The problem with assuming you are too good to go down is that when you wake up to reality, it can already be too late.
Leicester supporters have been worried about relegation for some time. They have called for the manager Brendan Rodgers to be sacked, and booed the team at home games.
Foxes fans are a relatively rational bunch yet social media and local radio phone-ins have been flooded by demands for change. King Power Stadium looked half-empty when the whistle blew on Saturday.
The fear is this urgency does not seem to be matched among the players, the coaching staff or even the club hierarchy.