He was the manager of Real Madrid when they had Ronaldo, they got 99 points in a league season but still lost the title to Barca. Hes like a better Keegan as his teams are famous for playing amazing attacking football yet hes tactically asute, but I agree hes struggling a tad so far over here.
I think it's starting to look like both he and the players are targeting the Champions League, alone. They just don't seem interested in playing against Stoke, or Villa, or Cardiff and their performances seem lacklustre. There's not reason they can't take prioritise the CL and still do very well in the PL but that's just not we've seen so far if inconsistency against the lesser teams(no offence) is going to become a problem then you really have to question these players taking millions home each year and not being arsed enough to make a real effort in all their games.
