I think this is a misconception from perhaps bygone days? I'm not even sure we have had that many offsides against us. Wouldn't you actually expect a 34 to be offside more because they should be trying to gain the extra yard they've perhaps lost?
Take a look at what Sean Dyche has done, and he did get relegated. His Burnley side won just 7, lost 19 scoring only 28 goals in going down. They stuck with him.
Survival last season, they did win 11, but they lost 20 and were the next lowest scorers to the relegated teams.
Now Burnley and...