What i find particularly perplexing is why you seem to hang out on another teams board so much - are you THAT unsatisfied with your own teams?
In general the three people you mention spend a lot of time on the FOOTBALL board, they talk anything and everything football...
Lowie's right, you guys need to take it one game at a time. At first make sure that you are beating the likes of Stoke consistantly.
The key thing IMO is finding an alternate option for goals rather then Torres. Being able to break down teams that are parking the bus against you guys, rather then just thinking give it to Torres, he will save us etc... The key to this is quality wide players, forcing the opposition defence to spread and put pressure out wide. Reira was a great buy, and if you can get someone else consistantly good on the other wing (Babel isnt a 90 minute player yet IMO) then you will be getting somewhere.
We finished 11 points behind the leaders last season, the gap wasn't that huge. We lost less games then Manchester United last season
If we convert more of those draws/losses into wins we can match it with the leaders.
If Derby could have converted all those 6-0 drubbings into 1-0 wins they would have been able to do win the premiership. Fact of the matter is, you have to have the cattle to do it and IMO, you guys cant yet get the consistant results against sides that park the bus like Stoke...