Andy Reid calls for stability – and backs Billy Davies to flourish at Nottingham Forest
ANDY Reid says Nottingham Forest must find some stability if they are to forge a late push for promotion.
The winger remains convinced this season should not yet be a write-off, despite a stormy period of change off the pitch, that saw Billy Davies become the club's fourth manager since July.
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Andy Reid
And Reid believes Davies does have the inspirational quality required to steer Forest into the top six.
But he also knows that stability – and consistency – is required if Forest are to pull off a remarkable turnaround in the final 15 games, starting with the visit of Bolton tomorrow.
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"What we want now is a bit of stability," said Reid. "It has been a little out of the norm this season, in that you don't normally see so many changes.
"I believe the changes that have been made have been done with the best interests of the club at heart. It is obvious the chairman of the club wants to do very well.
"He believes the changes the club are making are for the best, clearly."
Reid believes the arrival of Davies for a second spell in charge can be the catalyst for an improvement in form.
"The new manager has come in now and he has had success here before," said Reid.
"With the squad we have got, there is no reason why we cannot have success under him again.
"We have seen enough from him this week, in training, to see that he has a positive outlook in the way he wants us to do things.
"He wants to see positive performances from us on a Saturday and that is what we will try to give him.
"He has a good record at this level, which will be the main reason why he has been brought in.
"He has come here to win promotion and that is why we are all here.
"We don't want to be mid-table, we want to win promotion, we want to be pushing for a place in the play-off places.
"For us to do that this season, we need to go on a hell of a run.
"But it is a run that we are capable of producing, as long as we get started quickly – which means we need to get three points against Bolton."
Reid says it has been a positive week on the training ground, with Davies officially taking charge for the first time on Monday.
"It has been a good week, everything has been high tempo and upbeat. We have been keen to impress the manager," he said. "The manager said we were all starting with a clean sheet when he came in, so we are all trying to impress him.
"That makes for a high tempo in training; people have been working hard."
8 Comments
by redtilldead
Friday, February 15 2013, 8:33PM
“this team was playing great football at the beginimg of the season and we all thought we was going to p.ss it,,, there is simply not ehough effort coming from so call athletes,, my question is do the coaches take to much out of the players in the pre match warm up ? COME ON YOU REDS”
by mex1co_Mart
Friday, February 15 2013, 4:18PM
“"Good afternoon fellow tricky tree's.
What a great week at Alton towers and at the uk premier of die hard 5 with bruce.
WHAT A SURPRISE ANDY REID BACKING THE MANAGER YET AGAIN AND BANGING ON AGAIN WHAT A GREAT CHOICE.
Looking forward to the summer and Stella signings
Ben Marshall
Matthew Upson
Charlie Austin
Wes Morgan
to name but a few big names i am expecting.
Right i must dash partying hard tonight with Bruce.
Forest 1 Bolton 1 is tommorows tip from Nottinghams finest tipster at 6-1
NOT THE SORT OF GUY TO SAYI TOLD YOU SO BUTTTTTTTTTTTTT I TOLD YOU SO"
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by Bruce_Willis
Friday, February 15 2013, 4:00PM
“"Looking forward to my first ever Forest game tommorow against Bolton, Loved seeing a few games this season at the hotels in mexico and vegas, I think soccer is starting to finally take off in america.
I would like to thank everybody who i met yesterday at the Corner house who came to see the latest Die Hard film and hoped you all had a great time.
Off to Oceana tonight with my good mate Mart.
Once again many thanks to all my fans who turned out yesterday and will hopefully see more of you at tommorows game.
Yippee Ki-Yay"
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by NFFC1898
Friday, February 15 2013, 12:59PM
“Andy you are having a laugh aren't you? The team is not good enough on current form and the evidence of my own eyes. We have no pace whatsoever in any part of the team and that means I will be happy NOT to be relegated - 10 more points for safety please!”
by AncientRed
Friday, February 15 2013, 11:26AM
“Stability is the key. Unfortunately we are getting daily examples of how unstable the club is. Let nobody believe the line that backroom unrest doesn't affect the players. With all the instability and changes how confident are the likes of Darlow/Henderson/Majewski feeling that they will be part of future plans.
Take Darlow as an example. He's come up through the Acadamy and will have had the full backing of Marshall/Pemberton and Barron. Now they've gone he has no backup, nobody to influence the manager. First time he makes a mistake his confidence will drop, leading to furthur mistakes and his place is on he line.”
by fashy1
Friday, February 15 2013, 11:16AM
“Seconded . A team of 11 with Reidy's skill and attitude would walk this league.”
by fashy1
Friday, February 15 2013, 11:10AM
“Seconded . A team of 11 with Reidy's skill and attitude would walk this league.”
by HueyTheNoose
Friday, February 15 2013, 9:29AM
“Andy, if all your team mates had performed up to your standard this season, we would be top of this division. Unfortunately, a lot of the players brought in are not 'top six'. There lies the problem.”