Playing away suits the styles of some of those teams. Just look at last season for a perfect example. We couldn't break down the so called weaker sides and turned the tables on better ones ourselves.
Some of those "lesser" teams look at us as a means to getting points.
The Premier League has changed things. It's no longer a two horse race in terms of competitive opposition.
We're a better side than we were last year.
No games are easy but some are definitely a lot easier than others. Most of the easier games are still in hand (certainly more for us than any other team in the league at this stage).