Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo

[garibaldi]

He only managed us for 1 game, he's only ever managed 1 game of football FFS

Legacy media - Forest hire manager with 100% win rate.

 

[Otis Redding]

I have no emotional stake in Nuno. He was brought in to do a job and he's not doing it well. Of course it would be madness to sack him, but I have not great hope that his melancholy persona is what we need to galvanise a squad going into a battle for survival.

Others might interpret what you see as "a melancholy persona" JC as being calm and authoritive.

 

[BryanRoy22]

One thing's for sure. This is the toughest gig of his career.

 

[youreds1986]

It's a simple fix. We just need to get back to his first few games where we went out trying to win, rather than not to lose.

Get the defence 10 yards further up the pitch and tell the whole team to go out there and score goals.

Yes we will concede a few - but there's goals in this team when we play positively and teams are genuinely frightened of us when we get in the mood.

 

[Berkshire Red]

It's a simple fix. We just need to get back to his first few games where we went out trying to win, rather than not to lose.

Get the defence 10 yards further up the pitch and tell the whole team to go out there and score goals.

Aina or Tavares would seem to be key to this.

 

[youreds1986]

Aina or Tavares would seem to be key to this.

I think either would definitely help balance the left side

Love Toff and he rarely lets us down but Nuno clearly wants his full backs to be more explosive and provide the width.

 

[Frank Clark’s Tash]

The ongoing choice to keep MGW on set pieces, when he has been utterly inept at them for 2 years straight, makes me think the manager is either incredibly stubborn or actually quite thick. Not sure which, but there is supporting evidence for both lines of thought!

 

[rockhopper]

Aina or Tavares would seem to be key to this.

It's amazing the difference Tavares made to the way the team played, never thought I'd say that from his early games.
He really did drive us forward, alongside MGW probably the best best ball carrier in the team. Since he's been out we've seen a big drop off, real shame as with Necos emergence we'd have some proper attacking threats down both flanks.

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[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

It's a simple fix. We just need to get back to his first few games where we went out trying to win, rather than not to lose.

Get the defence 10 yards further up the pitch and tell the whole team to go out there and score goals.

Yes we will concede a few - but there's goals in this team when we play positively and teams are genuinely frightened of us when we get in the mood.

3-2 defeats incoming!

 

[Monkman]

3-2 defeats incoming!

That's kind of the rub isn't it. Feels like he got sick of losing 3-2, so tightened up defensively a bit. With the end result that we now generally lose 1-0.

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

That's kind of the rub isn't it. Feels like he got sick of losing 3-2, so tightened up defensively a bit. With the end result that we now generally lose 1-0.

Pretty much chap. I don't think style has anywhere near as much to do with it as the many weaknesses at the club tbh.

 

[Des's dirty Y-fronts]

To be fair to Nuno (as a couple of posters have expressed in the FFP thread) the uncertainty of a points deduction has been hanging over the club from very early on in his tenure. Despite the usual line we get from players and manager, that they just focus on what's in their control, the football, we don't think about that blah blah blah ... The uncertainty most definitely will be affecting the team. One way or another we just need to know what the challenge ahead is and the playing field. Then we can get to work. Poor bastard.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

Forest are in the relegation zone for the first time this season so it's probably time to sack owd Nuno.

The unfortunate reality is whilst he's a popular manager this is a mid-table team and he's taken us as far as he can.

 

[Frank Clark’s Tash]

he's taken us as far as he can.

Dunno, there's still 2 places below us!

 

[Haych]

He will keep us up now we don’t have the pending points deduction hanging over our heads.

We know what the punishment is and we’ve got two weeks on the training ground to get them ready for Palace & Fulham.

 

[Green Jumper]

The Nuno Espirito Santo Rolling Scorecard 23/24 edition

Luton 1-1 Forest

Another disappointing result where Forest failed to capitalise on their superiority and made basic errors to give away their lead.

Forest were off the pace early on, but grew into the game and were largely the better team for the majority of the game, without ever really dominating against very limited opponents. The lads were decent going forward, creating some good chances, but once again largely lacked the composure in front of goal necessary to take the game away from the hosts. The initiative was again conceded and it wasn’t the greatest surprise that Forest couldn’t hold on and they often appear unable to do the basics correctly, despite repeated reminders.

A break before the next one gives a chance to once again drill the basics on the training pitch. It needs to work this time.

Nuno cards a par to remain at +3 par on The Rolling Scorecard.

Trend (last 6 games): L, W, l, L, l, d.

 

[MASE]

The Nuno Espirito Santo Rolling Scorecard 23/24 edition

Luton 1-1 Forest

Another disappointing result where Forest failed to capitalise on their superiority and made basic errors to give away their lead.

Forest were off the pace early on, but grew into the game and were largely the better team for the majority of the game, without ever really dominating against very limited opponents. The lads were decent going forward, creating some good chances, but once again largely lacked the composure in front of goal necessary to take the game away from the hosts. The initiative was again conceded and it wasn’t the greatest surprise that Forest couldn’t hold on and they often appear unable to do the basics correctly, despite repeated reminders.

A break before the next one gives a chance to once again drill the basics on the training pitch. It needs to work this time.

Nuno cards a par to remain at +3 par on The Rolling Scorecard.

Trend (last 6 games): L, W, l, L, l, d.

Managers probably culpable for the "lacklustre" start. If you can't get them up for a game of that magnitude then theres a problem.

We did grow into the game, we did score first, but you'd have to assume given we subsequently tried to slow the game down in our play & substitutions Nuno was trying to see it out. We all know what happened with that.

He's lucky with a par, I'd have gone double bogey.

 

[Bob Fossil]

Wow. I mean.....you can't fault Big E's ambition

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772391599261073782

 

[Listen 'ere young man]

Hmm, if true Nuno might be skating on thinner ice than we might imagine.

Doesn't bode well for team stability does it.

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[tomw94]

Does not surprise me, we are 1 win in what 10+ games in all competitions?
In that run we took 1 point from Brentford and Luton, I imagine EM is furious & rightfully so.
He has free reign to sack him too, there is no fan attachment like there was with Cooper.
I’m almost certain that anything less than 3 points vs Palace and he is gone.

 

[Ashley]

I think whatever the outcome of this season, Nuno will leave in the summer. I don't think he likes it here and Marinakis probably wants to replace him anyway.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Nuno staying depends almost entirely upon what league we're in next season

 

[isaacs]

Wow. I mean.....you can't fault Big E's ambition

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772391599261073782

My word, i used to go out of my way to watch Sarri's Empoli and Napoli teams. And thats not a no mark source either. Really got a bad rap with the media when he took over at Chelsea. He wasn't great at Lazio but not terrible, his style might be slightly out of date but when he gets it right its a thing of beauty.

Nuno can feel metal pressed to the back of his head, the Big Mans looking around.

 

[Cureboy]

Nuno isn’t going to stick around here. Not many will work with the big man for any length of time and I don’t blame them.

He’s a decent manager but it’s been a tough gig for him and was always going to be coming in after Cooper. I think Pep Guardiola would’ve struggled to be fair.

Personally I’ve found some of Nunos team selections abit baffling and we’ve regressed from the confident Newcastle and Man U performances. He’s been screwed by some awful VAR decisions too.

If he goes I’ll wish him all the best, he’s a man of integrity and I think there’s a good manager in there but some come in and are just not the right fit for us and he’s probably in that bracket.

 

[Raymondo Ponte']

Wow. I mean.....you can't fault Big E's ambition

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772391599261073782

Who the fuk is he?