‘I don’t see the panic button being pressed at Villa’published at 15:37 BST
15:37 BST
Q&A with Phil
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
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Alex: Question For Phil With none of the bottom three currently one of the promoted clubs do you think it’s strange that only West Ham appear to be willing to change their manager and when do you envisage the panic button being pressed?
Hello, Alex. So we are talking Aston Villa, Wolves and West Ham United.
I don’t see the panic button being pressed at all at Villa unless something absolutely catastrophic and unexpected happens. Unai Emery is a superb manager with an outstanding record and they will trust him to get it right.
Vitor Pereira clearly has the faith of the Wolves hierarchy as they have just given him a new contract – although we all know what happens if teams keep losing games. It is then when faith is truly tested.
This leaves Graham Potter at West Ham United. The feeling there is he is in real trouble but the Hammers’ plight is not just down to him. You have to look at poor managerial appointments and poor signings.