Nicky Law prepares to play executioner at Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow, insisting: Don't blame us if Terry Yorath gets the sack.
City's first win at Hillsborough for 88 years would almost certainly spell the end of Yorath's 11-month reign.
Law (pictured), a candidate to replace him, has some sympathy for the former Bantams boss. But he said: "If we're fortunate enough to go there and win, it isn't going to be that game that got him
dismissed.
"Losing to us might be the final straw but it is what has gone on before.
"It's sad when anybody is under pressure but we're professionals and have a job to do and that's to win the game.
"There is a lot of pressure there and we've got to make sure we can apply some more and try to turn the supporters against them.
"When they start jeering against the players, it's not the greatest place to be."
Law's name has already appeared in the frame should Yorath get the push but it does not bother the City chief.
He added: "There are a few positions to be filled and I'm going to get linked with them until anything concrete happens, if it does.
"But I've got a job to do here which I enjoy and I'll carry on.
"One club has jumped and everyone has followed and there are lots of changes of manager, including a few surprises. People can't afford to be unsuccessful.
"There is only one certainty about football management and that is that one day you will get the sack. You can't come into the game with your rose-tinted glasses, you know the consequences of failure.
"There aren't going to be many Dario Gradis, because of the nature of the game now. If you're frightened of the sack you wouldn't come into this job.
"You don't worry about it and just do the job to the best of your ability. At the end of the day if that's not good enough, then you hold your hands up."
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