Dundee United are on the hunt for a new manager yet again with Saturday's thumping against Ross County proving the final straw for Liam Fox.
Fox only took over in September following the sacking of Jack Ross and despite showing some initial promise, the Tangerines have toiled at the bottom of the table all season. Their 4-0 trouncing against relegation rivals County leaves them four points adrift, albeit with a game in hand, and facing another tumble into the Championship if they can't nip their dire form in the bud.
A club statement revealed their next appointment will come in "the near future" and sporting Tony Asghar will need to get it right as fans, feeling the problems at the club run far deeper than the man in the dugout, continue to call for his head. Given the Fox experiment didn't go to plan, it seems unlikely they will look to another young manager to save their season and their Premiership status, but an established boss with a proven record of putting out fires. Here, Record Sport run the rule over a few of the names who might just be in the Dundee United picture.
Grant McCann
Northern Irish boss Grant McCann was one of the final three in the running for the Motherwell job along with Stuart Kettlewell and Ian Holloway, so a job in Scotland obviously appeals to him. He'd be a relatively ambitious appointment having once been one of the most highly-rated managers in the English lower leagues and would undoubtedly be confident of steering the Terrors away from bottom spot.
McCann has been out of work since leaving Peterborough earlier this year and his career has fallen by the wayside somewhat since his bizarre sacking by Hull City. He may be one of the names considered by the Tannadice board as they run over their options this week.
Graham Alexander
The former Motherwell boss might not be the popular shout among fans considering he was sacked by Motherwell before Jack Ross had lost his job, but his prior experience with the Fir Park side might just be what puts him in contention. He took over a Fir Park side in a similar position to where United are now, albeit a couple of months earlier in the season, and kept them up before an impressive fifth-placed finish the season after.
Coming off the back of a spell with another Premiership club, he knows the league well and wouldn't need much time to adjust - an essential attribute as United need results immediately. United fans may view it as a case of failing upwards were he to get the job but if a deal until the end of the season is an option then it may be one the club would go for.
Tam Courts
They say you should never go back but is this one written in the stars? Courts' rapid success at Tannadice may have been what led them to give Fox the job in the first place as he proved you don't necessarily need a comprehensive CV behind you to succeed.
He left the club under a bit of a cloud with a bizarre move to Budapest Honved but left the Hungarian side after just two months for for what he claimed to be non-footballing reasons. He said it wasn't the place for him when an opposing manager was sent off after being racially abused on the touchline.
If he's looking for a route back in then there may be no better place to get going again than his former club. Whether fans would welcome him back with open arms remains to be seen, but he was the last manager to enjoy any real success at Tannadice and would slot straight back in.
Owen Coyle
A former Dundee United player, Queen's Park boss Owen Coyle is well known to fans of a certain generation and brings with him an extensive CV of management after a coaching career that has led him from Burnley to Jamshedpur in India and everything in between. His last spell in the Premiership didn't go to plan with Ross County but he's a manager on the up again in Glasgow's southside.
Coyle is chasing back to back promotions with the Spiders and has them sitting atop the Championship heading into the business end of the season. But the chance to get his name in with one of the biggest clubs in the country would no doubt appeal to him even if the project at Queen's Park is an exciting and ambitious one.
Nick Montgomery
Asghar has contacts all over the world so no doubt he'll be aware of the development of a Scottish coach cutting his teeth down under. Nick Montgomery's name has twice come up in connection with the Motherwell job and the Leeds-born former midfielder is doing quite the job with Central Coast Mariners.
He currently has them sitting second in the A-League and they have their eyes on a first Championship since 2013. Tempting him back to the UK might be the tricky thing but having played for Scotland's Under-21s as a player, it won't be a new environment for him. The A-League is currently at its' mid-season point so the timing isn't perfect but it would be a tempting opportunity if United reached out.
