Evangelos Marinakis And Co

[Mist From The Trent]

Im going to say my piece here and it won’t be popular with a lot of you.

EM is undoubtedly the best owner we have had at Forest in terms of the way he has backed us financially and his desire to win at all costs cannot be doubted. He is right now on the crest of a wave in fan opinion, taken us to Europe, got us into a better competition than we deserved, fought off sales of our star player and has invested hundreds of millions

We know he is ruthless and that leads to some collateral damage along the way. Cooper was one, I've heard a few things about their relationship at the end and it wasn’t great to say the least. However I think we can all agree that change was inevitable and Nuno has taken us further than Cooper ever would have done.

Now is Nuno in the same position? Can we do better still? This is where I have my doubts. Who are we going to get? Jose, Marco Silva, Ange. Are any better? It certainly doesn’t make for continuity. The problem is that EM’s behaviour is widely known and a winner or not its clear he isn’t the easiest bloke in the world to work for. Therefore the pool of managers who are going to put up with him is diminishing rapidly. People mention Glasner, I don’t think he would last 3 months here and I doubt he would come and risk his reputation no matter how frustrated he is at Palace. Would Silva leave Fulham? Maybe and we know EM likes him but if he wants a safe job he will stay put.

Ultimately do you want to go and work somewhere when you know your boss is at best difficult to please and at worst a ticking time bomb? I have myself turned down jobs when I could have earned more money simply because it was known the boss was a d**k. Im sure football is no different.

Which leaves us with Ange and a squad used to a style of play totally the opposite to his. Goodness knows what the players think especially those who have just joined.  Before you say it no I don’t want EM out, reread my first paragraph.  It just seems we can’t be free of controversy at this club even when everything seems to be going well and Im fed up with it.

Fully agree with you, except that if EM got Nuno the sack I think that would be very hard to forgive for me. We are in a fabulous position with Nuno and EM needs to do what is best for the club and put his emotions aside.

Nuno also needs to do what's best for the club, surely? Like not fan the flames in press conferences before games.