Sean O'Driscoll hopes Nottingham Forest will tread carefully with new signings in January
SEAN O'Driscoll will be backed with more new additions in the January transfer window – but the Nottingham Forest manager warned the club must tread carefully with new signings.
When it comes to their permanent additions, the Reds have so far largely maintained a careful policy of recruiting players who have experienced success in the Championship.
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And O'Driscoll hopes that remit will be maintained in January – and that the club's ambitious owners will resist the temptation to splash out on big-name signings in the pursuit of success.
"There is a logical progression, when you are trying to construct a team. You want players that you know and, more importantly, have been there and done it and are good characters," said O'Driscoll.
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"You can bring in a player because he is a marquee signing that will excite the fans and even put bums on seats – but if he does not deliver, he can cause more harm.
"It has to be right for the player as well. If you are in the market for spending vast amounts of finance on players, you have to make sure they are the right ones.
"The remit would be that you need people who know this division – because this is the division they will be playing in – who can make the step up to the next level, if needs be.
"These things are ongoing and everyone has an opinion, which is the best thing about football and the worst thing in football."
O'Driscoll confirmed he had held early talks with the Al Hasawi family about Forest's January plans.
The manager says it will become more clear what is required over the coming weeks, as the window approaches.
"They have their ideas of what their team needs; of what the squad needs," he said.
"We have our own ideas. What we don't want is to have 35 players wandering around the place.
"Because that would be an unhealthy situation. You can look back at other clubs who have gone down that line and brought players in for the sake of it; because their CV or their past history might make them a good signing – and they have been disasters.
"Whether you have money and resources or not, you have to bring in the right players at the right time for you."
Comments
by AW2020
Wednesday, November 28 2012, 12:55PM
“hate saying this but we should be winning games like this by 3-4 goals easy even with are bad defending .:(”
by patbrett
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 11:27PM
“Sean, sorry mate but we concede all those crosses because of your diamond midfield which does not give cover in front of our full backs. Now I am an SO'D fan but lets be fair. This is why he had to bring on the 2 wide players, Reid & Coppinger. Any decent manager will see that we are vulnerable down the flanks as long as we play the diamond. We must get good up & down wide players if we want to make progress, with 2 hard working center mids { Guadioura & Jenas?} in the center. Thats the way I see it anyway. Not just spouting off after this defeat, I said exactly the same after the Leicester game, which saw Maloney badly exposed by the system.”
by Craigwigan
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 10:36PM
“DEAR SANTA PLEASE CAN WE HAVE
A NEW GOAL KEEPER
A NEW BACK 4 WHO CAN DEFEND
2 WINGERS
2 GOAL SCORERS
AND A MANAGER WHO CAN WIN 3 ON TH BOUNCE”
by forest2win
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 10:20PM
“I'm sorry to say this, but I don't think SOD is big enough for the managers boots, still a valuable part of the club but doesnt have enough in his box to take us forward. We need billy Davies or Mick Mcarthy type front man, we lack dynamism. Not SOD's fault, he's a good coach. But we need more.”
by RichieW
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 9:57PM
“How can we lose to such a poor team tonight Mr O'Driscoll ?
This team cannot string a good run together, i question the manager and the players, its really not good enough !
Inept performance, you should all hold your heads in shame !
I have no faith in O'Driscoll !”
by Henrik1968
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 9:54PM
“We were not playing tonight, what a dissapointment... Ipswich' s wide players were killing us and we totally played without control in midfield... Losing to Ipswich is a real set back, I think... Losing Cox' speed and power could be costly...
But must stay positive, still way better of than last season, but thought we were stronger...
GO REDS FOREVER!!!”
by forest2win
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 7:32PM
“Lets get on to the real business, were playing tonight!!! If we can take the points and improve our goal difference significantly at the same time then I will be dreaming. Somehow though I thinks it's Mick MCarthy's night and we will come unstuck..it's in the script.
But here's hoping. COYR's”
by derkaiser
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 7:06PM
“OutfoxedYa2:
I think you missed it the first time I posted it, so here it is again:
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We are Forest. You are Leicester. You are inferior.
Nuff said.
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Got it this time?”
by derkaiser
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 7:02PM
“bomdia:
I went back and re-read and yes, I must concede to you there. Thanks for putting me right, much appreciated.
Nice to see you back amongst us. Been looking out for your posts.”
by derkaiser
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 7:00PM
“M15t3rT
Tuesday, November 27 2012, 5:19PM
I interpret nothing. I state that I am agreement or not. What's your problem with that.
Explain?”