Regardless of where you're playing football, the season is long and full of fluctuations, with injuries, poor form and an excessive number of fixtures all making it harder to win every single game. The drama and shocks make football even more exciting, but some of the teams who've started in a poor way this season have been playing far below the expectation set before the campaign kicked off.
It's a trend throughout Europe to be failing to capitalise on the number of high-profile signings made over the summer, being unsuccessful in replacing key outgoing players, and simply not being able to see out wins or even draws. As we always keep tabs on all of the football that's played throughout Europe every week, we've singled out a team from French Ligue 1, the German Bundesliga, the Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga and the English Premier League who are all stuck in a threatening decline.