Lavicka has gone from double champ to chump in just a matter of months after taking his defending titleholders to the foot of the table, with just four wins from 22 games.

Despite winning both the Premiership and Championship last season, Lavicka allowed keeper Clint Bolton to leave for Melbourne Heart without even offering a new contract.

Defensive mainstay Simon Colosimo and veteran strike ace John Aloisi followed to the new club, while pay talks broke down with midfielder Karol Kisel and Steve Corica retired, robbing the team of its rock solid spine.

They were replaced with the injury-plagued veteran Hayden Foxe, left back/winger Scott Jamieson and new Brazilian striker Bruno Cazarine, while Liam Reddy took Bolton's gloves.

Lavicka's star signing was fringe Socceroo Nicky Carle, lured back from the UK as their key playmaker to replace Corica, only to be plagued by injuries and miss most of the season.

While Cazarine has fitted into his role as target man efficiently, initially keeping Sydney's goal tally in line with their title run last year, the side has been undone by its poor defence and lack of midfield creativity.

An initial reluctance to promote youth players has also been criticised, along with degenerating on-field technique.

Lavicka has shouldered the blame entirely on himself, insisting the recruits were those he wanted to make and the resources offered him everything he wanted.

But now he may pay the price for the team's dismal lack of success this season.

They face Newcastle Jets on Monday without a win, draw or even a goal in their last five games, and are rooted to the foot of the A-League ladder.

Rumours swept around yesterday that Lavicka would be axed before the Jets game, but they were dismissed by the club last night.

Today the club issued a statement saying Lavicka's future would discuss his future later in January and may ultimately be decided at the mid-January board meeting where his performance will come under intense scrutiny.

He is currently midway through his one year contract and unless he can turn Sydney's shocking form around in the upcoming games against the Jets and Gold Coast United five days later, his fate may be sealed.

Sydney FC Vice-Chairman Scott Barlow added: “As the club has said all along, we will sit down collectively in January and discuss everything.

"This is an agreed upon process which has been in place for an extended period of time.

“Recent suggestions that Vitezslav will not be coach for Monday night’s game against the Newcastle Jets are simply untrue.”