While we can be sure the new manager will bring a bit of international know how to Nottingham Forest after his England experience, two successful seasons in the Netherlands and a brief spell in Germany, thereâs no guarantees of the style or formation he may adopt. The standard Dutch 4-3-3 formation â devastatingly used by Barcelona in their infamous tiki taka style â has been rumoured but, as a Zonal Marking post suggests, McClarenâs formation at FC Twente was more subtle. Moving between formations, depending on attack or defence, the playersâ positions allow much more fluidity and flexibility than simply playing three or five in midfield... Read more: http://seatpitch.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/what-can-we-expect-from-steve-mcclaren/
I just hope he does not spend to much time tinkering with the squad, we always start slow and if we have any chance of getting promoted were going to need to come flying out of the traps
unmitigated, undiluted ...100%, 24 carat, failure....following in the now celebrated and traditional path of managers in the last 25 years....but at least he will have mastered a nottingham accent before he is sacked out of it.....he is the syptom ...not the sickness... The only people who can't see it is the board and some miss guided "true believers"... sorry...