Nottingham Forest: We are missing a Paul McKenna figure in midfield, says Sean O'Driscoll

“sneenyram Oh dear you got that wrong you got mugged it should have been 8 its alright having a good home record but your away form is SH@T

4-1 you only lost 4-1, get your mobiles here.”

“nah we are missing a bit of tactical nous. SO'D got it wrong from the start today
Once again we got what we deserved nothing
I have head a rumour that SO'D has had 3 meeings with the Haswi's who are concerned with the lack of improvment from the squad and the run of poor performances.
Can anyone shed any light on whether his is fact o fiction please?”

“O'DRISCOLL OUT !

He's worse than Cotterill !

Fawaz please sort this out and get Billy back.

O'Driscoll is out of his depth and will take Forest down just like the last club he got relegated (Doncaster)

O'DRISCOLL OUT !”

“I am sorry to say that I am becoming increasingly unconvinced by SOD.”

“Really starting to lose my patience with you SOD.... what the hell is that line up all about? Its another dire first half and we have offered nothing as an attacking threat. Make changes NOW!”

“In at least one interview on 'Forest Player' some weeks ago ,Sean referred to us as being a 'narrow' team.This was not said in the sense of being something which he wished for and wanted to impose as a style in preference to anything else,but because,with the combination of the players he lost,like McCleary,and the large number of midfielders and defenders he had to bring in (several of them enforced additions/replacements for players lost to or suffering from injury,he had no opportunity to add pace and width to the side.
Throw in the fact that he also lost to injury Majewski who,unlike his predecessors, he saw.quite correctly,as the player who could inject something different playing behind and off a striker with a free role,rather as Taarabt did so successfully in QPR's promotion season,and the enforced use of a diamond system becomes more apparent.
It's an obvious reason why the CG pitch has been narrowed even more than when 'Harry' Bassett was in charge.
Unfortunately,as others have pointed out,what it means is the immediate return of the ultra negative reaction from certain fans, who have been waiting for an excuse to put the knife in to Sean We're already starting to see the name BD being bandied about yet again.As someone who has been available for employment since January 2012,and looking at the vast number of Championship jobs that have become vacant since then-several more than once- just why is he still out of work? Could it be that other clubs are wary of just how much long term baggage may come with someone who seems to leave every club he manages with as many,if not more,problems than he inherited,even if achieving short term success.
The reappointment of people like John Pemberton would not have taken place if this club was not looking for a genuine long term re structuring,rather than an immediate 'quick fix' approach.Luckily,whatever people may say about him,for good or ill,Sean is a Manager who never looks at the papers re football, let alone Sky Sports News and the web pages of our local rag!”

“Well done mexic0mart. Back to your best”

“good old snenny groupon”

“We probably do need a Mckenna type in the side but I dont think it necessarily has to be in centre midfield. A leader can be anywhere on the pitch, think RVP at Arsenal, Cassilias at Real Madrid, Pearce for us and even Llallana for the Saints. All completely different players but all could be described as leaders.
I dont remember Mckenna being as popular when he was at Forest and its a problem which affects players of his ilk. Neil Lennon was never accepted here, Gilletts role and purpose is beginning to be questioned and even John McGovern was not universally liked despite being the captain of our double European Championship winning team. Its a role which, when the team is winning often goes unnoticed but when its not working out, they are often singled out as the weak link and their role in the team is questioned.
I would say its a clutching at straws, somewhat cliched argument. Poor performance therefore we need a leader a Roy Keane, a McKenna, a Mr Nasty. You can build a team without that character and, as Sean has suggested in the past, he wants the team to start acting more autonomously and taking responsibility, where does this talk of a leader fit into the ethos he esposed only a few months ago.
I think he's right, modern football is less about the cult of personality of the manager, how many more Fergusons, Cloughs and the like are left in the game. It seems to be more about players making decisions as a collective and both Spain and Barcelona are key examples of this, they'd win games without managers.
In some ways for a progressive forward thinking manager I'm slightly suprised he's made the comment and to me, and its only my interpretation, its the kind of comment made by a manager perhaps beginning to feel the pressure.”

“One thing I do not understand from the article is the part about playing the orthodox 4-4-2 formation, it's been out dated for years with clubs playing a more spread out pattern of the diamond, replacing the two flying wing back with two support midfielders..
Trouble we have is the lack of pace when playing any diamond formation”