Fully agree. We seem to forget that we won 5 out of our first 6 league games before succumbing to Villa 6-1. This is the one really stand-out bad result we've had, and seems to have dented our self-belief a bit. Yes, losing at home to West Ham wasn't great but it's the odd one-loss-in-six result...
Too early to predict with confidence IMO. Burnley are the big surprise after the 'new Burnley', supposedly transformed by Kompany, stormed the Championship. It just hasn’t happened. I’d expect the owners to use the Jan window to make changes. They won’t want to risk another relegation.