Your Thoughts On The Current Nottingham Forest Manager

[wassy04]

I think we overachieved in the first half of last season when Sabri happened upon an effective formation and lifted the players with his man management. Then we underachieved in the 2nd half of last season when said effective formation was sussed, players ran out of form (yes, you Grabban), and fatigue & injuries kicked in and we had no viable 2nd string replacements. But overall last season our over-achievement was greater than our under-achievement, hence our 7th place finish. My view is that our natural level should be around the 6th to 12th mark.

Why single out Grabban?

I like Grabban and he's been a good signing looking at the bigger picture.

However surely we all agree that this season for whatever reason he has been poor, he'd probably admit it himself.

I dare say that if Grabban had converted just half of the glaring chances that he's fluffed this season then we would be sitting comfortably in the top half of the league and some folks wouldn't be on Hughton's back so much.

Another one - geez!

Yes - he’s not been as good or as prolific as last season. Who has at NG2?

Just explain why Grabban is seemingly responsible for our plight ( it’s an 11 man team, 19 man match day squad the last time I checked ).

Why is he taking the flak & not Taylor, Murray ( was supposed to be our saviour as I recall ), Knockaert, Yates, Ameobi, Lolley, Krovinovic, Hughton, Modesto et al.

You couldn’t make up some of the guff that you spout.

I don't Grabban is being singled out in the way you're saying. Simply pointing out he has had a bad season is not suggesting others have done well, its just a comparison from last year.

I would love to see Grabban's xG compared to goals or his shot conversion rate (I couldn't find the stats anywhere). I know sky had some last year that showed him with the second worst in the league behind Bamford. Hard to argue he's missed some absolute sitters this year. Even when Sabri was here, he missed two howlers vs Cardiff was it? And that open goal I think v Rotherham? 

He had a fantastic year last year, his goal record alongside some fantastic off the ball work in Sabri's tactics. However under CH he has been unable to offer the same value when he has been asked to play in a 4231 ad he keeps dropping too deep. Even CH said he thought he might be better playing behind another striker the other day

[Derby My Arse]

Scratching my head why some have difficulty in admitting that Grabban has not been very good this season. It's not a crime to say it. Are you Grabbans dad Mr. Promisedland? Your defence of him is extreme. It's ok for fans to give a player a bit of criticism you know if they think it's justified.

[tugger2018]

My worry going forward is if we keep Grabban which it looks like we will he will not be an automatic first choice and all his better performances came when he always picked played every game and became sharp and fit so is there much point keeping him as a bench warmer ? Murray must be let go on his crazy wage and age ! Taylor can stay a squad player for me

[Madforit]

Why single out Grabban?

I like Grabban and he's been a good signing looking at the bigger picture.

However surely we all agree that this season for whatever reason he has been poor, he'd probably admit it himself.

I dare say that if Grabban had converted just half of the glaring chances that he's fluffed this season then we would be sitting comfortably in the top half of the league and some folks wouldn't be on Hughton's back so much.

Another one - geez!

Yes - he’s not been as good or as prolific as last season. Who has at NG2?

Just explain why Grabban is seemingly responsible for our plight ( it’s an 11 man team, 19 man match day squad the last time I checked ).

Why is he taking the flak & not Taylor, Murray ( was supposed to be our saviour as I recall ), Knockaert, Yates, Ameobi, Lolley, Krovinovic, Hughton, Modesto et al.

You couldn’t make up some of the guff that you spout.

Blimey show some respect. He owns and pays for this forum and you are telling him to not spout S**t.

Sniffer you are my favourite poster and I have nothing but respect for you.

Suck up  :D

:D

[Jon Moss]

You couldn’t make up some of the guff that you spout.

That's a low blow and totally uncalled for.

[stirred]

:cool:

SA.

For the 22 league games he has been in charge this year, with a transfer window, his win percentage is 36%, my question was how far have we come?
I don’t think 36% will get us promoted next season if you compare it with teams at the top of the table we really need a good transfer window as we have stood still for long enough.

Sure, so 36% is a lot better than 0%. A 36% increase you might say...

I'm confused though you're suggesting we need a good transfer window but also insinuating you'd perhaps like yet another change in manager. That would not only be standing still, it would be going backwards.

I feel like this is the same pointless debate every time we go on a remotely bad run. I'm just going to repeat the same stats over and over.

We can't compete due to parachute payments so we're always going to struggle. The only way to succeed in that scenario is a slow build with a good crop of young players at the same time. I feel like people want that but then they also want to sack CH and bring in Mourinho. 

For once let's go into a season with some positivity even if it's slightly fake. Accept we're not a promotion team because we don't have the budget so let's do a slow build and back a manager and be as supportive as possible so the owner doesn't have any more ammunition to make a change.

I’ve been a big supporter of ch since day one and if you read my previous posts you would see that I still am. I’m sorry that you are reading something into the above comments that doesn’t exist, I was just stating facts and asking how far we have come.
It’s no coincidence that two of the promoted teams were the ones relegated last season, and I expect the newly relegated teams from the premiership will be up there next season and realistically leaving all other clubs fighting for reduced promotion spots., maybe even only one.

 That doesn’t mean that I want a change of manager as I believe that Ch has the potential to take us upwards and onwards , but I don’t think he will achieve our owners expectations which, I’m guessing is promotion and no excuses and  in the 21-22 season.
It’s ok having positivity but temper it with realism. We are not a promotion team, we won’t be next season and then our owner would have run out of patience and the whole cycle will start all over again.
A good transfer window may improve us somewhat but will only delay the inevitable demise of possibly the best manager we’ve had for a while.
Hopefully that removes your confusion.

Ha that's almost exactly what I said! Apologies, 'the let's sack every manager that doesn't get us top of the league whilst scoring 4 a game'  group are out in Full force, just misread that wasn't you above.

Sorry, been getting pretty frustrated reading about people wanting to sack yet another manager. It's exhausting.

I don’t think anyone is asking for top of the league or 4 goals a game, unless I’ve missed some posts by PSS  :)  As I’ve said before, equating criticism of Hughton to that, or to wanting every manager sacked isn’t fair to the posters. You each have your say and at the end of the day you might just agree to disagree. We still all want them to win come 3 o clock.

It shouldn’t be exhausting mate, it really is ok for people to have different opinions!

[Mad Squad]

You couldn’t make up some of the guff that you spout.

That's a low blow and totally uncalled for.

I agree there :(

There might be some guff on here at times but it certainly don't come from SD.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

A few days ago I asked the CH doubters for a realistic name to replace him.

Still waiting...

[optimistic_red]

A few days ago I asked the CH doubters for a realistic name to replace him.

Still waiting...

Only 10% on this forum want him gone. I imagine all of them thought he was the wrong choice initially (I get why the season's performances haven't changed opinions). Is there any real need to come up with a list of manager names that will never be approached?

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

No need at all but it was just a simple question to those who want him gone yet nobody could come up with an answer.

[stirred]

A few days ago I asked the CH doubters for a realistic name to replace him.

Still waiting...

Someone proven? I don't think Mourinho will come. Someone proven at our level? I don't think we'd get Farke. Someone proven at our level but not recently? We risk getting someone out of touch with the modern game who is living off their CV.

The best bet is an up and coming / foreign manager. Maybe someone early in their career in our lower leagues, but more likely abroad. I watch very little of that football as most do, so hard to put a name to it. There must be a few out there though that would be in our league at this stage of their careers.

Happy to look at someone's wikipedia and make a definitive judgement if anyone else has any ideas though :)

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I think the truth is that we probably have the best man for the job already in charge.