They always say the sign of a good team is when they are still getting results even though they are not playing well. We didn't play well yesterday, but we took our chances and got the result. We didnt play well against Newcastle but we still took a point away - Not bad considering our record there, the fact Arteta was hauled off after 3 minutes on top of our already weakened and depleted side. Our three previous games, were a 3-1 win against Villa, 3-0 against Bolton and then of course the Liverpool replay.
We've had real bad look with injuries this season, but we've still always managed to get to the FA Cup quarters and we're just 2 points behind Arsenal. We've now got players coming back - Ossie, Pienaar, Saha, maybe even Vaughny soon.
Add that to the fact that pretty much all our remaining games are winnable. At least March - Blackburn, Stoke, Portsmouth. (April may be a little harder with us playing both Villa & Chelsea). But still, I'm pretty confident, that we're just having a minor blip due to the constant shifting of positions we've had to make and the departure of Arteta. I'm sure, we'll start playing much better over the next few matches. And the way Arsenal are going, we've got a really good shout for 5th. (oh, and we've only got to put one over on Boro and we win a trip to Wembley).
I think we've still got a lot to look forward to.