Sean Dyche Set to Impose Strict Rule on Forest Squad

Nottingham Forest players are poised to follow a strict rule when Sean Dyche takes the reins at the City Ground.

Forest are about to make their second managerial appointment of the season, having given the boot to both Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou already.

Postecoglou lasted just eight winless games and 39 days at the helm and was sacked mere minutes after the 3-0 loss to Chelsea on Saturday.

Immediately a whole host of candidates were named as potential replacements for the 60-year-old, with former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini emerging as an option after discussions were held.

An approach for Fulham's Marco Silva was also considered but according to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Dyche is close to signing an agreement to become the new Forest manager and an official announcement is expected.

Dyche is set to be the new manager of Nottingham Forest. Image: Getty

Dyche's strict training rule

Dyche has vast experience of the Premier League with Burnley and Everton, particularly when it comes to galvanising a group and keeping teams in the top flight.

He is a known disciplinarian and when he arrived at Everton, Dyche immediately put his stamp on the squad by banning hats and snoods in training - as well as demanding every player wear shin pads in training as they would in a match.

Explaining the rule in his first press conference as Everton boss, Dyche said: "This has been going round for years and it drives me mad. Unless I’ve been out of the game for too long, you’re not allowed to wear hats when you play on a Saturday, you’re not allowed to wear snoods when you play on a Saturday and you have to, by the rules, wear shin pads. It is not rocket science.

"Everyone makes the mythical story that it’s hard lines from Sean Dyche. It is just common sense. You train how you play, how can you train how you play if you have 14 snoods on, 15 hats and leggings, no shin pads, white socks, it’s not relevant. I told the players, ‘these myths I’m going to bust them for you right now’.

Dyche had strict rules in place at both Everton and Burnley. Image: Getty

At Burnley, Dyche also had a 'spin the wheel' fine system for minor discrepancies and a lack of professionalism from players.

Players would spin a wheel and end up receiving a creative punishment - which varied from dinner, car valeting, sitting in the river and

"Some would be money, some would be payback of money and other things," Dyche explained on the inaugural SPORTbible stories podcast.

"One of them would be spin again for someone's car to be valeted - if it comes out with your number he has to pay for your car to be valeted.

"One that was a good one - they would have to be dinner for you and a mate or your partner, whichever. Of course someone tops it don't they, they hit the big one - bottle of champagne and all that. Before you know it they're screwed because the bill's coming in like four hundred quid.

"They have to pay it. That's just an example. There was a river by the training ground, we'd have to sit in the river for a minute.

"Lap dance - lap dance was hilarious. If you got a lap dance, you'd have to spin again and get the number for someone you'd do the lap dance for.

"[It was] genius. Hideous but genius."

Dyche's first game in charge of Forest could be the Europa League visit of Porto on Thursday.