Well, Tottenham Hotspur have had one last roll of the dice, pushing to appoint Roberto De Zerbi after parting ways with Igor Tudor last week.
There's no denying that the north Londoners actually regressed under Tudor's wing, and after being dispatched in their own backyard by relegation rivals Nottingham Forest, languish in 17th-place, just one point ahead of West Ham United, who, it must be said, are in steady form.
De Zerbi is something of a contentious figure, a big, fiery personality, but maybe that's what Tottenham need. After all, he has Premier League experience and an attacking style of football that the players could get behind.
De Zerbi's Premier League record
While De Zerbi has a track record of having a rather short shelf life as a manager, Tottenham could do a lot worse than the Italian, who has been praised for his "unique" brand of possession-focused football by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
Names such as Harry Redknapp, Glenn Hoddle and Tim Sherwood have been bandied about.
Sean Dyche has also emerged as a contender to take the wheel of this sinking ship, but after being sacked by Nottingham Forest earlier this season, the 54-year-old surely isn't the best pick. His unimaginative football goes beyond pragmatic, and though he knows how to get an endangered team out of a pickle, De Zerbi is a galvanising, larger-than-life figure whose tactics the squad could get behind.
While his agressive on-the-ball approach could resonate with the starved Spurs fanbase, it won't work out for every player in the squad, with the club's highest earner actually at risk of being axed.
Spurs' highest earner could be finished after De Zerbi arrives
In January, Tottenham knew that they needed to improve, with their defence porous and their forwards misfiring.
The £36m signing of Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid did little to appease the supporters, and though the Three Lions star has played regularly in Thomas Frank and then Tudor's midfield, he has hardly sparked a turnaround in fortunes.
Here's the problem: Gallagher, 26, has started seven Premier League matches since arriving in January, and though he's yet to create a big chance, he's lost the 9.3 times per game on average and has lost 55% of his duels.
Unable to provide a creative spark from midfield and lacking the kind of combative security that Tottenham need in the middle of the park.
He might have helped make Spurs more compact, but it's difficult to imagine De Zerbi handing the former Chelsea man a pivotal role in his system, which simply will not work to its ball-playing capacity with the Englishman pulling the strings.
Gallagher is an industrious midfielder, someone who has proven themselves in the Premier League in the past. And yet, there's no question that he has limitations in possession, and for him to earn more than any of his teammates in N17 speaks of the lack of leadership and positive direction that seeps right down from the board level.
Tottenham could hit the jackpot with De Zerbi at the helm. Should the Italian steer them away from relegation, his playing style could finally guide the Londoners back into the ascendancy, away from the peril they have been consumed by this season.
However, if that happens, it's hardly likely that Gallagher will be a linchpin in the middle of the park.