I thought Parker looked very solid in his role as defensive midfield, he is almost back to the form of last season, I agree Dembele looks to be lacking confidence at the moment, which is affecting his form, the commentators made mention of that as well. I didn't think Newcastle posed any problems, defensively we looked quite strong, especially when Benny came on.We are struggling up front, but hopefully Ade will hit some form and start scoring, Holtby, as I said in a previous post, gives us more attacking options, by that I mean he frees up Bale which allows him(Bale) to play more of a central attacking midfield role, and as we saw on Sat, Defenders s**t themselves when he runs at them. I still have my doubts about Dempsey, although his performances of late have got better.
I am starting to think that 2nd or 3rd is becoming very achievable.