When a team sacks a manager, they tend to hold a press conference of some kind, to inform the fans of why the change is being made.
We know Billy and Nigel have been at loggerheads and this had caused 'friction' between the two. But couldnt Doughty come out and tell us fans what is going on? All we get on the official Forest website is a 40 word 'breaking news story' that ends with. "The club will not be commenting anymore'
Isnt this a slap in the face to us fans? Billy had hero status amongst the majority of us and ND is well aware of this. Wouldnt he want to come out and explain the logistics of firing a man many believe to have been our greatest manager in the last 10, and arguably 20 years?
The fact that a new manager is already lined up shows disloyalty from ND. The fact the club cant give us more than 2 paragraphs on our official site shows spinelessness from the board.
Are we the only fans in the country that have no idea what is happening behind closed doors?
After thinking over things this afternoon, im no longer angy that SM is coming in. His record is good, better than Billys. But i still feel angry at the way the Club have treated Billy and the way we are now being treated.
I just wonder in what direction this appointment is heading...
Why wont they tell us?
posted on 12/6/11
Well wassa, I'm sure we'll survive. I'll still wear the garibaldi with pride, no matter what. New shirt will arrive on thursday Oh yes, I paid full price for it, it wasn't free with 2 sausage rolls from greggs.
posted on 13/6/11
Well wassa, I'm sure we'll survive. I'll still wear the garibaldi with pride, no matter what. New shirt will arrive on thursday Oh yes, I paid full price for it, it wasn't free with 2 sausage rolls from greggs.
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Love it
posted on 13/6/11
I'll tell you
BD and his agent were touting themselves to every chairman and their dog, Villa, Cardiff etc and Nigel Doughty was sick of it (he'd been warned about this in the past) and therefore decided to bring someone more comitted and loyal in.
There you go, question entered........FACT
posted on 13/6/11
Westy,
The club is doing things properly. We are having a press conference later to announce the new manager. They don't have to explain why we are getting a new manager because the old one has been sacked. The old was has been sacked because he failed to achieve promotion with a perfectly capable side.
posted on 13/6/11
You can have that wolly. He will always be 2nd to Sven
posted on 13/6/11
Billy was getting sacked whether you went up or not.
It's his Giggs/Terry esque antics that are the issue
posted on 13/6/11
I think that its fair to say with the appointment made so quickly, that Steve Mclaren had already been talking to Doughty and they had him lined up.
I am not wuming, but I am unsure of this one for you guys. For all his sins, BD had a way of getting the best out of players and working together. I think that you now need some serious money spent (which is probably what has been promised), to equal the achievements of BD over the last few years.
posted on 13/6/11
Westy, you can give a reference to someone unless it's positive, this is the law. Forest can't come out and say anything negative about Davies as it'll harm his future employment prospects. Everyone knows what the problem was anyway, why do you need the club to say anything?
posted on 13/6/11
Forest can't come out and say anything negative about Davies as it'll harm his future employment
Also he can't say anything because he will take him to court, just like he tried to with Nigel clough
posted on 13/6/11
Also he can't say anything because he will take him to court, just like he tried to with Nigel clough
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Wassa - He never took Nigel to court as they refused him a foot stool for the witness box