Nottingham Forest face league leaders Arsenal on Saturday evening, after they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship outfit Wrexham on penalties.
It will be a tall order to immediately get back to winning ways, yet Forest at the City Ground will be looking to replicate their performance from last season, when they held The Gunners to a goalless draw.
In Ange Postecoglou’s first game in charge, they were swept aside at the Emirates 3-0, but with a seven-point gap to West Ham United, who sit in the relegation zone, perhaps at least the manner of the performance takes greater precedence.
Dyche praised what Arsenal have become aside from their financial advantage, and their threat in-possession.
"They’ve put a lot of money into that side, they've got some very productive players and they've become a strong unit. That's good coaching as well, money doesn't win everything. You've still got to coach these people."
He added: "They keep the ball well, they've been productive, they get the ball forward quicker than they have done previously. Everyone talks about their set pieces, but they're not just a set piece outfit that's for sure, they're a very strong outfit."
As Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior insisted before his side’s narrow loss to Arsenal on Wednesday night, Dyche also believes Arsenal have many strings to their bow.
However, Forest must be wary of one of Arsenal’s main sources of goals, which will look to exploit Forest’s unresolved vulnerability from corners.
Dyche came away with a draw the last time he faced Arsenal when he was at Everton, when The Toffees resiliently defended Arsenal’s waves of attacks.
To yield a similar result this time out and to inject some belief into the Forest faithful about looking forwards rather than constantly looking over their shoulders, something he alluded to throughout the press conference, certain principles have to be in place.
"You’ve got to work hard that's for sure, but that should be a prerequisite, as we just discussed it wasn't against Wrexham. You’ve got to do all the basics well. You've got to work and wait for your opportunities sometimes."