And look what's happened to them of late!

Form is temporary and even the 'greats' fall eventually.

Saying that though, if you get to a certain stage where you have so much at stake financially in football that to fall from grace would actually cost more than to buy yourself out of trouble, most BIG clubs are probably beyond falling apart completely (as long as you don't do something silly like, ooo..... I don't know - sell your club to an American in debt up to his eyeballs! I'm hoping this doesn't come back to bite us in the ass one day!)