The total number of 2015/16 Premier League managerial casualties has risen to five after the month of December saw both Garry Monk and Jose Mourinho lose their jobs.

When Premier League chairmen smile, there are two rows of gravestones between their Mick Jaggers. They have a membrane like patience, sensitized nerve endings, and a flagrant disregard of support.

On 4th October 2015, Dick Advocaat resigned before being pushed at Sunderland, and Liverpool sacked Brendan Rodgers. At that time, I wrote that six more managers would follow them out of the door by the end of the season. In December, Swansea sacked Garry Monk, and Chelsea sacked Jose Mourinho. Two down, four more to go.

The sacking of Mourinho is one that I called back in October when I created my hit list. It shows that even the greatest managers in the world are chicken feed in comparison to the star players. Mourinho lost the dressing room. Roman Abramovich sided with the dressing room.