Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 45 disappointments 41 optimists 41 doomsayers 39 teething problems 39 plain sailing 39 rollercoaster ride 38 pessimists 38 stalemates 38 poisoned chalice 38 bitterly disappointing 37 glimmers 37 omens 37 prevarication 37 capitulation 37 euphoria 36 feelgood factor 36 patchy 36 setbacks 36 ifs 35 fitful 35 halcyon days 35 fiascos 35 heartache 35 optimism 35 hopers 34 debacles 34 cynics 34 rollercoaster 34 comebacks 34 tortuous 34 niggles 34 certainties 34 pessimism 34 distant memory 34 damp squib 34 letdowns 34 coups 34 pundits 34 painfully slow 34 nasty surprises 34 dreadful 34 positives 33 sleepless nights 33 protracted 33 ructions 33 blips 33 relegation scrap 33 portents 33 hiccups 33 ` ve 33 happy endings 33 commentators 33 niggling injuries 33 woe 33 successive defeats 33 noughties 33 despair 33 derbies 33 unpleasant surprises 33 failures 32 uncertainty 32 worryingly 32 flops 32 recriminations 32 incarnations 32 timescale 32 blunders 32 indecision 32 frustrating 32 shambolic 32 repeats itself 32 doubters 32 bedeviled 32 upturn 32 iterations 32 recrimination 32 dizzy heights 32 chaotic scenes 32 relapses 32 silver linings 32 gloom 32 downhearted 32 corresponding fixture 32 whingeing 32 wobbles 32 tribulation 32 knee jerk reactions 31 tatters 31 doomsday scenario 31 decades 31 knackered 31 defeats 31 overly optimistic 31 stuttering 31 complacency 31 heartbreak 31 irrational exuberance 31 bubble burst 31 miracles 31 underachieved 31 pullbacks