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The are Man. United going to get relegated thread over on the main forum had me mentioning Liverpool in 10/11 as a decent comparison.
I'd actually forgotten that there was even more obvious example of team being threatened by relegation, Chelsea in 15/16.
Mourinho's last game was a 2-1 defeat to Leicester on 14th December 2015.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35023774
As you can see from table they were 3 games away from halfway point of the season and Chelsea had just 15 points and were 1 point above Norwich in 18th.
For all Man. United's issues you're only 6 points off that total already.
Of course it was a bonkers year with Leicester winning the thing but Chelsea being terrible was nearly as bizarre. You're not talking about a United or Liverpool style decline over many years. Chelsea had comfortably won the league the previous season and also reached CL in 13/14. Nor a break up of a team. Hazard and Diego Costa both started that Leicester game and likes of Matic and Fabregas were still good in those times and were also regulars.
I know the narrative is they all downed tools to get Mourinho sacked but even then that should've been only 8th-10th place bad, not 16th. Chelsea had lost at home to newly promoted Bournemouth the previous week.
I'd actually forgotten that there was even more obvious example of team being threatened by relegation, Chelsea in 15/16.
Mourinho's last game was a 2-1 defeat to Leicester on 14th December 2015.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35023774
As you can see from table they were 3 games away from halfway point of the season and Chelsea had just 15 points and were 1 point above Norwich in 18th.
For all Man. United's issues you're only 6 points off that total already.
Of course it was a bonkers year with Leicester winning the thing but Chelsea being terrible was nearly as bizarre. You're not talking about a United or Liverpool style decline over many years. Chelsea had comfortably won the league the previous season and also reached CL in 13/14. Nor a break up of a team. Hazard and Diego Costa both started that Leicester game and likes of Matic and Fabregas were still good in those times and were also regulars.
I know the narrative is they all downed tools to get Mourinho sacked but even then that should've been only 8th-10th place bad, not 16th. Chelsea had lost at home to newly promoted Bournemouth the previous week.