My optimism is beginning to fade too. Agree with the above. I do think this year, more than any other, is the hardest for us to compete with the ridiculous spending power of other teams. I feel for Steve, he has the most difficult job in the championship. He tries to sign players to give us a chance of staying up but we can only seem to attract journeymen who nobody else in the championship want. Anyone who is half decent is snapped up by other clubs who play 10k+ a week.
On a slightly more positive note, there are still lots of points to play for and a couple of wins would do us the world of good and give us (players and fans) some confidence moving forwards.