Perhaps Ken Choo will now be granted his wish and the Cardiff CEO can begin flicking through those CVs he collected before this south Wales Derby.
If this doesn't spell the end for Mick McCarthy, you wonder how many more straws his back can take. Certainly this defeat, No 6 on the spin and at the home of their fiercest rivals, will do little to soften the mood of those Cardiff fans heading back down the M4.
Earlier Choo had boarded one of their buses. 'Get a new manager,' one supporter pleaded. 'I wish we had a new manager,' replied the Cardiff chief, who then wandered down the bus, allegedly asking for 'new manager applications..' Surely not? Well, Choo didn't deny it. Instead he laughed the incident off.
Jamie Paterson's (middle) long-range strike sent Swansea towards a 3-0 win over Cardiff
The result inflicted a sixth straight defeat on under-fire boss Mick McCarthy's (right) Cardiff
A rather unsavoury circus, all told, in which Swansea basked to secure the biggest win of Russell Martin's early tenure.
Before this, only points difference separated these sides near the foot of the Championship. Make that a three-point lead which, on this evidence, will only grow.
Jamie Paterson inspired Swansea, scoring one stunner and brilliantly creating two more - for Joel Piroe and Jake Bidwell.
Penny for Choo's thoughts now. Very few owners would be persuaded that six successive defeats warrant much stay of execution.
Paterson's first-half effort hit both posts before going in for the South Wales showdown opener
Even fewer Cardiff fans could
