Getting promoted to the Premier League is one of the toughest tasks and biggest accomplishments in football but staying there can be just as difficult. Many a promoted side have succumbed to that challenge in their first shot of asking and those clubs will be first to attest to what an uphill battle staying in the top flight can be.
One of the biggest keys to staying up is having a manager with a defined plan and style of play and a fanbase and board that believes in that manager and is willing to be patient. Some clubs arrive in the top flight and try to play the free-flowing football that got them there, only to be left badly exposed while others who rode their defence to promotion, realise quickly that stopping the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City is a different beast entirely.