Suttgart has analysed their last season very well and learned a lot from their mistakes. But nobody would have thought that they would be so good. The current season is like night and day compared to theier last season. It looks like they will finish this season in the top 4. But they will probably not be competing for the German Championship.
Every team will always correct the mistakes they made in the previous season and Stuttgart is a clear example for all teams in the Bundesliga to do the same. Indeed, no one thought that Stuttgart would be able to continue to survive even in the top 4 in half a season and it seems we all agree that they will be the new challengers for the champions league zone next season.
I still remember Hoffenheim almost doing the same thing as Stuttgart and sitting in 4th position in the standings but in fact their consistency disappeared and now they have to be thrown in 7th position. But actually it is still a good result for Hoffenheim because they can still get one of the competition zones other European countries if they succeed in overthrowing Dortmund or Frankfurt. But what is clear is that Stuttgart are at a different level this season and they are a strong team.