I think your being a bit deterministic here, when people say 'there is always next year; they don't stop at that. Its just a vague term that means, we can win it next season, we just have to realize what went on, how we can improve and then move on. How about instead of just looking at the negatives of this season so far, lets have a recap on the positives so far... Such as the fact that we have still not to lose at home yet, the fact that we have one of the best defense records in the PL at the moment, the fact that we qualified through the knockout stages of the CL this season with ease and became top of the group and the fact that we have we won the Community Shield this season (the CS might not be a lot, but its something).