Vote Of Confidence

[Widdow]

Voted for give him the season, stability is No.1 priority. Having said that my 2nd choice would be sack him now as being preferable to another mid season change and the inevitable write off that comes with that.

Think you might be over estimating our importance if you think EM is looking at this poll though!

I doubt that he will be looking at this poll, and if he did I doubt he would be swayed by it one way or the other.

One thing which will sway his mind is the fact that he is four seasons into his ownership and so far it has cost him 184m.

He now has a manager with a record of success in this division; he needs to stick with him.

If not for the good of the Club then it is certainly for the good of his wealth.

I disagree with this attitude, why are you and others trying to abdicate responsibility. Just because EM makes the decisions doesn't mean he is swayed by fan opinion. I'm sick of fans hiding behind EM's record of sacking managers as an excuse to not back managers. (I can clearly see you are backing him here btw, that's not the point I'm making) The point is that by saying that you give others who want rid an excuse to be negative.

There is no responsibility to abdicate.

I have not come close to either hiring or firing one of our former managers; having an opinion is not the same as having responsibility.

I am firmly in the keep Hughton camp; he has done a good job so far and I cannot think of anyone more suitable for the job.

And when you look at who his detractors are, that kind of confirms things for me.

Well, one of those detractors, said we wouldnt get top 6 last season - proved right. Said when appointed CH, we would be in a relegation battle - proved right. Said the players brought in last summer were dog shit, and proved right. Said we should have sold Grabban last summer, and think if we had it may have been different season if we had a quality replacement. All CH has done is copy and paste Sabri, and got them defensively (like Sabri did last season). 

His decisions on players are head scratching, he persists in Grabban as captain, yet if we want to be clear why i want a change, then, just look at the stats (dougie Freedman had a better win percentage and a far worser team).

People want him to stay cos he has done it at Newcastle and Brighton. Sometimes its horses for courses, he didnt do it a Norwich. And just cos he got them promoted, what has he done to prove he can do the same for Forest apart from having a promotion on his CV.

Lets look at the past to see if managers who have got promotion could do it for Forest...

Megson, twice promoted to Premier league. Dreadful
Karanka, Premier league promotion  with Boro (has better win percentage)
Billy Davis Premier league promotion with Derby, close with Preston
Cotterill, Promotions with Notts county (to league one) and Bristol City (to CHampionship) and another better win percentage

Warburton, Brentford promotion, and was sacked at forest with a 40% win rate.

IF we wanted old skool, shouldve kept Martin O Neill, who has been far more successful than CH in his career and who in 19 games had a 42.1% win rate (with a crap team) compared to CH tragic  31% win rate 

And lets not forget all the players we have that have Premier league promotions to their name as well, doesnt mean they have been any good for Forest.