Four managers in one season: Inside Forest's chaos
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Sean Dyche has become the third manager to be sacked by Nottingham Forest this season, following Wednesday night's goalless draw at home to Wolves.
Former Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira is in pole position to succeed Dyche and would follow on from Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou as the other men to have taken charge of Forest this season.
Sitting just three points above the relegation zone, can a fourth manager of the season save Forest from the drop?
Host: Adam Leventhal
With: Paul Taylor, Nick Miller and Tim Spiers
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Guy Clarke, Jay Beale and Paul Iliffe
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:04.5 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Adam Leventhal. |
| 0:08.8 | So it is getting very, very nervy at the bottom of the Premier League. |
| 0:13.0 | Less than 24 hours after Thomas Frank was sacked by Spurs, Nottingham Forest have |
| 0:18.9 | parted company with Sean Deich. So is a fourth manager of the season |
| 0:24.2 | what they need to avoid the drop? And is the ex-Wolves boss, Vito Pereira, the man to save them? |
| 0:34.3 | Well, joining us for this one is our Nottingham Forest correspondent, Paul Taylor and Nick Miller as well. |
| 0:41.5 | So Forrest, their 17th, three points above the relegation zone and West Ham. |
| 0:46.9 | And their last two games lost to relegation rivals leads and then drew nil-nill at home against wolves on Wednesday night, which was the |
| 0:55.6 | final straw for Evangelos Marinakis, the owner of Forrest. Paul, are you surprised that this |
| 1:03.1 | has happened? Do you know what? Last night didn't really feel like a sacking performance in many |
| 1:08.1 | senses, but it wasn't a decision that was based on the back of |
| 1:11.3 | one game. Forrest were actually quite, not unlucky, but unfortunate not to get the win, |
| 1:18.6 | the must win result that Dice needed to kind of preserve his job last night. They had 35 efforts |
| 1:23.8 | on goal at an XG of 2.8, which was their biggest ever in the Premier League |
| 1:28.6 | without ever scoring. But it was just a straw that broke the camel's back. The shadow of |
| 1:33.8 | poor performances against Leeds United, twice against Everton, and a dismal display in Braga |
| 1:40.4 | were what were hanging over, Sean Deis. And that really was what cumulatively added up to |
| 1:46.8 | the forest hierarchy deciding that they needed to make yet another change during what's |
| 1:51.5 | been a remarkably chaotic season. Nick, let's get your take on this because the form |
| 1:57.5 | overall isn't that bad for a team in a relegation scrap. |
| 2:03.0 | Nine points from six games. |
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