That’s the unvarnished view of Japan-based former Central Coast Mariners gun Mitchell Duke, who is in his fourth season with J1 rivals Shimizu S-Pulse - and well placed to assess the intensity of the heat being thrown the way of the former Socceroos coach.
Yokohama, part-owned by the City Football Group, are just a point clear of the the drop zone with 12 games remaining.
And should results continue to go against them, Duke - all too familiar with the cut-throat nature of the league - can envision the samurai sword being wielded before the year is out.
“Yokohama are a massive club with a big history and with three games left in this month, I think it could be a very important time for Ange, to be honest,” Duke predicted.
“He needs results, otherwise it’s getting down to the wire and it will be a question of do they show faith him for the rest of the season?
“Or, do they say ‘it’s getting a bit too close for comfort now and we need to get somebody else in’.
“That wouldn’t surprise me because I’ve been here four years and I’m working under my fourth coach.
“We’re not one of the bigger clubs, and they tend to be even more ruthless.
“We had a bit of a slump before the World Cup break and teams doing better than us were getting rid of coaches.
“The Urawa Red Diamonds coach was sacked after about eight games and they were doing better than us.
“It’s just a ruthless world, especially over here in Asia.”
Yokohama have lost five of their last seven and have conceded 40 goals in 22 games, the worst defensive record in the division.
Their remaining games this month are at home to Vegalta Sendai in the Emperor’s Cup on Wednesday, away to Vissel Kobe on Sunday and home to Duke’s Shimizu three days later.
They finished fifth last season under Frenchman Erick Mombaerts, and also reached the Emperor’s Cup final.
Expectations were high under Postecoglou and some accusing fingers have been pointing his way.
According to Duke, it’s not so much about the losing the dressing room, as losing the fans in Japan.
“Clubs here pay a lot of attention to the mood of the fans, and hopefully they will keep believing in Ange and don’t turn against him because that can play a part in decisions (made by clubs),” Duke added.
“In my first year when we got relegated we went through two coaches and the supporters were fairly brutal.
“In our last home match they were pretty much booing us the whole game and making it clear what they thought of the coach’s record.
“They even put up banners showing the coach’s (win-loss) ratio and were pretty tough. He was gone after that.
“Hopefully Ange can turn it around because it would be great for him to see out a full season. But he’ll need to start getting a few more results, I guess.
“It’s a tough time for him but the thing is that in most of his games they’ve been playing decent football.
“I’m a bit surprised by their position. Some of their combination play has been really good.”
Despite Yokohama’s perilous position, they are just nine points off ninth position, with Duke explaining: “It’s been the craziest year I’ve seen in the league in terms of how even every team is.
“Any team from fourth to last can beat the other - and a couple of wins and you can jump six positions.
“We’re sitting 11th but are only five points away from the relegation spots ourselves.
“By the same token we’re only eight points off fourth.
“With Yokohama under Ange they beat Vegalta 8-2, then lost 5-2 to Tokyo the next week. The league has been nuts this season.”
Postecoglou has felt the wrath of the fans first hand on occasion.
“At the end of each game we go around and bow to the supporters at each section of the stadium,” Duke said.
“After a loss, especially if they think you can do better, you do get smashed. They are very vocal about that.
“I saw a video of Ange facing the supporters after one game and unfortunately they weren’t happy and made it very clear.
“I know what that feels like. When there is relegation involved no fan wants to see their team go down, and that’s fair enough.”
