20-09-2020, 12:16 AM
(19-09-2020, 11:20 PM)Uwantlee Wrote: I think there is a clear divide starting to appear with the fans and I don’t think the problem is a dislike for sabri. In fact I think everyone likes him, as a man and as the manager who got us to 7th.
The problem, I think, lies deeper than just the manager. The ownership and leadership within the club doesn’t seem to be working.
I have no doubt that EM wants success for this club and in no way do I want him to go, but I would ask how he can be successful here without being here himself. He isn’t based here, he doesn’t see the day to day I can’t imagine running a club like this is easy at the best of times.
Then there are those employed by EM to work here and be his eyes and ears as well as running the club for him. What are they doing. We have now signed 9 players with more to come. Did we need that many. As many have said, we had our best finish in 10 years, surely 3 or 4 quality players would do it. We now have 5 right backs, 6 centre backs 5 cms with another coming in. If these are sabri choices who is letting him sign them all. Is no one asking the question about the need for all these players? A few will talk about being better than what we have... freeman and Christie fall in to that category I am not sure you can say that for the rest of them.
You also have to consider the rest of the squad. How must they feel with all these signings. We were so close to top 6 and promotion last season. It’s almost like sabri doesn’t trust them to do the job by signing so many.
The approach to signing players against seems to be off. We needed 3 or 4 (a rb to replace cash, a winger, a dcm and a atm) whilst trimming some unwanted players (Jenkinson, carv to name 2).
There is no noise coming from the club, no statements from the chairman or owner about moving forward, the clubs plans or anything. It is all very quiet.
Then we come to sabri. He had a great first 5 months, we thought we had found our gem, the guy to take us back. It has all come crashing down. Stick or twist... I have made my thoughts clear but fans are divided. Some see the 7th place as a good thing... me, I see it as failure after being top at one point 3rd in January. What about the run of 3 wins in 18. Many have been sacked for less. If this was a blip it would be done. If it were just the end of last season then ok... finish 7th, learn from mistakes and push on. But it has continued in to this season.
Some will point to today’s game and talk about the much improved 2nd half. Did we score a goal? It doesn’t matter how well we played we didn’t score again and from 2 nil down we needed to. Some on here talk about the club sacking the managers over and over and the outcomes are all the same... well that is what sabri is doing. Applying the same tactic over and over and expecting different results. Surely he can see his 4321 isn’t working and hasn’t for a long time. It’s time to stop. Change it or lose your job.
Then the players... grabban, Yates, figs... what have these players done to merit a place every week. Yates was OK today but is not good enough for the club to be where it wants. Grabban is out of form and is not a captain. Figs is mistake after mistake yet these players keep their place.
I want him to fix this. I want sabri to get it right and keep his job. At the same time I think he has had more than enough time to get it right. He keeps saying in interviews the players need to do more. This is his job. How many times can he say the same thing.... sabri fix it or go.
I find the whole situation so frustrating and annoying and we all want this club to be successful. Personally I don’t think we will with the current manager but also the people in the club running it. For me EM needs to take a good look at what is happening in the club.
We have been failing a long time before EM took over the club. The last idiot made us a laughing stock. Transfer embargo. How many times were we before the Courts with winding up petitions for unpaid bills. There is no chance for success without stability at the top. Under EM and the current regime our league position has improved every season. We all want Forest to get promoted but so does every supporter of the other teams in this division. Some have significant advantages over us through parachute payments. It seems that last few seasons our wage bill has been mid ranking for the division so it would be difficult to say we have been under achieving. Despite having won the European cup twice 40 years ago we are not really much different to most of the teams in the championship. We don't have an entitlement to be in the premier league. To get into we are likely to need the same qualities similar clubs who have got promoted have. Clubs like Norwich and Sheffield Utd. Clever management, control over debts good scouting and coaching. There is no magic wand. Patience and hard work is required.