Danny Murphy was left red-faced after his televised recommendation to retain Sean Dyche as Nottingham Forest manager backfired spectacularly just moments later. However, Murphy's confident assessment proved embarrassingly premature when news broke of Dyche's sacking shortly after the programme aired. "I think for this battle at the bottom you couldn't have a better manager than him," Murphy stated. Evangelos Marinakis is currently looking for Sean Dyche's replacement at Nottingham Forest | Speaking just hours before his departure, Dyche appeared to sense his fate was sealed. Dyche also offered a philosophical observation about the modern game: "What I'm saying is owners are owners.

Source: BBC February 12, 2026 12:36 UTC