West Brom boss Alan Irvine conceded his job could be on the line after his side were well beaten by champions Manchester City in the Boxing Day snow.
City ran out comfortable 3-1 winners at The Hawthorns with all their goals coming in the first half after they raced out of the blocks to take the lead after just eight minutes.
But while victory for City was their ninth in succession in all competitions -- equalling a club record and keeping up the pressure on Chelsea at the top of the Premier League -- the story is different for the Baggies.
Irvine's men have won just one of their last eight matches and they were booed off at half-time before they showed some spirit and grabbed a consolation after the break.
Irvine's predecessor Pepe Mel lasted just four months in the job and other incumbents such as Roberto Di Matteo and Steve Clarke have been quickly ushered out in the recent past.
Irvine said: "The chairman will make a decision as far as that is concerned. I can't control it. Can I be confident about it? Not necessarily, because I don't know what the thinking is.
"All I can do is work as hard as I do and keep on trying to get the right kind of performances and results."
City went ahead through Fernando after Ben Foster spilled a corner and doubled their lead after 13 minutes with Yaya Toure penalty. David Silva made it 3-0 after 34 minutes following a quick breakaway.
The Baggies were being outplayed but they proved much more resilient after the break and were rewarded with an 87th-minute consolation as Brown Ideye got the final touch from a corner.
Irvine said: "It was certainly very difficult to come back in those circumstances.
"The biggest thing I was interested to see in the second half was whether the players would be mentally strong enough - and they were, which was pleasing.
"To be 3-0 down against a team of their quality and to have been 3-0 down as a result of our own errors is obviously difficult to cope with.
"But full marks to them. They showed the mental strength and courage to take the ball and keep on playing. So they deserve a bit of credit for that.
"We did a lot of work on how we might create chances against Manchester City. A lot of the stuff we worked on actually worked on the day.
"The fact we didn't finish that off with goals was sometimes down to some near misses and some good goalkeeping or defending. We caused them some problems going forward. We just gave ourselves a mountain to climb defensively."