Wayne Jacobs has backed Terry Yorath to bounce back whatever happens in Bradford City's clash tomorrow with Sheffield Wednesday.
Former City boss Yorath could become the next victim of football's sacking season if Wednesday don't beat City at Hillsborough tomorrow.
Yorath is surviving on a knife-edge, with another defeat set to seal his fate.
But Jacobs, while plotting a Bantams success in his home city, insists that Yorath is a strong enough character to bounce back.
Jacobs said: "Taff is under immense pressure but he'll know that more than anybody. He has been in football a long time and he's not a naive man.
"He's fully aware what might happen if the result goes against them but that won't faze him at all.
"Taff is a confident person in himself and in his own ability and he'll walk away with his head held high.
"He might win the game and go on to be manager there for years to come. He might lose it and lose his job.
"But knowing him as a man, he will bounce back whatever. Terry Yorath is a professional manager who knows the job inside out and whatever might happen he will still remain in football.
"He's got all the experience in the world. He was a top player and an international manager and has seen and done it all before. This won't put him off."
Yorath was expected to get the chop at this week's board meeting at Hillsborough. But there were no moves to oust him and the under-pressure manager even came in for some praise for the way that Wednesday had played at Ipswich last week.
Yorath, City's manager after Terry Dolan for 13 months and then assistant to Paul Jewell, refuses to accept his fate and is still convinced he can turn the tide.
He said: "When we win a home game that will be the turning point.
"It's not as if we are that bad that there is no hope. Every game this season that we've lost we could have won. It willturn for us and hopefully that will happen against Bradford."
Jacobs has recovered from a jarred knee and is fighting Lewis Emanuel for the left-midfield role as Nicky Law continues with three defenders.
Jacobs added: "It's not nice to talk about someone who could get the sack but that comes with the territory. From our point of view we can only concentrate on getting a result, the rest is out of our hands."
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