I live in Manchester si watch a lot of their games. They're a really weird team, when they concede, they have it in them to completely collapse (liverpool, brentford, man city they were lucky we didn't hit them for 4 or 5 etc), they rarely seem to beat anyone convincingly, it always appears a bit laboured, their away record is pretty atrocious. Yet they've conceded 8 goals or so at home all season, will finish 3rd, have won a cup and may win another.
None of it adds up really.
Think everyone can see they're heading in the right direction though. Best bet for us is their takeover drags on (or even better doesn't happen) and it slows them down a bit next season.