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DYCHE MUST RESTORE SOLID DEFENSIVE FOUNDATIONS
Irish Daily Star
|October 21, 2025
SEAN DYCHE is poised to become Nottingham Forest's third head coach of the season. SARAH CLAPSON takes a look at what will be on his to-do list.
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TIGHTEN UP THE DEFENCE
THE key to Forest's success last term was their rock-solid back line. Matz Sels lifted the Golden Glove award after keeping 13 clean sheets while Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo proved a formidable centre-back pairing. Added to that, Ola Aina and Neco Williams were consistently good at full-back.
The fact you have to go back to April 1 for Forest's last clean sheet shows how some of their struggles pre-date Postecoglou's reign.
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This story is from the October 21, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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