07-09-2021, 01:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2021, 01:05 PM by Strawberry Avenger.)
(07-09-2021, 12:49 PM)Paplane Wrote:(07-09-2021, 12:34 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote:(07-09-2021, 11:43 AM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote: Thats the bit Im unashamedly on the fence about.
With hindsight we should have pulled the trigger back in June.
On Sabri?
Yes.
Had Hughton had 'that' pre-season and '14' of 'his' own players, no way Forest battle relegation last season or start this season bottom.
What's killed Forest the last 4 seasons? The sheer shocking timing of replacing managers along with not backing them and sticking with them.
The mid-season transitions completely torpedo the season. We went even better with Sabri. We pulled the trigger way too late. And the new manager is stuck with no pre-season and 14 journey man players who 'Don't run hard enough.'
SA.
To be fair SA, to its credit I really think the club tried to stick with Sabri as long as it could. They only pulled the trigger when it was clear he and the side was lost.
They did. There's the irony of them trying to do that, ie breaking the short term pattern with past managers. I wished they'd given Warburton, Aitor and especially MoN more time.
Though, to me, he seemed lost way before season began. He'd had his head turned by another club and other things, clearly something off the field didn't help. (Was that video 'pep talk' from the owner really true?)
I suppose if I was being fair, he did lose Cash and Watson. And he didn't have a fresh striker of note brought in that January when the team desperately needed legs. Fast ones. His stalemate and pedestrian press had been found out and he only had access to mediocre fullbacks.
Teams with running (and a striker) did the damage to him the 1st four games. But he was 'gone' (his head) long before that.
SA.