ErwinK1961

The big question then.. who is this manager that fits all of that criteria? I’ve seen a lot of talk about this, but no mention of any actual realistic names. Potter for example (who isn’t realistic) meets 1 or 2 of that criteria. I don’t think we should be dismissing up and coming younger EFL managers, just because of Nathan Jones.

Who would you be going for? Genuine question, not trying to be an arse. I suspect season ticket sales will plummet in pretty much all scenarios.

Mr Grant on TSP said he’s had to be subbed 4 times this season with injuries in the first half of games. That’s unlucky but also ridiculous. If he can’t handle 38 games a season, he sure as hell isn’t handling 46 games in the Championship. Call me old fashioned, but we need a solid and very dependable CB pairing next season. Don’t really recall Hooiveld or Fonte missing many games in that promotion season, we can’t be swapping between 4-5 CB’s throughout the season and expecting any sort of cohesion, this season has proven that. We need a partnership and consistency.

Hatred? Really?

Don’t get SaintLoyal started FFS.

Hepatitis I heard.

They haven’t announced anything as far as I can see, rumoured to be a bloke called Adolph..

2005 I was gutted, hadn’t known anything other than us in the Prem. We were 4th on Boxing Day 2003 (I think), well functioning team and a good manager. Getting relegated 18months later was a shock. This relegation has been on the cards for several years. Circling the drain all that time, with a decreasingly likeable team and playing style. Add to that the even more disproportionate Premier League, there’s nothing likeable about us as a club or the league we play in. So nothing much to care about.

Slightly different scenarios, one wants to play and the other doesn’t.

Worst performance - Forest at Home. That was when it became obvious that the NJ experiment was never going to work. Worst result - Chelsea away. Got RS the job and we’ve wasted the rest of the season, when it wouldn’t have taken much to stay up.

They paid £45m for Anthony Gordon.

Yet we ended up paying Ralph £6m a year…

Up the Onion! 2-0

This for me, except the last sentence - they can’t keep Selles. Our home form has been utter utter trash for so long, that habit doesn’t just change in the space of a few weeks. When we want down to L1, despite the takeover and quality signings, it took a few months to turn the form around and get into winning habits. Will take longer with this deep mess we’re in.

That ship sailed when we gave the gig to RS. Hoped he could lift spirits, it’s made us worse and four games isn’t going to change anything. We just need to skulk out of this league in as quiet a fashion as possible and pray that the owners start getting something right this summer.

You don’t want a guy whose got an excellent reputation in coaching and improving young players, made the play offs in every season he’s managed in the championship (Forest were bottom when he joined, FYI) and is making a very good fist of keeping Forest in the Prem despite the absolute mental recruitment and strategy they’ve had? Ok then.

I want Forest to go down as it’s more likely Steve Cooper will be available.

He doesn’t want to be here - homesick and wanted out very early on. Disastrous move for all parties and he’ll be back in Croatia next season.

McKenna doing a great job at Ipswich.

Agreed, just hoping he is the one in charge of recruiting staff. Not against a clear out in the slightest, just very scared that Rasmus would be leading the charge on sourcing replacements.

The four years remaining on his contract gives us leverage. If he doesn’t want to stay then he shouldn’t have signed in the first place.

Indeed, isn’t Wilcox essentially taking his job anyway?

That was Harry Lewis, not Michael Poke.