When will Sabri learn, the best form of defence is attack. Look at the best defensive records in the league, the likes of Leeds, Brentford, West Brom, are all offensive teams who score goals and look at where they are in the table. Forest have scored just 57 goals, yet remarkably are still in top 6 with them. Our results based on defending a lead when we get it. The issue is we haven’t been defending all that great and at the same time, if we don’t kill games off we, of course, are liable to all the injury time goals that can ruin 90 minutes of football.
Barnsley attacking style made us look like the side threatened with relegation, it seemed Sabri, was the manager most under pressure, and selected players in the hope of getting the point required to make the playoffs, he simply got it wrong.
Now isn't the time to change formation, it is to let the side play with a little bit of freedom, attack, attack, attack! Sabri style is to let the opposition have the ball, sit back, tight and wait for a counter-attacking. Yes, that system has put Forest within a whisker of the playoffs, but it’s hard viewing and we seem to be getting more and more negative.
I believe Sabri will learn from this, but I am not so sure he will change his style of play. Maybe next season the attacking players brought in by the likes of Modesto and Angio will give him the confidence to go for it and play in a way to push teams and get them to worry about us. Bielsa learnt a lot in his first season at Leeds and is another manager who sticks to his principles of how the game should be played. The difference is though is that is based on a high press and attack.
Ironically, of course, two teams we have done well against this year are Leeds and Brentford. The two teams with the best defence and attacking threat. They do say it’s a strange old game.
I don’t get that player are tired or injured etc. Every team is suffering from the relentless number of fixtures in a short space of time. We seem to be using it as an excuse for lacklustre displays.
Where’s the passion, where’s the leadership? I mean we keep hearing we have lots of captains and leaders at the club, 4 played on Sunday, but I didn’t see Dawson, Watson, Worrall and Grabban roll their sleeves up and push on their teammates. We need them to show their experience and a level of play and performance befitting being a captain in all of them, even if they don't have the armband.
All said, I believe it’s time to put up a case for the offense, starting against Stoke on Wednesday and you never know, suddenly letting the brakes off, Sabri May pull off the greatest trick of all, (Keyser Soze style), convincing teams all season we can only play in a defensive style and get them complacent so we can bamboozle with them with attacking intent!
Barnsley attacking style made us look like the side threatened with relegation, it seemed Sabri, was the manager most under pressure, and selected players in the hope of getting the point required to make the playoffs, he simply got it wrong.
Now isn't the time to change formation, it is to let the side play with a little bit of freedom, attack, attack, attack! Sabri style is to let the opposition have the ball, sit back, tight and wait for a counter-attacking. Yes, that system has put Forest within a whisker of the playoffs, but it’s hard viewing and we seem to be getting more and more negative.
I believe Sabri will learn from this, but I am not so sure he will change his style of play. Maybe next season the attacking players brought in by the likes of Modesto and Angio will give him the confidence to go for it and play in a way to push teams and get them to worry about us. Bielsa learnt a lot in his first season at Leeds and is another manager who sticks to his principles of how the game should be played. The difference is though is that is based on a high press and attack.
Ironically, of course, two teams we have done well against this year are Leeds and Brentford. The two teams with the best defence and attacking threat. They do say it’s a strange old game.
I don’t get that player are tired or injured etc. Every team is suffering from the relentless number of fixtures in a short space of time. We seem to be using it as an excuse for lacklustre displays.
Where’s the passion, where’s the leadership? I mean we keep hearing we have lots of captains and leaders at the club, 4 played on Sunday, but I didn’t see Dawson, Watson, Worrall and Grabban roll their sleeves up and push on their teammates. We need them to show their experience and a level of play and performance befitting being a captain in all of them, even if they don't have the armband.
All said, I believe it’s time to put up a case for the offense, starting against Stoke on Wednesday and you never know, suddenly letting the brakes off, Sabri May pull off the greatest trick of all, (Keyser Soze style), convincing teams all season we can only play in a defensive style and get them complacent so we can bamboozle with them with attacking intent!
Everyone is entitled to my opinion - COYR :)
