Thomas Tuchel, Brendan Rodgers and the 'Big Six' managers who didn't last 10 matches at the start of a season

It was quite impressive that Juande Ramos managed to get Tottenham into the position they were in by October 2008.

After just eight Premier League matches, Spurs were firmly rooted to the bottom of the table with only two points - earned via draws with Chelsea and Wigan Athletic. Although Spurs weren't getting blown away in games - they lost by more than one goal just once during this spell - it was clear that something had to change.

Martin Jol came in to replace Ramos and went on a five-match unbeaten run that included four wins, eventually guiding Spurs to an eighth-placed finish.

Brendan Rodgers had a net spend of over £70m in the three transfer windows that followed Liverpool's agonising second-place finish in 2014.

And what did the Reds have to show for it after eight games of the 2015-16 campaign? 12 points, that's what. This might have been acceptable had the club been showing the green shoots of a recovery, but a 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby proved to be the final straw.

Rodgers was sacked in October 2015 and swiftly replaced by a certain Jurgen Klopp, who has since transformed Liverpool back into an elite force on domestic and European fronts.

He may have been a club legend from his playing days, but that was not enough to keep Glenn Hoddle’s neck from the chopping block once the going got tough in north London.

The former England manager was relieved of his duties at White Hart Lane by the end of September in the 2003-04 campaign, with only four points taken from six Premier League fixtures.

Spurs came unstuck against Birmingham City, Fulham and Chelsea before seeing their manager moved on after going down 3-1 at home to Southampton.

David Pleat stepped in as caretaker coach, but only managed to lift a sleeping giant as high as 14th in the table.

On May 29, 2021, Thomas Tuchel got his hands on the Champions League trophy following Chelsea’s narrow 1-0 victory over domestic rivals Manchester City at Estadio do Dragao in Porto.

By September 7, 2022, fortune had reversed so dramatically for the German tactician that was handed a P45 at Stamford Bridge.

Eyebrows were raised when the axe fell in west London but, given the Blues’ penchant for change in the dugout, such drastic action was not all that surprising.

Former Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain boss Tuchel was moved on after picking up 10 points from six games in the Premier League and suffering a 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in an opening European encounter of the 2022-23 campaign.

Gianluca Vialli became the youngest coach, at 33 years of age, to win a UEFA competition when leading Chelsea to glory in the 1998 Cup Winners’ Cup final.

He also oversaw an FA Cup triumph in 2000 – which was the last showpiece event to be staged at the old Wembley before it was knocked down and rebuilt.

The Italian was, however, to see his reign in west London last a matter of months after that domestic cup success, with his tenure brought to a close on September 12 of the same year.

Chelsea had won the Community Shield and opened a new Premier League season with victory over West Ham United, but a four-game winless run – which included only one defeat – paved the way for Claudio Ranieri to be drafted in as successor to a fellow countryman.

Peter Reid, who had been filling a player-manager role at Manchester City, failed to make it through the first month of the season in 1993-94.

City may be perennial title challengers in the present, but they were an altogether different beast in the early 90s and often found themselves battling for survival at the wrong end of the table.

Reid paid the price for putting the Blues on course for another basement battle when he was unceremoniously dumped just four games into the second Premier League season following a serious facelift for the top-flight of English football.

He opened the campaign with a draw at home to Leeds, but defeats to Everton, Tottenham and Blackburn Rovers led to him being replaced by Brian Horton.

Few knew much about Christian Gross when he was handed the reins at Tottenham in November 1997, and the Swiss was given little time in which to prove his worth.

Results on the field, during a difficult time for Spurs, did little to aid his cause and resulted in a short-lived spell as a Premier League boss being brought to a close after just nine months.

He was given his marching orders on September 5, 1998 after taking only 10 wins from 30 games.

One of those did come in his final match at the helm, away at Everton, but opening defeats to Wimbledon and Sheffield Wednesday meant that the Tottenham board had seen enough and change became inevitable.