I also hope he comes back before March. I think he has the potential to be a dream signing for the price we paid, just like Tiote, and Enrique, Hopefully he'll be played on either flank or in an attacking role just in behind Caroll.
I think we could finish anywhere between 14th and 6th, but the Premiership will start to develop groups in the next few weeks. A top 2, 3rd to 5th, 6th to 10th, 11th to 14th and the rest fighting relegation.
At a hopeful guess, I'd like to think 7th/8th. Realistically I reckon we'll finish 12th.