It's starting to look like your early optimism was well placed! :-)
We are still inconsistent but fortunately the other teams in the race at the moment hardly inspire much confidence either. I rate our ability to stay ahead of Napoli/Lazio/Fiorentina. It's what happens when one of Juve/Inter/Milan wake up from their slumber and make a chase of it. And can we get ourselves out of the hole we've dug for ourselves in the UCL? Defense is still a big problem. Pity about that late goal at the Artemio Franchi - but Fiorentina did deserve it.
I agree though, Garcia is starting to look a lot better.