Press conferance

Well if you blinked you missed it 2min long!!!

what did they say then?

Not alot frank said he was the man for the job fitted all criteria working to tight bidgets and a championship manager would not talk about macclaren cotterill said the dressing room was down but seemed a bit happier late doors cotterill made some cracks about his time at county and that was that

I can see that SC has a very low profile approach. I just hope that this doesn't mean any less communication from the club.

Can it get any less Prof??

What do you need to know?

I would like to know what his vision is for his tenure, how he sees the team coming together, what his first team will look like and how he wants them to play. Will he be bringing in any of his own staff. Just the basics really some of which has been answered in today's NEP interview.

Is that ok with you Lloyd or am I asking too much?

I meant in terms of "communication from the club", don't be sensitive. Seems like fans always ask to be kept aware even when it comes to who we're trying to sign which is frankly ridiculous.

Bearing in mind the twitter ban I think you're out of luck and I don't think that's a bad thing to be fair. I'm sure you can live without the usual gumpf they always come out with can't you?

Vision for his tenure? Club has good players, high profile "proper football club, great facilities, etc, they always say they want to help the youth team through blah blah".

He has said he wanted to add some staff and some players to bolster the current set up.

Fair enough Lloyd, apologies for being a little prickly, however, I am not after the inside secrets of the dressing room but sometimes the club comes across as distant and lacks caring for the fans who return it with protests and boos.

I think it was summarised fairly well by Birtles in his NEP column:

"...Forest's main technique in recent years has been to tell fans as little as possible.

Which is part of the reason why, when things started to go wrong last summer – and even before that – people reacted so strongly.

While McClaren was moaning about the lack of signings; lamenting the fact that so many deals had fallen through, the club said nothing.

It was the same under Billy Davies. We only ever heard one side of the argument.

Sometimes, all that is required is somebody to say 'we didn't sign such and such because the selling club wanted too much money' or 'he wanted a contract that would have smashed our wage ceiling by miles' and fans would understand.

But Forest's silence sometimes bordered on arrogance..."

I mentioned this on another thread about Frank Clark. I'm happy for the club to say nothing at all, totally happy. Keep transfer dealings secret, don't tell teams when injured players are back, whatever.

What irks me is that they mislead us, FC said they hadn't even got a short list drawn up then next day Cotterill is here!

Also, if they're keeping their cards close to their chest I'd appreciate them not bombarding my email inbox with adverts for the club shop; if they keep quiet about stuff I'm interested in then stop bothering me!!

Re why we don't sell people I imagine you can't talk about another club as that stirs up a whole hornets nest with their fans, shareholders, etc.