21-01-2019, 05:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-01-2019, 05:54 PM by Strawberry Avenger.)
(21-01-2019, 05:25 PM)Reds73 Wrote:(21-11-2018, 11:09 PM)the jock Wrote: Ireland's style of play was shocking.
All the players hated Keane. He really is hated nobody likes him. I couldnt see it working now.
Dave Bassetts style of play was wretched before Forest - yet at Forest he got us playing superb football
According to Villa, Celtic and my recollections of Leicester was that they played front foot, aggressive, good football.
With best will at Eire, he never had the quality to be expansive.
Just hope last weekend was a one off and he gets back to playing proper football and includes Carvalho
The AK side was just short of 3/4 players
No need for MON to rip up the manual
Very fond memories of Dave at Forest. Meat and two veg. 2 by four. 'Did what it said on the tin' style manager. Some superb football from Forest under his leadership which I was apprehensive about. He sure proved me wrong. :P
I could take front foot, aggressive and good football right now vs Wigan. Hard to argue with the results at Leicester, Celtic, Villa. I remember his Leicester team giving all teams in the Premier a very hard time. Ie. A robust, dynamic and competitive outfit. Celtic. Very, very robust. Gave Rangers a very hard time up there.
I think he needs to make Forest robust with the new signings. 4-5 signings in the right areas to toughen up the spine of the side and add some dynamic to the side which seems very 1 footed and predictable to me. This won't last under Martin. He will do what he will. And confidence in that I have.
Car? The one surprise from Sat' was that he didn't plump for a 3-5-2 or variation of to get Car' in the side. But I suspect more to Car's absence from the 1st team than meets the eye.
But it was telling that Martin went 442. It almost felt like a political decision to show fans, the hierarchy and the team itself where they actually are.
Mid table.
After all. If those players were good enough, surely they could have dispatched City or drawn at least. But the fact Forest didn't have Dawson in that side (the one that drew with City at their place...) and the fact that the CM simply didn't seem to be able to cope or our RB didn't seem able to copy gave Martin a 'fair idea' (his words) of what his team 'can do.'
A telling comment.
He might not rip up the manual. Just the spine of the side. (I look forward to the rest of his 'four' signings...)
SA.