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Forest sack O'Driscoll
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Club Statement
Posted: Wed 26 Dec 2012
Author: Fraser Nicholson
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Nottingham Forest have this evening parted company with manager Sean O’Driscoll.
Owners Fawaz Al Hasawi and Abdulaziz Al Hasawi have made the decision as they look to move the Club forward.
Chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi said: “We cannot speak highly enough of Sean as a man. He was appointed at an extremely difficult time for the Club and can count himself unlucky to have lost his job with the team just one point away from the top six.
“But we have a responsibility to look to the future for this great Club because we have huge ambitions for it.
“We knew when we bought the Club in the summer that it would take time for the players we bought in to settle but that process has taken longer than we anticipated.
“We feel we have developed a really strong squad of players but are still searching for consistency in terms of team performance, underlined by the fact that we have not won more than two games in succession in the Championship this season.
“And with the January transfer window approaching, we feel it’s the right time to make a change.
“We are looking to bring in an ambitious manager with Premier League experience.”
Abdulaziz Al Hasawi, who was at The City Ground for today’s game against Leeds, added: “The timing of our decision may look a little odd after the win over Leeds but sometimes you need to make changes with the long term future in mind.
“Sometimes those changes need to be made from a position of strength rather than weakness and that is what we are trying to do.”
The Club will be making no further comment at this time.
Posted: Wed 26 Dec 2012
Author: Fraser Nicholson
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Nottingham Forest have this evening parted company with manager Sean O’Driscoll.
Owners Fawaz Al Hasawi and Abdulaziz Al Hasawi have made the decision as they look to move the Club forward.
Chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi said: “We cannot speak highly enough of Sean as a man. He was appointed at an extremely difficult time for the Club and can count himself unlucky to have lost his job with the team just one point away from the top six.
“But we have a responsibility to look to the future for this great Club because we have huge ambitions for it.
“We knew when we bought the Club in the summer that it would take time for the players we bought in to settle but that process has taken longer than we anticipated.
“We feel we have developed a really strong squad of players but are still searching for consistency in terms of team performance, underlined by the fact that we have not won more than two games in succession in the Championship this season.
“And with the January transfer window approaching, we feel it’s the right time to make a change.
“We are looking to bring in an ambitious manager with Premier League experience.”
Abdulaziz Al Hasawi, who was at The City Ground for today’s game against Leeds, added: “The timing of our decision may look a little odd after the win over Leeds but sometimes you need to make changes with the long term future in mind.
“Sometimes those changes need to be made from a position of strength rather than weakness and that is what we are trying to do.”
The Club will be making no further comment at this time.
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I wouldnt have been surprised about that 2 Sunderland wins ago
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Alex McLeish.....well, well 
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With Birmingham though he had the physical players to barge his way out of the Championship, with a footballing side like Forest it could take them a while to become accustomed to his style of play not to mention the extra players Mcleash will be looking at to play his system, If the owners were looking at getting Forest into the Prem this term then they have made a mistake as I feel Forest will now go backwards before starting to go forwards, by which time the season will be over.
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