Everton find themselves in an all-too-familiar position as they are on the hunt for yet another new manager.
Rafa Benitez's time was brought to an end on Sunday after a wretched run of results left the club slipping frighteningly toward a relegation battle.
And the rumour mill is already whirring apace to throw numerous new candidates into the mix for what is becoming the Premier League's poisoned chalice of a job.
Should the Blues finally give Duncan Ferguson the shot at the main role, if only for an interim basis?
Should they try and convince Wayne Rooney to leave the admittedly fantastic job he's doing with Derby County to come and cut his teeth in Premier League management?
Should they approach Frank Lampard and give him a route back into coaching in the top division?
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Roberto Martinez? Graham Potter? Jose Mourinho? Lucien Favre? Niko Kovac? They're all names that have been thrown into the hat in recent days.
For every staunch believer in one of these names, you won't have to go far to find another supporter decrying that they should even be linked with the Goodison Park vacancy.
So it's clear the overall problem remains the same.
Yet again, there's no standout candidate here. There isn't someone that the majority of fans would hugely get behind, without looking longingly over their shoulders of what might have been with a different man.
Of course, this is very hard to find even for some of the best clubs in European football - never mind one that has gone through five managers in as many years.
Part of the issue at Everton as things stand is that there is no real clarity on what the situation is above the managerial post.
Following the departure of Marcel Brands in December, the Blues announced that they would be conducting a 'strategic review' into the running of the club.
There wasn't much detail provided other than that, and since then there has been no communication on how the project is being undertaken or who exactly is leading it.
Realistically, fans can at least deduce that this process is pivotal for whatever long-term strategy the club will put in place for the future.
But even the short-term should be heavily affected by this as well.
In the recent past Everton have at the very least had a director of football in place to work with a new manager.
Now, however, the Blues don't seem strictly to know whether that will be their model in the coming weeks, months and years. Certainly they've not communicated it with supporters, if that is to be the case.
And so the search for a new permanent manager at this stage comes with yet more questions, especially if reports are to be believed that the club wants a man in place sooner rather than later.
That's usually an admirable trait, but perhaps not in this sense.
Getting a manager in permanently before announcing the results of this strategic review into the running of the club could be a cause for concern further down the line.
What if the new manager doesn't fit into the long-term strategy? What if their views on a director of football differ to the decision Everton have come to in their own review?
Sacking Benitez didn't solve the issues at Goodison. The wider running of the club must now come into full focus.
And, ultimately, a strategy further up in the hierarchy should be the priority.
So, where does that leave the managerial search?
For many, an interim choice until the end of the campaign would seem the most plausible option while Everton seek for clarity in other areas of the club.
Ferguson, who has been in temporary charge before and proven he can garner a huge swell of support from the stands, would seem the most logical choice in that sense.
But the unpredictable nature of things around the Blues at the minute leaves so many questions in the mind of fans, and it's so hard to guess which way the club will turn.
Maybe one of those aforementioned names will be in the dugout by the time Aston Villa make the visit to Goodison on Saturday, maybe they won't.
One thing is for certain, though, this managerial search is far from straightforward.
