Kilmarnock's 5-1 weekend thumping at the hands of St Mirren has set a few alarm bells ringing in Ayrshire.
A team who started the season going close to playing in the Conference League after a superb fourth-place finish last term has slipped to 10th in the Scottish Premiership with seven games of the season to play.
Derek McInnes' side are just one point above the relegation play-off spot and six from the bottom, the same distance to seventh-place St Mirren above them.
A poor season after a strong one is not an unusual phenomenon in Scottish football outside the big Glasgow two.