Nottingham Forest are set to announce the appointment of Vitor Pereira as the man to replace Sean Dyche at the City Ground.
Dyche was sacked by Forest after his team failed to beat Wolves at the City Ground, with the 0-0 draw leaving the Reds just three points above the relegation zone.
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This is just ridiculous, should we have persisted with Dyche?
It was claimed that senior players held a meeting with Evangelos Marinakis after Wednesday’s draw, with Dyche departing from his role shortly after.
Now, Forest academy graduate Jermaine Jenas believes that the decision could be extremely detrimental to the club when it comes to trying to stay up.
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Why Jermaine Jenas thinks Sean Dyche sacking could backfire
Jenas knows all about playing for Forest at a time when the club is in turmoil, with his £5 million transfer to Newcastle in 2002 pretty much saving the club.
As a Nottingham-born lad, Jenas still cares deeply about Forest, and he believes that the club could now regret the decision to part with Dyche whilst embroiled in a relegation battle.
He said on the latest episode of the Wildcards Podcast: “I’m surprised if I’m honest with you. I am very surprised.
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“I think that it’s quite clear that under the owner Marinakis, it’s a volatile environment for managers to go to.
“I think there are like two things here. Do you know any new managers that he’s going to be trying to attract?
“You know it’s one of those jobs that you know you’re not going to be there for a long time, almost no matter what.
“It kind of shows the ruthless nature that the owner’s working under.
“Which can’t be nice for anybody in that environment.
“Ok, you know, a lot of people say well he adopted a team that finished like fifth/sixth in the Premier League and was in Europe but essentially what Sean Dyche walked into was chaos he walked into a situation where um you know the previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo wasn’t happy they were losing games they were on a downward spiral already down there in the league earlier on and you know that whole breakup with Nuno wasn’t pretty it was very public in terms of the way that it was handled.
“I felt he came in and he’s done a decent enough job. I think there have been a couple of games that have really obviously hit home.
“I think the game against Leeds away and then the game obviously last night with Wolves has tipped the balance in terms of what the owner’s thinking. He obviously earmarked those two games and said those are must-win games. But to be operating as a team and as a management and staff under that scrutiny so early on in your managerial tenure. It just seems weird to me. It seems weird. And that’ll be three managers in one season. I mean, that’s just wild. Absolutely wild.”
Forest have taken a risk by sacking Dyche
In our view, the decision to sack Dyche isn’t necessarily the problem; it was appointing him at a time when there were still 90 points to play for in the first place.
From the moment Dyche walked into the club, he spoke about a relegation battle, which shouldn’t have been his mindset when arriving in November.
Jenas is right to suggest that this is something of a risk, and let’s face it, if Forest were sacking a manager in their current situation right now, they’d probably turn to Dyche.
However, Marinakis is clearly deeply concerned about the current situation and with West Ham playing well below the Reds, the prospect of relegation is now alive.
Only time will tell whether Forest fans – including Jenas – are right to hold reservations about whether Marinakis has hit the jackpot once again with his latest bold decision.
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