Sacking two managers mid-season and appointing new ones is a step that even Roman Abramovich never went to at Chelsea. He was trigger happy when it came to getting rid of coaches but it didn't escalate that far.
There were instances that looked close. Rafa Benitez as an interim went down badly with fans, even if he did ultimately deliver. Meanwhile, Guus Hiddink's second interim spell only raised the club to 10th place.
Graham Potter, sitting mid-table and out of both domestic cup competitions and on a run of form so bad it eclipses anything since 1995, is testing the water, it seems. He is being given a chance to reward the faith put into him but it isn't impressing the fans.
