12-09-2020, 06:17 PM
(12-09-2020, 06:04 PM)Strawberry Avenger Wrote:You are right.(12-09-2020, 05:10 PM)Sniffer Dog Wrote: He may walk if he reads this forum :D
Seriously though if he thinks he's lost the dressing room he may decide to quit. It wouldn't surprise me if things carry on like they are for much longer.
Forest fans want to back their manager. or... 'Coach.' I don't like them getting sacked. Any of them.
But considering how little Martin O' Neil got of that precious commodity. 'Time'. The Coach has been leading a charmed life. He only improved the league position by two (with a pre-season...and lots more players.). Tied with Aitor's 7th.
And a boat load more players this season. He's got a rare gift. To build on successive seasons.
He was very lucky to have Sow drive this team on towards the top 6 last year. Until that 'ace' in the pack got injured.
He needs to start winning. Fast.
SA.
I was sympathetic towards him at the end of last season because I felt it was the failure to back him in January that just meant we ran out of steam and forced his hand - particularly on the hectic finale where the players looked dead on their feet.
But now he has been backed and I would say the players in more than make up for the one player who has gone out. Today, we don't win that game playing like that, even if Cash was playing.
He has no excuses for that type of display. We have brought a range of attacking options yet we still set up so negatively that you could have the ten creative attacking players in the squad but if you play like that it doesn't matter.
It may well be too early to judge - the likes of Colback, Freeman played very little last season so will need time to get up to speed; Lyle Taylor has not played regularly since February; for some of the foreign lads this is their first taste of English football.
But tge signs that we have taken a step forward from last season are not there.
We've forced just one save from a goalkeeper in two matches; we seem lethargic and nervous on the pitch and the tactics seem one dimensional. These are big worries and we all know that he will not have much time to sort them
If we lose to Cardiff and Huddersfield then I struggle to see him staying for much longer

