West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce admits he'd be sacked if they'd kicked off the season in their current form.
Allardyce wrote in the London Evening Standard: "There is no doubt, though, that our poor run of results has fuelled the fire and increased all the speculation.
"Let's be honest here - if we had started the season with a similar bad run, I wouldn't be here now - I would have been sacked. That's fact.
"We didn't, though. We might have begun a little slowly but when we hit our stride, we were magnificent.
"Even now - and with the defeat at Leicester still hurting - the performances are good but we haven't been able to sustain that early level."