City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has had a series of talks with owner Thaksin Shinawatra follwing the 3-2 home defeat.
And despite guiding City to their best-ever Premiership finish in his first year in charge, the former England coach looks set to be forced out of the club.
There were concerns about Sven's future before the game but the issue has escalated dramatically since the weekend, which is somewhat surprising given Thaksin's comments in Saturday's programme.
It featured a couple of pieces with the City owner, which looked like a bid to stem speculation about Sven being sacked this summer. In one, a lenghty interview with Paul McDowell, Thaksin confirmed his 3-year plan for the club.
"I have a very definite plan, a strategy," he said. "The 1st year top 10; the 2nd year to qualify for Europe; and the 3rd year we want to be in the top 4 and qualify for the Champions League.
"We have to fit the plan. I know from what we have alreay shown this year that a top-6 spot will not be too much pressure but to break into the top 4 will."
City's fantastic start under Eriksson raised expectations of a top-6 finish in Thaksin's first year at the helm.
"In the beginning, I planned that we should be in the top 10, and when we were in 4th and 5th spot for several months I thought then, why don't we aim for the UEFA Cup in this 1st season?" he added.
"But I know it is not easy as the Carling Cup, for instance, has gone to Spurs and that changed the places available for European qualification - but we are set to finish in the top 10 and that is what we wanted to do in the original strategy for this season."
A poor run of form does happen in football, and despite initially admitting he was disappointed by City's performance in the 2nd half of the season, Thaksin appeared to accept that.
A late capitulation can also happen in football, as it did against Fulham on Saturday, yet Sven still had to plead for understanding.
"We gave away 3 points and we only have ourselves to blame," he said. "But 20 minutes in one season can't affect anything if you're looking at the big picture of the future.
"It will be a good lesson because to be fighting for a Champions League position, you can't do what we did."
It was very disappointing to concede 3 goals in the last 20 minutes, including a last-gasp winner, but the main reason that happened is because we were playing open football and pushing for the 3 points, which apparently Thaksin wants.
"I want to see a passing game," he added in Saturday's programme. "We saw it, for instance, when I came back on my last visit and we beat Spurs. When you watch this type of football you feel very happy. Even if you don't win, you are very happy."
The fuss Thaksin has kicked up since Saturday's defeat shows that he does not actually believe that, and the League Managers Association has also come out today questioning Thaksin's football knowledge.
But regardless of the fact Thaksin has no understanding of football, his case to question Sven's position doesn't stand up in any sort of business sense, which along with politics is supposed to be his specialist field.
Sven has met each of the objectives laid out above, so tell me which sort of company makes changes when the business plan has been carried out to the letter!
Thaksin clearly hasn't got a clue, and although his advisers are supposed to explain what is happening, I fear they are actually stirring it up.
We're going to open a poll on Sven but I'm pretty sure what the verdict will be on this one.
You can also show your support for Sven by signing up to this petition...
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/petition-sign.cgi?savesven
It's almost up to 5,000 already!!
And despite guiding City to their best-ever Premiership finish in his first year in charge, the former England coach looks set to be forced out of the club.
There were concerns about Sven's future before the game but the issue has escalated dramatically since the weekend, which is somewhat surprising given Thaksin's comments in Saturday's programme.
It featured a couple of pieces with the City owner, which looked like a bid to stem speculation about Sven being sacked this summer. In one, a lenghty interview with Paul McDowell, Thaksin confirmed his 3-year plan for the club.
"I have a very definite plan, a strategy," he said. "The 1st year top 10; the 2nd year to qualify for Europe; and the 3rd year we want to be in the top 4 and qualify for the Champions League.
"We have to fit the plan. I know from what we have alreay shown this year that a top-6 spot will not be too much pressure but to break into the top 4 will."
City's fantastic start under Eriksson raised expectations of a top-6 finish in Thaksin's first year at the helm.
"In the beginning, I planned that we should be in the top 10, and when we were in 4th and 5th spot for several months I thought then, why don't we aim for the UEFA Cup in this 1st season?" he added.
"But I know it is not easy as the Carling Cup, for instance, has gone to Spurs and that changed the places available for European qualification - but we are set to finish in the top 10 and that is what we wanted to do in the original strategy for this season."
A poor run of form does happen in football, and despite initially admitting he was disappointed by City's performance in the 2nd half of the season, Thaksin appeared to accept that.
A late capitulation can also happen in football, as it did against Fulham on Saturday, yet Sven still had to plead for understanding.
"We gave away 3 points and we only have ourselves to blame," he said. "But 20 minutes in one season can't affect anything if you're looking at the big picture of the future.
"It will be a good lesson because to be fighting for a Champions League position, you can't do what we did."
It was very disappointing to concede 3 goals in the last 20 minutes, including a last-gasp winner, but the main reason that happened is because we were playing open football and pushing for the 3 points, which apparently Thaksin wants.
"I want to see a passing game," he added in Saturday's programme. "We saw it, for instance, when I came back on my last visit and we beat Spurs. When you watch this type of football you feel very happy. Even if you don't win, you are very happy."
The fuss Thaksin has kicked up since Saturday's defeat shows that he does not actually believe that, and the League Managers Association has also come out today questioning Thaksin's football knowledge.
But regardless of the fact Thaksin has no understanding of football, his case to question Sven's position doesn't stand up in any sort of business sense, which along with politics is supposed to be his specialist field.
Sven has met each of the objectives laid out above, so tell me which sort of company makes changes when the business plan has been carried out to the letter!
Thaksin clearly hasn't got a clue, and although his advisers are supposed to explain what is happening, I fear they are actually stirring it up.
We're going to open a poll on Sven but I'm pretty sure what the verdict will be on this one.
You can also show your support for Sven by signing up to this petition...
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/petition-sign.cgi?savesven
It's almost up to 5,000 already!!