Dyche dismisses job fears as Forest fight the drop

Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche has dismissed talk about his job and insisted one game will not define his future.

Forest host Wolves on Wednesday but know if West Ham beat Manchester United on Tuesday their three-point advantage over the 18th-placed Hammers will disappear.

Dyche was nominated for Premier League manager of the month for January and Forest were unbeaten in four top-flight games before Friday’s 3-1 defeat at Elland Road.

Owner Evangelos Marinakis has already sacked Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou this season but Dyche rejected any suggestions the Leeds loss has left him in jeopardy.

“The ownership have always had contact with me,” 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.

“We came off after the Palace game [a 1-1 draw] and got a really important point. It was a good point following a 10 v 11 situation [after Neco Williams’ red card] and he [Marinakis] was congratulating me.

“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.