I’d say no. Yes, literally, you are mid-table right now (and have been for a while and could still be for a while) but being a mid-table club would mean a smaller fanbase, a smaller stadium, less cash in and less cash out, less attractiveness for new signings, fewer big names etc. And to your last point, no. Chelsea fans and indeed players and employees will not be satisfied with mid-table-like football results: it is a massive under-performance.

The equal but opposite argument is “champions find a way to win when they’re not playing well.” I agree that form is more than just results, but the KPI of form is points.

Yeah, there’s a lot of bandwagon thinking going on. I imagine that ETH won’t mind staying in form and getting piled on in the press for being rubbish though.

This doesn’t answer the question but a big deal is being made of Man U’s struggles in the media (social and mainstream) so it’s easy to use them as a benchmark for “just how bad are we?” However, they’re not a good benchmark for that. Since the start of October, they’re the form team in the league having won every game except vs Man City. They’ve lost two games in the UCL that they shouldn’t be losing but that’s it (and Galatasaray are in splendid form right now anyway).

Are you moving to Newcastle? ;)

Just messing - I’m a Leicester fan.