Sean Dyche was often spotted at the City Ground while out of work. The Nottingham Forest job has been of interest to him for a long time, and not only because he lives close by. The circumstances in which the role has become available are not ideal for an incoming head coach but his appointment is the pragmatic choice in ludicrous circumstances.

Ange Postecoglou was never the right man, inheriting a squad that did not suit his style and did not adapt quickly enough, though it did not help that he told the players their previous achievements meant nothing. His tenure will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. Dyche, on the other hand, has plenty of respect for what was achieved at Forest under Nuno Espírito Santo and is far more aligned with that conservatism than with what was witnessed under Postecoglou.

Forest needed someone who will not require time to assess what they are working with, and Dyche knows this squad well, having watched on from near and far. He had been thought about at the club for a while because of his record in the Premier League with Burnley and Everton. Forest were impressed...