22-05-2019, 10:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-05-2019, 10:13 PM by Strawberry Avenger.)
Those without a sense of history are doomed to repeat it.
Part of the problem Forest have had in the last 20 years. The Miracle men have gone, relatively, under-appreciated.
It took the club longer than it should have done to name a stand after Brian Clough. The Miracle Men have only just had a movie made about them long after the fact.
The bigger clubs are forever singing 'you'll never walk alone.' And there was the never ending talk of how many titles 'they' and United had won and who had won more.
And how 'great' City are for opening half a billion on a team to win the 'Premier' (it's the 1st Division, folks...) by '1' point. Whoop.
Brian Clough's Forest were the only team that stood up to 'a certain team' in the late 70s and early 80s. Done on a relative pittance compared to teams of today.
We count ourselves fortunate to have Martin as manager. He learned his trade in the lower divisions and worked his way up. That he didn't join us before was a combination of loyalty to the clubs he was with and the fact that Forest were a club in decline with poor leadership. His CV eclipses all the managers we've had over the last 20 years. Interim, workman football has replaced brittle 1 dimensional football. I'm sure, once Forest have a solid base and the players who pull out of tackles are shipped out...then we'll see a Forest with a robust, physical and athletic set of attributes and a mental toughness to back it up. We'll be tough to beat, multi-dimensional and yes, we'll 'play a bit' too.
It won't last forever. He's only got another contracted year. I'm going to enjoy it whilst it lasts.
A relatively short amount of time to fix 20 years worth of footballing problems. But I'm confident he'll give it a good effort.
SA.
Part of the problem Forest have had in the last 20 years. The Miracle men have gone, relatively, under-appreciated.
It took the club longer than it should have done to name a stand after Brian Clough. The Miracle Men have only just had a movie made about them long after the fact.
The bigger clubs are forever singing 'you'll never walk alone.' And there was the never ending talk of how many titles 'they' and United had won and who had won more.
And how 'great' City are for opening half a billion on a team to win the 'Premier' (it's the 1st Division, folks...) by '1' point. Whoop.
Brian Clough's Forest were the only team that stood up to 'a certain team' in the late 70s and early 80s. Done on a relative pittance compared to teams of today.
We count ourselves fortunate to have Martin as manager. He learned his trade in the lower divisions and worked his way up. That he didn't join us before was a combination of loyalty to the clubs he was with and the fact that Forest were a club in decline with poor leadership. His CV eclipses all the managers we've had over the last 20 years. Interim, workman football has replaced brittle 1 dimensional football. I'm sure, once Forest have a solid base and the players who pull out of tackles are shipped out...then we'll see a Forest with a robust, physical and athletic set of attributes and a mental toughness to back it up. We'll be tough to beat, multi-dimensional and yes, we'll 'play a bit' too.
It won't last forever. He's only got another contracted year. I'm going to enjoy it whilst it lasts.
A relatively short amount of time to fix 20 years worth of footballing problems. But I'm confident he'll give it a good effort.
SA.