players for sure so anything could happen...