Your Thoughts On The Current Nottingham Forest Manager

[Strawberry Avenger]

Not sure how he can cop for poor selections, when the backup players he has to select from are poor.

It's a circle Alf. You like to have a dig at Modesto and praise the manager but who recruited the manager? It was your mate Modesto. Also the manager is now part of the recruitment team so he has to take some responsibility for the poor back up players as you like to call them.

Sab spends his time coaching & training the first team, bracketing him as "part of recruitment" is like saying Grabban is "part of the defense" because of how we play. It's a big stretch, and ultimately the majority of Sab's time is focused on the day to day stuff, rather than scouting elsewhere. In fact at the end of Jan he said to the NEP - "I don’t want a bad surprise, I just want a good surprise' - Sabri Lamouchi's transfer message at Nottingham Forest" That to me suggests he's quite detatched from the process.

Sab may have some slight input, but the club as a whole should be giving him much better options.

I don't think it suggests he's 'detached' at all.  He's part of it.  Ie.  Consulted.  But.  He isn't the owner.  He can probably say yes or no.  But the reality of making it happen could be beyond his or even the club's financial reach.

Financial realities dictate that perhaps you bring back Tyler Walker because Grosetski's wages couldn't be afforded.

How do we know he has 'slight' input.  But football realities may say that 'no one' at Forest has the final say.  If you can't afford something you buy something cheaper.

Sure, we, and he and probably recruitment are always hoping and looking for better.  But what if better chooses WBA rather than us?

SA.