Chelsea often field a front four that was put together for around £125 million (Torres, Mata, Oscar and Hazard) and to be sitting in third a whole seven points from second and an astounding nineteen points off of the leaders Manchester United is simply unacceptable with this fire power available to them.
QPR are also obvious candidates for worst performing team, not only are they six points off of nineteenth position they are also the lowest scorers in the league (19 goals in 27 games, next lowest - Villa/Stoke 26 goals in 27 games). QPR are on the longest run without a win in the league too, having picked up a point or less in each of their last six fixtures.
However I would like to nominate Manchester City for worst team as well (I assure you that this isn't just my red tinted glasses). They may have only lost three league games all season but two of the teams they lost to were Sunderland and Southampton, games that defending champions should be able to come out of with points. They also have dropped points against QPR, West Ham and Stoke. If you look at goals for and against then it isn't apparent that City are having a bad season, they boast the meanest defence in the league (conceding 24 goals in 27 games, next lowest - Arsenal/Spurs/Chelsea 30 goals in 27* games) and are the leagues fourth top scorers. A quick glance at how they did in the cups shows League Cup defeat at the hands of Aston Villa and only accumulating three points across their six Champions League group stage matches. With all of this in mind I feel the largest reason I suggest City is their inability to keep pace with Manchester United, Mancini has been unable to motivate his team to chase down the leaders. If, come the end of the season, City are still twelve points (or possibly even more) off of United then the 2012/13 campaign will be regarded as both a failure and possibly even an embarrassment.
All stats take from whoscored.com and were correct at the time of publishing
*Spurs have only played 26
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