Relegation examples will equally worry and spur on Leicester
By Akash Roy
The club has pulled off “The Great Escape,” has won the prestigious league title with a 5000-1 odds against them, have played in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League. They have only recently had top-five back-to-back finishes, adding more silverware in the form of the coveted FA Cup and the Community Shield trophies. But somehow, all of Leicester City’s meteoric rise pales in comparison to this structural disarray on and off the pitch.
Relegation examples to spur Leicester City
Since the Premier League came into existence in 1992, there has been a fair share of similar examples. Some teams have been in similar troubles by this point in their seasons. Eight teams precisely have experienced this scenario.
They include Manchester City (1995/96), Southampton (1998/99), Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United (1999/00), Portsmouth (2009/10), Sunderland (2013/14), Crystal Palace (2017/18) and Sheffield United (2020/21).
Exactly half of those eight teams mentioned got relegated. The only ones to beat the odds and turn things around were Southampton, Newcastle, Sunderland, and Crystal Palace. Three out of those four teams that survived opted for a managerial change. Such a pattern of entrusting the same manager after a considerable drop in form has got established rather negatively by comparing the statistics.
Leicester City is in a pathetic state, there’s no denying that. Issues are prevalent on and off the pitch.
— Akash Roy (@thewreckedjoker) August 31, 2022
Being at the bottom without any significant signings is an alarming sight. We must prepare for the worst, there’s a solid chance of us being in another relegation dogfight.