No wonder Ange Postecoglou is under pressure - the Premier League has become a global soap opera of knee-jerk reactions, and the success of promoted teams has only fuelled the chaos, writes MATT BARLOW

First Nuno Espirito Santo . Then Graham Potter . Now Ange Postecoglou on shaky ground after only seven games.

Nothing sends tremors through the Premier League landscape like promoted clubs looking like they intend to stick around and that’s what we have seen in the early phase of this season.

Sunderland have collected three wins and 11 points, with Leeds United only three points behind them and highly competitive, especially at home.

Burnley appear more fragile but will be encouraged by performances through a brutal set of opening fixtures featuring games against four of the Big Six, losing to late penalties against Liverpool and Manchester United .

The newly promoted are alive and kicking so some established Premier League clubs and their established revenue streams are under threat.

And this, when combined with the latest breed of ambitious and impatient owners teetering on budgetary high wires and modern society's demands for instant gratification, does not lend itself to managerial stability.

Nothing sends tremors through the Premier League landscape like promoted clubs looking like they intend to stick around and that’s what we have seen in the early phase of this season

The latest breed of ambitious and impatient owners teetering on budgetary high wires and modern society's demands for instant gratification does not lend itself to managerial stability

The League Managers’ Association (LMA) identify three key trends amid many reasons a club may part company with its manager.

These are 1) the internationalisation of English football with investment to attract talent from anywhere in the world and 2) an increasingly decentralised ownership model which makes it harder for managers to forge lasting working relationships with their bosses and has prompted the LMA to explore new ways to promote their coaching talent overseas, particularly in the United States.

And 3) the blatant enhanced short-termism of the modern game – and modern life.

The last season of wild managerial upheaval at Premier League level came in 2022-23, when Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest came up looking as if they meant business and sent some relegation-haunted rivals into a frenzy of hiring and firing.

Southampton’s desperate tailspin involved Ralf Hasenhuttl, Nathan Jones and Ruben Selles. Leeds staggered from Jesse Marsch to Sam Allardyce via 67 days of Javi Gracia. Leicester replaced Brendan Rodgers with Dean Smith to no avail.

'It seems to be these days as soon as something goes wrong, we go, "That’s it, it’s wrong, we’ll change it, break it up",' said Postecoglou after his Forest team were beaten at Newcastle on Sunday.

It was a familiar refrain for those who watched him closely through two years at Tottenham.

'At some point, the club needs to stick to something,' said Postecoglou in April, despairing as it started to become clear that winning the Europa League would not guarantee against the sack when weighed against the ignominy of 17th in the Premier League.

Those piling pressure on Mikel Arteta, claiming he must be sacked if Arsenal don’t win the Premier League this season, are the same voices criticising him being too cautious

Spurs, having appointed him to liberate them from the rigid instruction of life under Antonio Conte, came to realise cavalier football and a trophy were not the be-all and end-all.

They are now in the process of U-turning into a team founded upon defensive organisation and set piece strength under Thomas Frank. And that seems all well and good.

At least for the time being, sitting in third and in all competitions but at some point, they are likely to yearn once more as they always do for something more exciting.

Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, appear hell bent on completing the same circle in record time.

Having summoned Postecoglou on the pretence that he would free them from Nuno’s trademark low-block-and-quick-counter - and not disagree quite so much with Edu, lord of recruitment - they are worrying about seven games without a win and considering a reverse fettle as they flirt with the bottom three.

And the 60-year-old Australian is left to rail once more against short-termism in modern life.

'It’s part of the fanfare around the Premier League that there needs to be a manager who is always under the spotlight,' said Postecoglou, never knowingly insecure. 'I get that. It’s my turn.'

International interest makes the Premier League go around. Brings in the cash, keeps it a step or two ahead of its competitors. Enables clubs to invest in the world’s top players and hire the most prized managers on the most lucrative contracts with big fat pay-off cheques if it goes awry.

The Premier League has become a global soap opera with all forms of media from Sky Sport’s finest and the armies of podcast pundits and press box egos contributing to breathless debate

Over time it has become a global soap opera with more live games broadcast than ever before and all forms of media from Sky Sport’s finest and the armies of podcast pundits, press box egos and online audiences contributing daily to breathless debate with knee-jerk analysis of every single result.

Who is the best. Who is the worst. Who must be bought. Who must be sold. Who won the transfer market. Who didn’t.

Who picked the wrong team. Who played the wrong way. Who made the wrong substitutions at the wrong times. Who used the wrong words. Who wore the wrong clothes. Whose body language just won’t do. Who is to blame. Who should be sacked.

Those piling pressure on Mikel Arteta, claiming he must be sacked if Arsenal don’t win the Premier League this season, are the same voices criticising him for exercising too much caution.

All to be heard and heighten drama. An interactive world reverberates inside the stadium, influencing mood until sometimes it seems more important than the football we watch.

Large crowds are hushed. Atmospheres are artificially enhanced. And yet there is more noise than ever. Acrimony is simply part of the territory for the managers and sympathy is short because rewards are so great. At least, they are at Premier League level.

True, those responsible for making the coaching appointments are slowly being drawn under greater scrutiny, and that seems only fair, but still the managers are most exposed and most vulnerable.

And more quickly than ever. Honeymoons are out of fashion, especially at clubs scrapping to preserve their nine figure Premier League bounty. It is no longer uncommon to see a manager fired inside a year.

The LMA has recorded 19 managerial changes this season across the top four tiers of the men’s game and the top two of the women’s - compared to just four at the same time last year

Potter was 261 days at West Ham, which is 70 days more than his predecessor Julen Lopetegui. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Steve Cooper did not reach a year between them at Leicester. Ivan Juric survived only 105 days at Southampton.

In the Championship, fighting for promotion, it is even more volatile. Sacked managers in the Championship have had an average tenure of under a year in three of the last four seasons.

Sheffield United sacked Selles after six games in September. Watford sacked Paulo Pezzolano after 10 games on Tuesday, the club’s 21st managerial change in 13 years under the ownership of the Pozzo family.

The LMA has recorded 19 managerial changes this season across the top four tiers of the men’s game and the top two of the women’s.

Thirteen of them are categorised as dismissals compared to just four across the same six leagues at the same time last year.

By the end of last season there had been 46 dismissals, down from 52 in 2023/24 and 56 in 22/23. With each of them there are commonly three or four coaches from the first team backroom staff also dismissed.

It is carnage. And watch this space. Those numbers are on course to be surpassed. And the Premier League will be at the heart of the volatility if Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley carry on collecting points.