Gary O'Neil's tenure as Wolves manager is on a knife edge ahead of Saturday’s crucial clash with Southampton at Molineux.
Defeat would leave O’Neil at significant risk, with Wolves yet to win this season, and with only one victory from their last 20 league fixtures.
After handing O’Neil and his staff new four-year deals last summer, the Wolves hierarchy are desperate for him to turn it around and have wanted to give the 41-year-old as much time as possible to do so.
Yet chairman Jeff Shi and his team are also painfully aware of the importance of staying in the Premier League, as well as the potential costs of relegation to the Championship.