If Fawaz was still in charge I would be gravely concerned ahead of the January transfer window. Of course that’s not to say we won’t sell Lolley or find it impossible to keep hold of him, but I’d like to think we’d only be selling for £20m+, nothing less.
I genuinely hope we keep hold of every single player we’ve got in January apart from the ones that AK seems surplus to requirements. Get rid of the surplus, add one or two (striker and possibly a keeper) and I honestly believe we have a very good chance of being top six in May.
I have to say, huge credit has to go to Marinakis, Karanka and all of the players for the progress made since last season. It actually feels good to be a Forest fan again, for the first time in a very very long time. In almost no time at all we’ve gone from relegation fodder with a team lurching from one winless streak to another, to a team now starting to earn a bit of respect throughout the division. We don’t just have one player capable of producing a goal or an assist, we have several. We’ve proved we can keep clean sheets in consecutive games. We’ve proved we can go away from home and not be shoved aside. All we need now is a little more consistency and we’ll be in the mix come May for sure.
I do think though that the January window is crucial to us now. Keeping hold of what we want to I keep hold of, and tweaking here and there with the breathing space made available by ridding ourselves of the surplus to requirements is crucial. And if we’re not in the mix come May, I’d be very surprised if we’re not in the mix next season when this team has had a full 12 months together.
