The head of North Village coach Elliott Jennings is now on the chopping block following Rams' mid-week Martonmere Cup meltdown against rejuvenated Dandy Town.

Jennings could be facing the sack after watching his players concede seven goals in a match for the second time in three weeks during Tuesday's humbling 7-3 Martonmere Cup loss to Hornets.

The ex-Bermuda international attributes his team's most recent catipulation to a plethora of "schoolboy errors" which has not made his job at the top any easier.

Rams' leaky defence have struggled in the absences of key cogs such as Damon Edwards and ex-Bermuda Hogge Robert Wilson, leaving lynchpin Kofi Dill to hold the slack on his own.

Village, who were also on the receiving end of a seven-pack from PHC Zebras (7-1) in the Charity Cup last month, are away this weekend to Premier Division newboys Southampton Rangers at Southampton Oval in a match from which coach Jennings knows that anything short of a point could cost him his job.

"Hopefully we can get a good result on Sunday and then go on from there or else this could very well be the last time you interview me as coach of North Village," Jennings told The Royal Gazette.

"It might have been a blessing that we lost in another cup match (Martonmere) which should keep my job for at least another week. When you play for a team like Village, it's not all fun and games and someone has to go down when things don't go accordingly.

"If we have another result (loss) on Sunday, who knows what will happen to my job? But if they (Village) do see fit to release me then it won't be a problem because somebody has to take the responsibility – and I don't have a problem with that."

Jennings made it no secret he intended to make changes at the rear to try and shore up his team's porous defence which has now conceded only four goals less than they did during last season's entire league campaign.

"We are definitely going to make some changes at the back and I am hoping some of senior players can come in and add some stability to the team, in particular in our defence. We don't have any problem moving forward . . . .we just have to try and defend much better," the Village coach added.

"There are basically a couple of things we need to work on and I am trying to bring some of my elder statesmen in to shore things up a bit."

Village have also struggled in the absences of number one 'keeper Jason Williams and Zane Hendrickson. Williams is presently studying abroad while Hendrickson has pulled anchor and transfered to nearby Boulevard Blazers, leaving Calvin Augustus with big shoes to fill between the posts.

So far Augustus has not enjoyed the best of times while performing his duties as this week's drubbing was the second time this season he's endured the indignity of picking the ball out of the back of the net on seven occasions in a match.

Still, Jennings has vowed to soldier on with his confidence-battered goalie.

"Calvin will eventually come good. It's just a matter of him getting readjusted to playing again. He's our new goalkeeper who hasn't played in years and so it's important that we try and defend better to protect him," he added.

In Albert Smith's Rangers, Rams will come up against an unknown quantity over the weekend. Jennings, though, remains optimistic his team can quickly pick up the pieces and get their season back on track at the Oval come Sunday.

"Hopefully we can bounce back and stabilise a bit and then go on from there. The main thing right now is that we can't look too far forward. We have to steady the ship and not take anything for granted. At the moment our focus is on Sunday because we are taking things one game at a time," he said.

As for this week's roasting against Hornets, Jennings admitted: "The players were upset, but that's life. If you don't do the right things you get punished. But we can't blame any one player because it was a collective loss . . . we just made too many schoolboy errors."