Some managers may already be nervous over their future in the Premier League.
Despite being only five games into the new season, a handful of coaches could be made to pay for a woeful start to the term.
And with owners in England's top flight renown for their ruthlessness, unafraid of ditching even newly-appointed bosses after just a few disappointing results, the pressure is on.
Is Francesco Guidolin a 'dead man walking' at Swansea City, as reports claim? Is Slaven Bilic already walking a tightrope at West Ham United? Will Mark Hughes be given time to turn Stoke City's alarming form around?