The sack race gathers pace.
We wondered aloud on this week’s Debrief what could happen if certain managers received their marching orders.
And with a second departure from North London in the space of two weeks, we’re about to find out.
Nuno Espirito Santo is the favourite to take over from Unai Emery at the Emirates, and what could this signal?
Will he have a gentleman’s agreement not to pillage Wolves players in January?
What will he do with Mesut Ozil?
Can he turn their fortunes around to salvage a place in the top four?
At least caretaker boss Freddie Ljungberg has a relatively benign fixture against Norwich to get started with (despite their win last weekend, the Canaries have only won twice all season at home, and not since 14th September).
Elsewhere, with Sergio Aguero looking sidelined for a number of weeks, who of you have picked up Gabriel Jesus?
It’s seemed a long time the Brazilian has had a decent run in the City first team, but now could be his chance to lay down a marker, particularly given Pep Guardiola’s men come up against Newcastle and Burnley next.
Talking of second-string strikers, we also like the look of Michy Batshuayi for this gameweek.
With Tammy Abraham doubtful with a hip injury, the Belgian will no doubt be licking his lips at the prospect of coming face to face with the hapless Hammer handler, Roberto.
It’s a huge game at St Mary’s on Saturday evening, as the Saints host Watford.
Both sides are low on confidence, but the hosts’ combination of Moussa Djenepo and Danny Ings – in excellent goalscoring form – could just be the difference between the two sides.
And we started on managerial casualties so we’ll end on it – will Marco Silva be in a job on Sunday evening if his Everton side lose to a rampant Leicester?
We talked last week about Jamie Vardy continuing his streak in front of goal, and with Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Youri Tielemans behind him against a low-on-confidence defence, it could be another profitable weekend for the flying Foxes.
