Cotterill calls for patience

Mon, 12 Dec 13:53:54 2011

Manager Steve Cotterill has warned it will take time to remould Nottingham Forest`s squad.

Cotterill feels he has inherited an unbalanced group, with a lack of a regular goalscorer and a dearth of defenders a particular problem.

Following the 1-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday, the Reds have now gone 360 minutes without scoring amid a run of four consecutive npower Championship defeats.

"We are very unbalanced here as a squad. We have 101 centre forwards and 101 midfielders, but on Saturday we only had four defenders," Cotterill said. "But that is my job, I have to try to manoeuvre things around. That is why I was given a three-and-a-half year contract because it is not going to happen overnight.

"I knew when I came here that the squad was not balanced. It will take time to turn this squad around. I will do it, but it will take time and it will need us to be flexible.

"Sometimes we will have to spend money to get some players in before others can be looked at to see if they can play a part in the squad in the future."

 

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  1. Mark - I have found to my cost when sending emails at­ work sarcasm does not come over very well in type...

    From Tracey, on Fri 16 Dec 2:24

  2. 2 thumbs down... obviously the 2-4-4 formation is not­ proving popular with the Yahoo! crowd

    or maybe the­ sense of humour receptors are faulty

    From Mark, on Thu 15 Dec 20:10

  3. steve cockup is at it again selling our best players­ look
    Steve Cockup is ready to cash in on­ £1.5million-rated playmaker Lewis McGugan to save­ Nottingham Forest from relegation.

    Forest have failed­ in a bid to bring Cardiff striker Robert Earnshaw back­ to the City Ground in a swap deal.

    Boss Cotterill now­ accepts 23-year-old McGugan must be sold next month to­ help fund the search for a genuine goalscorer.

    there­ only one man that can save from relegation and that­ king billy bring him back before its to late

    From Tara, on Tue 13 Dec 22:58

  4. Rather have diarrhoea than Billy Davies, far more­ trouble than he's worth. Fallen out with the board­ at every club he's been too, and left a right mess­ behind. Got to give SC a chance to get rid of the­ quantity and bring in some quality.

    From steve h, on Tue 13 Dec 22:10

  5. I am beginning to think that they should look to the­ heavens for divine intervention as that is the only way­ that I suspect that they are going to avoid the drop to­ league one come May. As things stand at the present it­ looks as if they are going to become a yo-yo team only­ it will be between the championship & league one­ not the premier league and the championship.

    From alan c, on Tue 13 Dec 21:18

  6. steve bruce is available...........

    From paul l, on Tue 13 Dec 19:17

  7. he has to go talks cheap forest are not

    From paul k, on Tue 13 Dec 11:50

  8. 101 strikers and 101 midfielders, yet how long is it­ since we scored a goal?? I hope blackstock starts­ firing or i'm lacing up my boots..

    From David, on Tue 13 Dec 8:22

  9. Perhaps we should adopt a 2-4-4 formation from now on

    From Mark, on Tue 13 Dec 1:21

  10. This squad is relegation fodder all the way
    Playing­ good football and losing week in week out is the stuff­ that takes you down No goals no win!

    From Tony, on Tue 13 Dec 0:57

  11. i think we would have struggled even with billy here­ with this squad ,we have,nt got any impact players­ that can come off the bench and change things.the fact­ we lost earny and tyson losing cohen early on hasn,t ­ helped.

    From redand.whites, on Tue 13 Dec 0:07

  12. Well said Tim. With you all the way on that one.

    From Fender, on Mon 12 Dec 23:50

  13. S.C. Just talks complete Tosh and changes his tune­ every 2 mins. The board should grovel and bring back­ B.D.

    From Tim, on Mon 12 Dec 22:35
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