We're now five matches into this Premier League season and the talk of who will be the first manager to lose their job is already heightening. It seems as each week goes by the pressure heaps on the men in charge of some of England's biggest football clubs.

It only takes a run of three or four games without a win and all of a sudden your head is on the chopping block, some may feel it's far too early to be talking about managers getting the sack, but in boardrooms across the country chairman are likely getting nervy as they decide whether or not to stick or twist with the current man in charge.

A change of manager in around the next few weeks gives time for a new incumbent to come in and turn a club's fortunes around. You only have to look at Sam Allardyce at Sunderland last season as a perfect example... how the Black Cats could do with him now.

With the dust now settling on another weekend's Premier League action, let's have a look at three men who may win the race they don't particularly want to to be in...

Mark Hughes

Without doubt, the pressure is currently on Mark Hughes at Stoke, his club sit at the bottom of the league table and are shipping goals left right and centre. They have conceded 14 in their first five matches, that's an average of 2.8-per-game and nowhere near good enough for a side who have been comfortably sitting in the top half over the last few seasons.

They are obviously missing Jack Butland with Shay Given seemingly looking more out of his depth as each week goes by, but it would be unfair to portion all of the blame on the former Ireland international.

The departure of Philipp Wollscheid was somewhat of a head scratcher and he is one player that hasn't been adequately replaced, while Ryan Shawcross is falling far short of setting a captain's example. Add that to summer signings that haven't lived up to early expectations and you can begin to see the kind of picture that is being painted at Stoke.

Tony Pulis

The impressive 4-2 win over West Ham was the first time that West Brom have scored four times under Tony Pulis and Baggies fans will no doubt say that it has been a long time coming. The football at The Hawthorns has never been the easiest on the eye... and that is being generous.

That win will have bought Pulis some breathing space but with Chinese owners completing their takeover that in itself will bring new pressures to the former Stoke manager. Under previous chairman Jeremy Peace the remit was always just to stay in the Premier League but will that be enough of a return on this new Chinese investment?

Francesco Guidolin

The 60-year-old Italian arrived at The Liberty Stadium at the tail end of last season and it's fair to say he worked wonders as he pulled Swansea away from the drop zone with them subsequently staying up with weeks to spare but is Guidolin going through his own 'second season syndrome'?

It's well documented that life after Ashley Williams hasn't been all that easy, but what is more worrying for Guidolin is the lack of goals from his forward line so far.

The two big signings in that department, Fernando Llorente, who has looked a little off the pace, and Borja Baston, who only made his debut as a substitute against Southampton, have to get firing. The fact that Leroy Fer is the club's top scorer says it all.