(24-04-2021, 06:34 PM)ThePromisedLand Wrote: (24-04-2021, 05:27 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote: (24-04-2021, 05:17 PM)TheGreenMan Wrote: I really hope I’m eating humble pie this time next year.....
I'll bake the pie if you like. ;)
But at least give Hughton?
A pre-season.
A summer squad.
A whole season.
And if Forest finish bottom 8 then I'd understand your gripes. But none of those 3 things have happened.
It's Sabri's season. HIs pre-season. His recruitment. He'd have taken us down.
Hughton salvaged relegation safety.
His Brighton team played some good, exciting stuff in their promotion season from the Champo'!!!
SA.
What pre season? :P
Stop it, Promise...you'll give me a hernia wit' me laughing like dat...
*Seriously. Pup quiz. How many 'non' pre-seasons have Forest had in the last 20 years and can anyone index link them to how Forest performed (I use the term loosely) in those seasons.
Sabri pre-season. 'Yeah. Well, the players bottled the play offs...so as their reward go soft on the back to work pre-season...'
*Tiny violin. They're only payed tens of thousands a week...
'It doesn't matter that Forest aren't winning their pre-season games...' said one poster.
Forest keep losing in the league.
'We need to give Sabri time...' Another poster.
6 games later. Spanked in each one with no hope, players shoulders slumped.
Sabri fired.
Forest were shocking since the Leeds win. They bombed. They bottled. They blew up.
Amazing what a zoom (allegedly) team talk can do, eh?
Hughton comes in.
'It's Hughton's fault the players aren't suddenly performing like Jesus.' Said some posters.
...
'It's Hughton's tactics...' (6 lowest goals against in the league. Loads of crosses going in. But yes, the quality isn't incisive. But his one winger recruit, Knocker provides a ray of quality for what any Hughton recruitment drive might look like.)
...
'Forest aren't scoring goals. The manager is picking the right players.' (Hughton didn't bring in Grabban. Or Taylor. Or get rid of Tyler who has scored more than both.)
'Hughton's football is boring.' (Sabri's recruitment. His squad. Confetti recruitment for Sabri's bingo team selection. How many of those wingers did Hughton bring in? You know, the one with the hernia.)
...
'Hughton only plays old players.' (Hughton plays Mighten. Recruits Garner. Plays Yates. Plays Worrall.)
...
'Hughton's teams sit back.' (Hughton recruits Garner as a deep playing DCM. Brings in Krov' to link the midfield with attack. Brings in Murray who makes an immediate impact. Play some great stuff vs Swansea, QPR and man up against Cardiff with resolute performances.)
This season had the sound of inevitability, Mr. Anderson.
SA.
