Southampton's downward Premier League spiral continued against Chelsea with another demoralizing defeat. Simultaneously, Ivan Juric completed his miserable Roma milestone and could be given his marching orders soon.
Within a span of four days, Southampton have twice conceded as many goals in the Premier League. The defensive shortcomings keep getting highlighted even further and the attack is steadily losing it's brief creative spark.
The seemingly gradual journey to the Championship is speeding up which can lead to significant consequences. One of them could witness Ivan Juric unable to see out his Southampton contract despite arriving only a couple of months ago.
Honestly, neither Southampton fans nor Juric would have expected the situation to turn calamitous so quickly.
Ivan Juric absolutely tight-lipped on reaching similar milestone at Southampton
To give an extent, even the latter isn't optimistic about successfully concluding the top flight campaign at St. Mary's.
In his own words, Juric spoke to the Daily Echo: "Everything is possible. It's the club's decision what they want to do, of course."
As things stand, the initial relegation escaping objective is looking almost impossible. Hence, sacking Juric wouldn't leave any time to try to stage any last-gasp efforts to protect the Premier League status.
Still, the Croatian could be left helpless by his previous miserable milestone. According to stats, Ivan Juric led his former employers Roma for twelve matches before receiving his departing orders.
During yesterday's 4-0 crushing defeat, Ivan Juric equalised that unfortunate tally at Southampton. Call it a coincidence but even the stars seem to align for a new gaffer to arrive at the Southern outfit.
Talking about Ivan Juric, he might have enough suitors in Serie A given his praiseworthy success there. Thus, the biggest talking point remains whether Southampton will get it spot on while choosing a new head coach provided they part ways with the former.
Rest, let's see what happens in this regard.