Sean Dyche has slammed his Nottingham Forest sacking as ‘madness’

Sean Dyche has slammed his Nottingham Forest sacking as ‘madness’, saying he is still ‘scratching his head’ at the decision

“Well, I don’t [understand], statistically and factually, no emotion to it, if you look at the stats and facts – even after the last game, against Wolves. Our current form at that time was ninth in the Premier League.

“The stats and facts were there, clear as day. From my record, from when we got there to when we ended, we’d have been 12th in the Premier League.

“So on factual data and analysis, I can’t understand any of the decisions that were made. But football is changing, and we witnessed it.

“The bigger picture with football now is it’s like selling chocolate teapots. People come out with these stories about how ‘we’re this club’. You go: ‘No, you’re not. You’ve had one good season in 30 odd.’

“You’re trying to remind the fanbase – this is where the keyboard warriors get really powerful, by the way – of the truth of what it is rather than what you think it is. It’s very difficult now.”

“I’m scratching my head. Me and my staff were going: ‘Well, we’ve got all the data, the stats and facts.’ Lowest physical performing team in the Premier League when we took over, so what do you want me to do then? Not get them fitter? I mean, it’s just madness, right?”