08-09-2020, 02:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2020, 02:39 PM by Strawberry Avenger.)
(08-09-2020, 02:16 PM)stirred Wrote:(08-09-2020, 01:34 PM)Paplane Wrote:(08-09-2020, 12:54 PM)stirred Wrote: I’m not confident because we didn’t look match fit against Barnsley, and we looked more than one week away. We came back from pre-season later than others, and if they needed the break then fine, the staff at the club will know that best. Just means I’m going to reduce expectations for the first one or two matches.
Can you image where the fans will be if we do get off to a steady start? If it's say DLD or even DDD then there's going to be a revolt, especially if the performances are questionable. Sabri needs to win a game quickly.
Unfortunately I can imagine what the twitterati will be saying, which is why I wouldn't read it! I imagine the forums will get pretty tough too.
I'm someone who wants to see more creative / attacking players on the pitch, I said in another thread how I'd be interested to see a 3-5-2 type line up. But would you try that if the players aren't close to match fit, or stick to the more compact 'low block'?
It's possible he'll implement 3 at the back, or at least a more adventurous approach, but will wait to do so, as we get fitness levels up and work on it on the training ground. In which time we could have a couple of disappointing results, some will have a hissy fit and demand change (and if and when Sabri does change it, they will claim they were right all along and that he's cost us points. Which they will harp on about until the end of the season).
For me, if we continue to play poor football with an overly defensive set-up I won't be paying £10 to ifollow to watch it after QPR, but I won't call for his head until he's had chance to get the new players properly bedded in this season and show us what he intends to do with them. I would hope and guess Marinakis will give them that much time as well, so long as the dressing room is behind him.
I think that's fair comment, stirred.
Lots of new players, more to come in. A 'short' pre-season. No one is expecting instant 'mash' miracles.
But time is a short commodity these days. Some might say 'The Coach' is mighty fortunate to still be in a job after the 2nd half performance to last season and the indelible collapse.
We've not had a 'Coach' in charge for two successive seasons or two successive pre-seasons. Or built on a squad with the 'same' Coach for two successive seasons like this.
So it would be churlish to 'lose it' after '1' game. (But for many, it won't be 'one game...' It will be the style of football deployed over the last half a season that will have some wondering if The Coach has got it in him. The 'lost lamb' interviews of the last two games were deeply worrying. And what do people want? Winning football.)
With another winger (two might be better) and a ball playing CM along with a ball playing CH so he can actual deploy players to his preferred style of play. I'm all for that. (3 players in. Plus that LB that the Coach is in for. That's another 4 players. Nothing short of what is required. Hopefully Forest's hierarchy back him all the way...and the squad which was so close and so far.)
He'll have the tools to do the job.
And then he'll be under pressure to deliver.
SA.