Mark Bosnich: Making sense of Premier League bloodbath, what comes next for Spurs and Forest?

A week is a long time in politics, as the old saying goes, but a day is a long time in football.

Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest both decided to sack their managers in a bid to stave off Premier League relegation, and while many fans may have been surprised, I wasn't.

Let's start with Spurs. They had no choice. They really didn't, once it became apparent that they were in the thick of a relegation battle.

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And for me, it became apparent quite some time ago that Thomas Frank had lost the fans.

They are only five points out of the relegation zone and I think they had to move. I feel sorry for him, and for any manager that loses his job, but nothing looked like changing under Frank.

So what next? I like the idea of the Italian Roberto De Zerbi taking the reins.

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He's just left Marseille and I think he'd be a really good fit. He's got experience in the Champions League and Premier League, where he took Brighton to Europe.

I would go for him immediately. I can see no better candidate right now, should he be interested.

If not, they may look for an older manager to hold the fort until the end of the season and just make sure they stay up.

FORGET ABOUT AN ANGE RETURN AT SPURS

We can put a line through Ange Postecoglou's name after his comments on the Stick to Football podcast interview.

I can understand where Ange is coming from but he would have known about the wage structure situation at Spurs before he signed on.

I feel really sorry for the fans, because there's a real lack of direction in what they are trying to achieve, and for the players, who aren't exactly sure how they are supposed to be playing.

No matter what you thought of Daniel Levy, he was there for 24 years and did bring some sense of stability to the club. That's all gone now.

They need to be really careful now because relegation would be an absolute disaster.

You're never too big to go down.

FOREST TURN TO EX-WOLVES BOSS

Forest's decision to sack Dyche was also quite predictable. You only have to look at the history of their owner, Evangelos Marinakis.

Ex-Wolves boss Vitor Pereira has agreed to be their fourth permanent manager this season, which is a Premier League record. Marinakis is even more trigger happy at Olympiacos.

I thought Dyche would be able to keep Forest out of choppy relegation waters but they are only three points above 18th placed West Ham.

They've secured a place in the knockout stage of the Europa League but their league position has suffered.

West Ham are now managed by former Forest boss Nuno. Can you imagine if he is the man that sends Forest back to the Championship?

That'd be too much to handle for Marinakis. Pereira guided Wolves to safety last season but was sacked after a disastrous start to this campaign.

THE MAGIC OF THE CUP

The Premier League has a brief break this weekend as all eyes turn to the magic of the FA Cup instead. The pick of the fourth round fixtures for me is Aston Villa at home to Newcastle United on Sunday (AEDT).

Villa are only seven points behind Arsenal and so I don't think they are out of the title race.

They have a busy fixture list but there's nothing better than having runs in cup competitions. They should keep going as much as they possibly can.

Why not go as far as you can in all competitions?

Newcastle have found squad rotation a harder balancing act than Villa this season. When you're out of the team, you can be a bit down, and maybe not quite as sharp as you normally would be, mentally and physically.

Then all of a sudden your manager wants you to play and it sometimes can take time.