Yep, improvements all round. AFC obligatory top 4 though, that's just the way of Wenger. They just started with their seasonal collapse as opposed to finishing with it. It's just down to United and Liverpool in the end for the other spot. Southampton really do deserve credit but with injuries and teams respecting them I figure they'll continue to drop off a little.
And at which point I expect a gap to grow between Utd & LFC for the coming 2 months thanks to the fixture list - LFC have 6 out of 8 matches against top half teams coming up now, while United have their tough run mid March. Points will be dropped by both during those periods - I just hope that progress I mentioned on the above will be enough by then to maintain the points lead.