It's never easy being manager of Tottenham Hotspur, is it? Just ask Ange Postecoglou.
The Aussie won an elusive European trophy for Spurs but after a dismal domestic campaign where the Lilywhites finished 17th, he was given his marching orders.
League proceedings threatened to get better during the early stages of Thomas Frank's reign. Spurs were more organised and looked compact at the back.
How quickly things change. Last weekend, Frank's side ended a run of five straight games in all competitions without winning by defeating Brentford. They won again in the Champions League in midweek but were brought back down to earth when they visited Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Spurs were pulled this way and that by Postecoglou's former employers. With Sean Dyche now at the helm, he more than got the better of Frank who saw his side slip to a dire 3-0 loss.
What went wrong for Spurs at Forest
During the first few weeks of the new regime at Spurs, they looked far better at the back but that solidity appears to have alluded them in recent weeks. They have kept just two Premier League clean sheets in their last eight games to really hammer home the pressure on Frank.
At the City Ground, things didn't get much better and they had Guglielmo Vicario to blame.
The Italian has made a number of crucial interventions in Spurs colours this season but arguably turned in one of his worst performances for the club in Nottingham at the weekend.
For the opener, Vicario played a very sketchy ball into the path of Archie Gray who was under pressure. He was ultimately caught in possession and Forest ended up finding the net.
Then, for the second, Hudson Odoi appeared to aim a cross into the area but it ended up goalbound and soared over Vicario whose positioning was all wrong.
While the goalkeeper did not help matters, even when Spurs had the ball in the final third they did not do an awful lot with it.
Striker Richarlison managed just two shots, none of which were on target. He also completed a dismal two passes during the game.
As for Mohammed Kudus, he could only carve out one key pass and didn't manage a shot on target either.
Truth be told, Frank looks out of his depth. His tactics are limited and it may well be time for a change in the dugout.
The man to replace Thomas Frank at Spurs
The Dane may well have only been in charge since the summer but it's time for a replacement. Frank did a wonderful job at Brentford but for a club that wants to be challenging for honours, they need someone progressive, someone with a better style of football.
Enter Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola. Daniel Levy allegedly interviewed the Spaniard at the end of the 2024/25 campaign, as per TalkSPORT, who confirmed a few weeks ago that he has his sights set on a move up the Premier League, although with the caveat that he wants to see out the season.
Well, if Spurs play their cards right, that time could be now. Hailed as "the best coach in the Premier League" by European football expert James Horncastle for his exploits on the South Coast, the Cherries manager looks ready to be an elite name in the sport.
Since taking over at Bournemouth, he has turned them into a top-half club. They finished ninth in the table last season, just nine points off a European spot.
It was a brilliant accomplishment for such a small club, but like Iraola, they are growing in stature with the Basque-born coach in charge.
Frank has been accused of playing rather boring football since moving to Spurs. It's the opposite of Postecoglou's reign. That's a positive for sure, yet there also has to be a level of ambition to their play. That's where Iraola could come in.
Bournemouth writer, Sam Davis, once noted that 'we were told that we would see "rock and roll" football and "organised chaos" when the new boss joined the ranks at Vitality Stadium - they weren't kidding!'
On that evidence, he could well be the perfect hybrid between Ange and Frank. Structure and organisation to the defence but crucially, a desire and ambition to attack and play free-flowing football.
Spurs must look away from Frank and roll their dice on Iraola; it could be a match made in heaven.