Seargant Reddog
First Team Squad
Q: Are you thinking about promotion after your great run of form?
A: Promotion has not been spoken of because everyone knows that we are a work in progress and I stand by what I said that the aim for us is to have a strong mid-table finish. There is a fantastic mentality in the dressing room — a great mix of youth and experience — but nobody is getting carried away.
We are far from the finished article. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, a lot of tough games and times to come but I am delighted with the way we are developing.
Q: Are you going to add to your squad in January from a position of strength?
A: Sometimes it is sensible not to mend something that is not broken. It is not broken here. We will look at it sensibly, see what is available. We will look at this window to see if this is the right window to shop in, look at injuries and suspensions when they come up in the next few weeks.
We have got to try and keep the dynamics of this group. They are a fantastic working group and for me it is business as usual, carry on doing what we have been doing and over next couple of months to try and stay with the pack and continue with our very good form.
Q: What about transfers out of the City Ground after your great start to the campaign - there must be a lot of scouts at your games at present?
A: I am always prepared for that and there is no doubt in this world of football the one thing guaranteed is you know somebody will be going behind your back. What we will do is see what comes up, see what develops and then look at it sensibly and see what the best thing is we can do with regards moving this club forward.
Q: What has been your biggest achievement as a manager so far?
A: Without a doubt keeping Nottingham Forest in the Championship represents my biggest achievement.
It gave me the most satisfaction because I didn't spend a penny doing it. I took charge on January 6th this year with Forest in the bottom four, and I walked into an environment I had never experienced at Preston.
The place was flat, the squad lacked any sort of confidence, and when I looked at this team of young boys I knew it would be my sternest challenge.
Q: Given your record at Preston and Derby, why was last season such an achievement?
A: It was crisis-management, edge of your seat stuff. That's when I found out about myself and I started to think differently. Also, it was my first experience of fighting relegation, and coming in midway through a campaign made it much tougher.
What I learned about myself, my staff and man-management skills, has made me a stronger person. I probably look at things in a different way now than when I managed Preston.
http://www.givemefootball.com/manager-spotlight/forest-boss-delighted-in-the-hot-seat
A: Promotion has not been spoken of because everyone knows that we are a work in progress and I stand by what I said that the aim for us is to have a strong mid-table finish. There is a fantastic mentality in the dressing room — a great mix of youth and experience — but nobody is getting carried away.
We are far from the finished article. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, a lot of tough games and times to come but I am delighted with the way we are developing.
Q: Are you going to add to your squad in January from a position of strength?
A: Sometimes it is sensible not to mend something that is not broken. It is not broken here. We will look at it sensibly, see what is available. We will look at this window to see if this is the right window to shop in, look at injuries and suspensions when they come up in the next few weeks.
We have got to try and keep the dynamics of this group. They are a fantastic working group and for me it is business as usual, carry on doing what we have been doing and over next couple of months to try and stay with the pack and continue with our very good form.
Q: What about transfers out of the City Ground after your great start to the campaign - there must be a lot of scouts at your games at present?
A: I am always prepared for that and there is no doubt in this world of football the one thing guaranteed is you know somebody will be going behind your back. What we will do is see what comes up, see what develops and then look at it sensibly and see what the best thing is we can do with regards moving this club forward.
Q: What has been your biggest achievement as a manager so far?
A: Without a doubt keeping Nottingham Forest in the Championship represents my biggest achievement.
It gave me the most satisfaction because I didn't spend a penny doing it. I took charge on January 6th this year with Forest in the bottom four, and I walked into an environment I had never experienced at Preston.
The place was flat, the squad lacked any sort of confidence, and when I looked at this team of young boys I knew it would be my sternest challenge.
Q: Given your record at Preston and Derby, why was last season such an achievement?
A: It was crisis-management, edge of your seat stuff. That's when I found out about myself and I started to think differently. Also, it was my first experience of fighting relegation, and coming in midway through a campaign made it much tougher.
What I learned about myself, my staff and man-management skills, has made me a stronger person. I probably look at things in a different way now than when I managed Preston.
http://www.givemefootball.com/manager-spotlight/forest-boss-delighted-in-the-hot-seat
