You are quite correct. Think it was erased from my mind. Updated with Benetiz added for 21/22. Two consecutive bad appointment in Benetiz & Lampard the primary cause of the relegation worries.
Flirting with relegation feels like it has gone on for years but if you actually look at the seasons it was a 3 year period, 21/22 & 22/23 because we appointed Lampard, (nice guy but wasn’t up to the job), & 23/24 because of the points deduction.
Given everything that was going on at the club the league position was remarkably stable except for the Lampard period.
20/21 Ancelotti. 10th
21/22 Benitez/Lampard 16th
22/23 Lampard/Dyche 17th
23/24 Dyche 12th (before points deduction)
24/25 Dyche/Moyes 13th
No. It wasn’t remarkably stable. Last season at the half way point we were 17th and 1 point clear of relegation.
Let’s not pretend we didn’t have relegation worries. And you can’t just remove the points deduction so that it looks stable. We were all talking and worrying about relegation.
Also, prior to Carlo, we had concerns about relegation, it’s why koeman and silva were sacked. Just because ultimately, we were allright, doesn’t take away the fact that at points significantly through those seasons, we were seriously concerned with relegation.
Koeman sacked in 18th with 2 wins from 9. Silva sacked in 18th with 14 points from 15 games. Again, nearly half way through the season.