It's axing season in the Premier League and after a raft of high-profile departures, both Marco Silva and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be glancing nervously over their shoulders.
Quique Sanchez Flores was the latest to be shown the door by his employers, after his second stint as Watford boss ended after just 85 days with just one league win to show for his troubles.
His departure follows those of Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham and Unai Emery at Arsenal, the only three top-flight casualties of the season to date.
That is almost certain to change, and there are two managers in the North West who will be feeling the heat more than others.
On Merseyside, it was almost a surprise that Everton's defeat by Leicester did not bring with it a P45 for Silva.
The Toffees have endured a miserable season and sit just one place and two points above the relegation zone.
Huge amounts of money were spent at Goodison Park in the summer in a bid to propel the club back into European contention, with Alex Iwobi, Moise Kean, Andre Gomes and Jean-Philippe Gbamin all bought for north of £20million.
That substantial investment has not produced results on the field however, and only Norwich (9) have lost more times in the Premier League this season than Silva's men.
He has already been struck with the dreaded vote of confidence from owner Farhad Moshiri.
That came before the defeat by Brendan Rodgers' men on Sunday, when Kelechi Iheanacho's winner in the sixth minute of stoppage time sealed all three points for the hosts.
It was a battling performance from Everton in defeat, and the display may have been enough to earn the Portuguese boss a stay of execution. But it appears to be a case of when and not if Moshiri decided to pull the trigger.
Down the road in Manchester, Solskjaer may be feeling similarly precarious in his own role.
Sat ninth in the table, with just 18 points from their first 14 fixtures, the Norweigian has overseen United's worst start to a season in 31 years.
They have the aura of a mid-table side - a far-cry from the perennial champions Solskjaer was associated with back in his playing days - and his attempts to turn the ship around have been constantly thwarted by false dawns.
A revival after a disappointing 1-0 defeat by Newcastle at St James' Park looked to have steadied his position after executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward had decided to publicly back the man in the Old Trafford hotseat.
However, a recent slump has shone the spotlight on the 46-year-old once again.
Losing to Kazakhstan champions Astana, even with a squad of kids, was not the greatest look for one of the world's most renowned clubs, but it will have been the two recent Premier League games that will have worried the powers that be.
Twice United have surrendered points from winning positions in recent games, throwing away a 3-2 lead against Sheffield United, before being pegged back by Aston Villa in the second half during Sunday's clash.
With the likes of Mauricio Pochettino available for work, the need for Solskjaer to get back to winning ways is pressing.
U.S.A7721514
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Ole for sure
DGGaulle
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Few months Ago when a Portuguese was almost in same situation... Fans called for him to be sacked, players became nonchalant and this here same thing is happening. Think united should be questioning themselves on if the problem is the manager, the players or the board before it becomes too late.
ksantos
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we will see after Manchester Derby
Tonyutd
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I am tied of not seeing progress. This week I follow my mind, not my heart, and support spurs and man city
Warrior_07
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I've always been an Ole fan and I still will but seeing the past few games, it's both the players and his tactics, the players got a break against Astana and played really lazily against Villa, too much rest....the only bright side is that McTerminator and Pogba are injured, when they return, results should be going our way, if we don't then it's definitely Ole's tactics, I really don't want to go through the process of sacking the manager, then the players have to adjust to something and someone new again, but if his tactics don't fit now, it won't fit for the long term, I used to say "Give him time and another transfer window he'll definitely do something positive" but now I don't think it'll work, even with new signings and bad manager, nothing will work, Ole should get some experience with a Championship team first before moving to a professional club, but even if he gets sacked, we must still respect, his goal won us the UCL and treble let's not forget that so his managerial skills might be sh*t but he's still a legendary player, good luck Ole, please prove me wrong because it will be painful seeing a club legend sacked, but to improve before we start sacking here and there again here's what we need before we fully judge Ole: 1) The most important must-do thing ----- sack Woodward and the Glazers, they're all money grabbing b*tches who are a disgrace to United and football, they only care about money, money and more money, they don't care about the club, they care about their fortunes, greedy, selfish w*nkers 2) Matic, Jones, Peirera and other deadwood who don't give a sh*t should be gotten rid of once and for all 3) We need a cleansing, George Best is probably turning in his grave, we need all the legends, ALL, to give this batch of United players a loooooonnnnngggg speech about what it means to play for the club 4) We need an overhaul, here will be the new team: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Tuanzebe, Williams, Fred (he's actually improving so stop criticising him), Pogba, Maddison, Rashford, Martial, Sancho, on the bench will be Romero, Shaw, Lindelof, Lingard, Garner, Greenwood, James, I really hope it happens GGMU 🇾🇪🇾🇪🔥🔥
Don’t get me wrong mate But these young players can flourish only if there are world class players who set standards at the club. That’s how our legacy has been. When Cristiano and Wayne came in, there were already legends setting standards at the gym and training sessions and u know that. We need 2 experienced class signings to aid the development of these players. People who can set high standards that make these lads push every day. And I don’t see pogba,de gea , mata, matic , young and maguire even doing a little bit of that .
lukzlat910
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I've always been an Ole fan and I still will but seeing the past few games, it's both the players and his tactics, the players got a break against Astana and played really lazily against Villa, too much rest....the only bright side is that McTerminator and Pogba are injured, when they return, results should be going our way, if we don't then it's definitely Ole's tactics, I really don't want to go through the process of sacking the manager, then the players have to adjust to something and someone new again, but if his tactics don't fit now, it won't fit for the long term, I used to say "Give him time and another transfer window he'll definitely do something positive" but now I don't think it'll work, even with new signings and bad manager, nothing will work, Ole should get some experience with a Championship team first before moving to a professional club, but even if he gets sacked, we must still respect, his goal won us the UCL and treble let's not forget that so his managerial skills might be sh*t but he's still a legendary player, good luck Ole, please prove me wrong because it will be painful seeing a club legend sacked, but to improve before we start sacking here and there again here's what we need before we fully judge Ole: 1) The most important must-do thing ----- sack Woodward and the Glazers, they're all money grabbing b*tches who are a disgrace to United and football, they only care about money, money and more money, they don't care about the club, they care about their fortunes, greedy, selfish w*nkers 2) Matic, Jones, Peirera and other deadwood who don't give a sh*t should be gotten rid of once and for all 3) We need a cleansing, George Best is probably turning in his grave, we need all the legends, ALL, to give this batch of United players a loooooonnnnngggg speech about what it means to play for the club 4) We need an overhaul, here will be the new team: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Tuanzebe, Williams, Fred (he's actually improving so stop criticising him), Pogba, Maddison, Rashford, Martial, Sancho, on the bench will be Romero, Shaw, Lindelof, Lingard, Garner, Greenwood, James, I really hope it happens GGMU 🇾🇪🇾🇪🔥🔥
Nuadenru
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sack ole quickly am here waiting ithink he is next to get sacked
Deycdiortz
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Players are not playing well, so those players must be sacked. Nothing changes by changing the manager
Manchester_lover
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first sack ole
lutceikruz
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ole is not going anywhere so stop thinking of sack
sack! sack! sack! sack ! sack! SACK HIM!!!😂😂
cohclmopsy
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ole out please
Toeabdntz
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ole is not going anywhere so stop thinking of sack
Rosadelnoy
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marco silva after liverpool game and solkj after man city game
jedeimnptu
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ole is going no where...stop spreading this kind of fucking newd
totlnosuz
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Marco Silva may not see this weekend if he loses to Liverpool in midweek
Sesekmnpsy
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all i can say is United can't miss out on Pochettino
TajemniczyPl
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Ole in
chica11
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solsjaer
winckms
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Ole next
mohammedab
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ole Plees out you have juest Legend 😞😞😞
jezabdnpyz
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Marco Silva Most Likely Will Get The Sack After The Liverpool Match. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Probably Will Be Heading Back Home To Norway After Losing To Spurs And Man City. (Both Sets Of Everton And United Supporters Will Not Missed Two Of Them. The Bleeding Has TO STOP NOW). 💉 🚫⛔
konamiman
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ouuutttt oleee
konamiman
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ole outtt
santos7
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solskajer be like am I not lucky like valverde