Slavisa Jokanovic. Mark Hughes. Jose Mourinho. David Wagner. And now Claude Puel. The Frenchman became the fifth Premier League manager to lose his job since the beginning of this season, and unfortunately for his fellow bosses up and down the country, he likely won't be the last.
With the riches and rewards of football's most lucrative league so enticing, pulling the trigger on a managerial sacking is akin to laying your chips down at the poker table. Do you stick or do you twist?
Whether it's desperately trying to fight tooth and nail to avoid relegation, or scrapping to get into European football's most glamorous competition of the Champions League, owners may decide a change in manager might be the shot in the arm their club needs to get them over the line and into their respective promised lands.