I'd like to make the point that if you ARE involved in a relegation scrap but get out of it then it can do wonders for team morale and cohesiveness.
The season before Leicester City won the league they only crawled off the bottom with 7 games to go, having been there for the previous 19...
The OP talks as if big foreign money and marque signings mean you avoid a relegation dogfight, but you only have to look up the road to see that even with Benteke, Cabaye and Zaha Palace are still very much at risk from the drop.
I happen to think we're only a couple of signings away from...