How has it come to this? From nowhere, Torino are struggling badly to put points on the board and have been sucked into the relegation dog fight.
Not too long ago, Torino were well away from such danger and happily pondering what a successful return to the top flight this season had been.
Chievo looked in much more trouble at one stage but are now occupying a position that the Granata can only look up at and wonder how on earth they are not alongside them or even higher.
It is quite a simple answer though to the question how has this happened? This is Torino. Frustratingly, this is what this club do and is what they have always done.
There is no such thing as a season without drama and throughout the long history of this football club, they have made a habit of doing things the hard way and are about to do so again.
Snatching glorious failure from victory, see the UEFA Cup final of 1992 or the play offs of 1998, is what they have managed to do but to do so on this occasion would be both infuriating and shocking in equal measure.
Even last weekend, a draw in the derby was by no means something to be happy about after 18 years, and counting, of hurt but when a penalty claim was denied and Giampiero Ventura’s men shipped two late goals, it was another example that of this ability to throw things away.
With Champions League-chasing AC Milan to come at San Siro this weekend, hope is not particularly high among the Toro tifosi that this is a game that will bring about the much-needed three points that would stretch the gap to seven points and one that is surely insurmountable.
The Genoa game in two weeks will be key but an away clash against Chievo followed by the final home game against Catania should be enough time to salvage the points needed for survival.
From a safe position in mid-February, Torino have won just once since then leading to this alarming slump and it is hard to know what exactly to pin it on.
Key players such as Angelo Ogbonna were sidelined with injury but he was replaced more than ably by Guillermo Rodriguez in his absence.
Matteo Brighi’s time on the treatment table has hurt much more and Toro are a much better side with him dictating the play in the middle of the field alongside Alessandro Gazzi.
The goals of Rolando Bianchi dried up during this spell too which was probably due to the uncertainty surrounding his future which now looks like it will lie away from Turin.
This is not going to be a comfortable four weeks of the campaign left for Torino because although it seems likely that they will remain a Serie A side next year, the fans know what this club are capable of.
It is not over until its over with Toro and even then, you cannot be sure as the club found out in 2004/05 when they finished third in Serie B thus gaining promotion to the top flight but this was soon taken away due to financial irregularities.
Yes, that is the kind of stuff that goes on at this club, which only adds to the fairytale.
Ventura’s tactics have been stagnant as of late. The ‘long ball it to the forwards’ game-plan hasn’t worked for him, nor for the players.