Fulham finally got their first win of the season on Saturday, and that has taken a huge chunk of pressure off Alvaro Arbeloa.
After Fulham took only two points from their first six matches, many were calling for Arbeloa’s head, and it seemed, when the likes of Thomas Frank, Eddie Howe and Kieran McKenna were being lined up to replace the Spaniard, that there was only one way the weekend was going to go.
In the end, it could not have been any different, with Fulham completely dominant, putting in a totally dominant performance to defeat Hull and get their way off the foot of the Premier League table.
On another day, Fulham could easily have won this game 4-0; that really would have been a statement, but they did not have their finishing boots on that day.
What the result does do is very clearly give Fulham a hugely important three points and it gives Arbeloa a bit of breathing room and of course, most critically in football, some time.
However, this is not some sort of job done, and now he can relax situation.
Arbeloa will still very much end up in serious trouble this weekend if Fulham fail to get something out of Coventry on Saturday.
That is a match that for all intents and purposes, Fulham have got to get something out of.
The rumours suggested that Fulham needed four points out of Hull and Coventry for Arbeloa to keep his job.
Now that he has got three points, a point against Coventry will be enough to keep him temporarily in his job.
But with matches against Aston Villa and Newcastle to come, Fulham in all honesty, need more than just a draw here.
But what does Arbeloa need to do for that to happen?
Well, Fulham are improving in terms of defensive metrics, conceding seven goals in the first three games and just three in the last four.
That is due to a tactical shift that has certainly made Fulham harder to play against, with the full-backs not bombing as far forward as they did in the first few matches.
It is also no coincidence that Fulham have developed a sense of defensive soundness since Sander Berge and Shea Charles have begun regularly playing 90 minutes together.
What has also happened is that Fulham’s rate of scoring has gone down notably.
Four goals in the first three matches, three in the next four is not as big a drop off as their defensive improvements.
But going four straight matches without scoring more than one goal is a slight worry.
The good thing is, Fulham are eighth in the expected goals table, and whatever you think of that as a statistic, it does tell us that Fulham have been getting routinely unlucky.
If the Cottagers play against Coventry as they did against Hull, they will be fine.
Hopefully the nerves in the final five minutes of matches have been eradicated, with Fulham holding on even despite losing Ryan Sessegnon to a red card.
And a win against Coventry will take all the talk of Arbeloa being sacked away and bring a new sense of confidence into the last two matches before the next international break - that is what Fulham and the Spaniard will be hoping for on Saturday.