Kit Symons might soon pack in a Sunday read if it amounts to the same speculation over his job he suffered this week.
The Fulham boss agreed it was becoming a drag seeing his job under threat every time there was a spare gap in a newspaper column, with the likes of Steve Bruce waiting in the Cottage wings to take over, supposedly.
A heartening 0-0 against Middlesbrough yesterday might still not be enough to relieve the pressure.
The Whites gaffer was under the cosh last season as well when the club flirted with relegation, even though he only took over permanently at the back end of October.
Now, he might do well to stick to the cartoons in the future if he’s to get a laugh out of the news.
He said: “When you pick up the paper on a Sunday morning and read stuff - it’s not ideal. All I can do is the best I can.
“It is what it is, but I’m not surprised, and it’s down to me.”
A Fulham insider believes fans got used to seeing their side safe in the Premier League. So even with Symons' previous status as a playing icon, not to mention a successful stint as academy chief, supporters want a return to instant success.
“It doesn’t matter that Kit has only been in the job five minutes, relatively,” said the source. “They want it all now.”
The man himself is only too aware he needs a run of wins to ease the speculation.
“I hope results are good enough to give me the time to be the person to put everything in place,” he added.
“Football fans cheer when you do well, and you might get stick when it’s not so good. The honeymoon period is over, and my contract is up at the end of the season. At some stage, I’ll get to find out what’s next.”
