Having previously managed 11 clubs without relegation, Sam Allardyce appreciates his new job at West Bromwich Albion is the biggest threat yet to his unblemished record.
Newly promoted, 19th in the table and without the budget to buy their way out of trouble, even the naturally buoyant Allardyce realises this is a job Red Adair may have graciously passed on.
Work for the 66-year-old starts on Sunday with a West Midlands derby against Aston Villa, where Albion have to stop English football’s golden boy Jack Grealish if they want to record only their second win of the season, having just sacked Slaven Bilic.