Saw this on Reddit today We have been seriously off the pace for some time now. Last season, we got 41 points from the second half of the season, a decent haul. However when tallied since January, the warning signs last season become crystal clear. Of the 17 teams in the Premier League for both seasons, we are 9th. Arsenal: 72 Man City: 65 Man Utd: 64 Leicester: 60 Spurs: 59 Southampton: 58 Liverpool: 57 Everton: 57 Chelsea: 56 Crystal Palace: 54 Stoke: 51 West Brom: 46 Swansea: 42 West Ham: 39 Sunderland 30 Newcastle: 26 Aston Villa: 23Now obviously, I will pre-empt this by saying that this shouldn't be directly inferred from. Clubs may have harder schedules one half of the season and that won't be accounted for, only looking at a calendar year. But it is nevertheless telling of just how pedestrian Chelsea's results have been for quite some time now in the league. In the last 3 months or so, pedestrian doesn't even begin to cover it( Since beating Arsenal we have collected 8 points from 9 games). The reason I'm posting is, is not to call for scapegoating or knee-jerk reactions, but because I'm tired of deflections of bad form or bad luck. There is no way bad form is this consistent, this prolonged or this widespread among the entire squad. There has been no real response or reaction, our form is only stagnating. Burying our heads in the sand about it serves no purpose. We'll see how the rest of December goes but we are on track to get 63 points from 38 league games. This doesn't rest on one person's head. Or one transfer window. Neither are faultless. Either the squad is complacent and mentally weak or they are burnt out or the dressing room is lost. A combination of the three in varying factors is more than possible. Thoughts?
