This is the weekend they dread. Every manager whose team are stuck in a rut hates the fixture immediately before the international break. This is prime sacking time.
David Moyes won’t need reminding. There he is, rooted to the bottom of the table after a disastrous start, his new team yet to win in the league. Another defeat at Bournemouth and many Sunderland fans will believe all hope has gone.
The situation is loaded with pressure. Moyes, after all he has been through in the last couple of years, will know exactly what conclusion those looking in from the outside will be drawing: Manchester United — sacked; Real Sociedad — sacked.