Atletico for me is a synonym of a third team in La Liga. In last 10 seasons, they won one, been 2nd twice and had been 3rd the rest. There's no another name except Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid when it comes to top three. So, whatever the performance is, there's not really much pressure unless Atletico loses its third place. There have been some changes on Atletico I didn't liked like the departure of Angel Correa, Rodrigo De Paul and Samuel Lino all of whom had a great field presence. The offense of Atletico is still solid with Alexander Sorloth, Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann but they need to work better on defense with the new players.
Yeah, I agree with you here, no much pressure will come to him simply because the club understands the position of the team in the league, if they somehow eventually win the league, they will be happy but if they don't, they already know where they belong. It's trams like Real Madrid and Barcelona that their coaches will be under pressure if they fail to win any trophy after at least 2 seasons. They know their worth and can't settle for less.