Igor Tudor has 12 games to save Tottenham Hotspur's season.
Of course, supporters will hope to see their club wade deep into the knockout stages of the Champions League and work their way to the final for the first time since 2019, when they agonisingly lost to Liverpool in Madrid.
But securing Premier League survival. It's madness that the Spurs project has devolved to this, and Tudor needs to quickly put it to rights, with the Londoners only five points ahead of West Ham United in the relegation zone.
Tudor is regarded as an adaptable tactician, and while Spurs have an overload of injuries, we think he might be able to implement his preferred 3-4-2-1 formation, enforcing a number of noticeable changes.
While Antonin Kinsky will be hoping for a few chances between the sticks now that Frank's gone, it's unlikely that Guglielmo Vicario will be replaced.
The Italian has been well out of sorts this season, making mistakes and struggling for consistency. Even so, Tudor is bound to persist with the number one.
Dragusin has arguably entered the last-chance saloon at Tottenham. The 24-year-old missed most of 2025 with an ACL injury but has returned now and is not performing to the desired standard.
Interest from Italy emerged during the winter transfer window, so he'll need to produce a sharp upswing over the coming months.
Cristian Romero will miss three more Premier League fixtures before he completes the suspension he picked up against Manchester United, but there's no question that the skipper will shape Tudor's tenure across the business months.
However, the word on the street is that the 27-year-old wants to leave and Spanish suitors are making their interest known, so perhaps we're entering the final stretch of his time in Tottenham.
All eyes will be on Micky van de Ven at the business end of the campaign. The Dutchman is arguably Spurs' most popular player now that Heung-min Son's gone, and understandably so.
He's powerful and commanding and blisteringly quick. Van de Ven is the real deal and could prove the difference in Tudor restoring the backline to its maximum level.
The first truly contentious call. Pedro Porro would expect to slot onto the right flank in a revamped Spurs system, but the Spaniard has been woeful this season, unreliable and unconvincing.
Archie Gray, however, is stepping up where his senior teammates have plummeted, and with Harry Redknapp recently describing him as "future Tottenham captain" who "delivers wherever you play him".
In January, Tottenham signed Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid for £35m. A long-term target at N17, the industrious Englishman has proved a much-needed signing as Rodrigo Bentancur fell, like so many others, into the infirmary.
Gallagher might not be the most expansive playmaker, but he works hard and offers a multi-faceted skillset to charge Tudor's midfield.
Not much needs saying about Joao Palhinha. He's limited on the ball, but monstrous when looking to win it back. The tough-tackling machine will need Gallagher to maintain a strong level of form if he is to continue his steady role in the Lilywhites centre.
Porro may be cut aside, but Destiny Udogie has had that decision made for him, out injured once again.
With that in mind, it's likely that Djed Spence will reprise his moonlit role at left-back, having proved such an invaluable utility option for the north Londoners over the past few seasons.
Simons had started to play his way into form across the final weeks of Frank's stewardship, so the board will anticipate further gains across the remainder of the campaign as Tudor steadies the ship.
Hailed as a playmaker capable of making "magic" things happen on the ball by statistician Statman Dave, Tudor will need him to go from strength to strength now, especially as James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are still sidelined with long-term injuries.
Randal Kolo Muani has been reacquainted with Tudor, who he scored five times for at Juventus last season across only 11 matches. However, now is Mathys Tel's time to shine.