'Well enough v City'.... were soundly beaten in both legs and could have been more. High standards these days my dude.
Making my point for me 'slightly ahead of Barca' is you happy clapping when team is ageing and a lot of work to do to get back to top european team.
You will stroll la liga by your standards assuming Atleti dont put some run together so not all bad.
Tell me, is it all about "CL or bust" with you guys?
You know, before the 2010s, CL-titles used to be celebrated as something special, and just winning the league was considered a success, these days its almost as if you dont win the CL the season is a failure.
No, our CL-campaigns as of late hasnt been anything to write home about, but these things happens, every team have bad runs in this competition.