Nottingham Forest: problems or solutions? Jungle battle with relegation under Sean Dyche

Injuries have not helped Dyche with Chris Wood – who played with him at Burnley – unavailable since his appointment.

Last season’s top scorer with 20 goals underwent knee surgery in December, without specifying a time frame for recovery.

Matz Szils is also out until March with a thigh injury, meaning Forest have used four different goalkeepers in the league this season.

Stefan Ortega made his debut against Leeds after Angus Gunn replaced Sales midway through the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.

Gunn is now in line to play in the Europa League play-off at Fenerbahce next week with only the Scotland international – a free transfer from Norwich – and Sales included in Forest’s European squad.

John Victor will miss the season with a knee injury, having replaced Sills for five games before Christmas. This comes after Sils did not waste a single minute last season, on his way to winning the Golden Glove with Arsenal’s David Raya.

Key centre-back Murilo has struggled with hamstring problems in Leeds’ defeat in the last game he missed, while Nicolo Savona has a knee problem.

However, despite any extenuating circumstances, Forest have failed to emerge from this relegation, and there will always be questions.

However, Daichi walked out of the fight on Monday, taking issue with the suggestion that his position was uncertain.

“On the same day I was [nominated for] “Manager of the month, people are saying I should be sacked. This is new to me – I’ve been doing this for a long time,” he said.