Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche is at a bit of a crossroads in his tenure as the club’s head coach.
The Reds were abysmal against Leeds United on Friday night and now face a crunch test against Wolves with mounting pressure at the bottom of the table.
Wolves might already have one foot in the Championship next season, but Forest do still have a fighting chance in 17th place in the Premier League table.
Dyche has come under pressure in recent weeks, with the performances drawing criticism – even if some of the results haven’t been too bad.
Now, a big claim has been made ahead of the City Ground clash regarding the future of Dyche.
Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche
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Nottingham Forest could part with Sean Dyche
According to The Telegraph, Forest could decide to make a change in the managerial hot seat should the team fail to beat Wolves on Wednesday night.
Dyche has enjoyed some decent wins against Liverpool, Tottenham and Brentford, but it’s the nature of the vast majority of performances that has caused the biggest concern.
Forest have wasted huge opportunities to put daylight between them and the bottom three with two poor performances against Everton, a horror-show against Leeds and a drab showing against Fulham before Christmas.
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As a result, Dyche is under immense pressure to get things moving in the right direction and it’s claimed that Evangelos Marinakis could make a tough call should tomorrow’s result not go Forest’s way.
Dyche could be made to eat his words
Dyche was quizzed on his future in yesterday’s press conference ahead of the Wolves game.
He believes he retains the backing of the club’s hierarchy and given this latest report, he might now be made to look very foolish if he ends up leaving the club.
Dyche said: “The owner is well aware – and I made it clear to him – that this was never going to be smooth sailing all the way through, we have seen some hiccups; some good days and not so good days.
“I don’t think over one game, it is going to be that extreme where he is suddenly going to say ‘right, we need to change everything at the club for a fourth time’.
“You never know. But I am a realist, and he is as well, about the current situation and what we took over here.”
Time will now tell whether Dyche can survive the latest round of gossip speculating that his future might not be at Forest for much longer.
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