Your Thoughts On The Current Nottingham Forest Manager

[PsychoStanleyStone]

I just think modern footballers at our level just need to be told exactly what to do - they are incapable of playing from instinct and don't have the intelligence to make decisions on the pitch themselves. I suspect they are responding to Sabri because he let's them know exactly what he wants them to do.

Excellent review Pap.
It is interesting to note that Robbo spends a lot of time talking to SL during matches, which could fully support what you are saying with regards him telling them exactly what he wants from them

i think the utopian 21st Century Pro knows what they do well, are confident, probably over confident, not sure they need to be told exactly what to do, i don't think anyone can produce their best for a control freak.

The successful manager has the ability to sell their ideas and strategies, differing psychologies, but selling the idea to some players might involve the player thinking it was the players idea and that he actually is at the precise epicentre of entire footballing universe. 

However the sale is made, whether throttling them to death while screaming into his ear or pampering to the ego, horses for courses, but the player is motivated, buys in and the belief in the tactic gets compounded when the player knows all his mates are actually there to help him be better at what he has bought into doing.

Basically the manager instills arrogance into the players, whoever it is and how good they are, 'we will not get beaten today type arrogance'.  Confidence often gets shattered by conceding a goal or if it starts raining, this is what we have witnessed in many games over recent years, the quality and confidence but brittle. 

But the arrogance, the quality and of course, quality of players who buy completely, confidently and passionately into the cause, the manager, their team mates and own ability have been gradually increasing over recent seasons

I think Sabri Lamouchi realises he is part of a team, we assume he is at the precise epicentre of the entire Nottingham Forest universe, though i wonder if maybe SL knows he is dependent on dozens of others involved in this colossal ship, not that he will ever mention it, but views the whole starship enterprisesque galaxy as being built around him and for him.  It is all so big, huge, intergalactic even, it makes Sabri feel a bit more than confident.  You know that feeling when you are in the zone.