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Chelsea named biggest underachievers of 2022-23, Newcastle biggest overachievers

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Chelsea are named the biggest underachievers of 2022-23 in our Sports Mole Writers' Awards, while Newcastle United are named the biggest overachievers.
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Chelsea have been named the biggest underachievers of the 2022-23 campaign in our Sports Mole Writers' Awards.

The Blues suffered a torrid first full campaign since being taken over, despite spending record amounts on new players in the summer and winter transfer windows.

In total, Chelsea's spending surpassed £600m, yet they went through four different managers and won just 11 Premier League games all season.

Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter were both sacked before Bruno Saltor took charge of one match and Frank Lampard was handed the reins until the end of the campaign.

None of them were able to prevent Chelsea ultimately posting their lowest league finish since 1993-94, though, ending the campaign in 12th place and having suffered third-round exits from both domestic cup competitions.

The Blues amassed a whopping 30 points fewer in 2022-23 than they did in 2021-22 - unsurprisingly the biggest drop-off of any team between the two campaigns.

Those statistics earned them 90% of our reporters' votes for the biggest underachiever in the Premier League this term, with Tottenham Hotspur and relegated Leicester City the only other clubs to garner a pick.

The biggest overachiever category was far more fiercely contested, with Newcastle United ending up top of the pile with 40% of the votes.

The Magpies earned a return to the Champions League for the first time in two decades courtesy of a fourth-placed finish, ending up seven positions and 22 points better off than last season - a haul which also helped earn Eddie Howe our Writers' Manager of the Season award.

Brighton & Hove Albion were second with 30% having sealed European qualification for the first time in their history, while Aston Villa's revival under Unai Emery earned them 20% of the votes too.

Brentford and Arsenal both picked up one vote apiece as well, with the Bees having secured a top-half finish and Arsenal topping the league for the vast majority of the season.

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool1210112481631
2Manchester CityMan City127232217523
3Chelsea126422314922
4Arsenal126422112922
5Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton126422116522
6Tottenham HotspurSpurs1261527131419
7Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest125431513219
8Aston Villa125431919019
9Fulham125341717018
10Newcastle UnitedNewcastle125341313018
11Brentford125252222017
12Manchester UnitedMan Utd124441313016
13Bournemouth124351617-115
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham124351519-415
15Everton122551017-711
16Leicester CityLeicester122461523-810
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves122372028-89
18Ipswich TownIpswich121651323-109
19Crystal Palace121561017-78
20Southampton121110924-154
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