{"id":1024,"date":"2019-11-20T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2020-01-20T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T13:47:02","slug":"sabri-lamouchi-i-just-called-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/20\/sabri-lamouchi-i-just-called-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabri Lamouchi &#8211; I Just Called To Say&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long do you stay a hero for in football? If you achieve something that truly electrifies the fans, you\u2019re heralded as the man who\u2019d \u201cnever have to buy another pint in Nottingham\u201d. Try telling that to Yohan Benalouane, though. Weeks after his derby day heroics, the masked goalscorer committed war crimes with his uninspiring display at Rotherham away. This, my friends, is the nature of the beast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staying on the theme of Derby Day goals, Ben Osborn scored the mother of all scene-inducing net-busters away at Pride Park in 2015. By the end of the year, he was the go-to scapegoat for a club in turmoil &#8211; and it stayed that way for the next few seasons. Heroism is fleeting in this game, whether you\u2019re a player, a local lad, or even the manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mauricio Pochettino has now learned that the hard way. Rumours about his future intensified on Monday. He was out of a job on Tuesday, and replaced by Jose Mourinho on Wednesday. The departing Argentine has had a whirlwind week that would make Craig David blush. He worked miracles at Spurs, but a few tumultuous months have put him on the scrapheap. Still, at least that Amazon documentary about Tottenham will now make <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollyoaks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The most important 18 minutes of the century<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It took Spurs 10 hours to switch from one manager to another. Amateurs\u2026 All the big clubs spend no more than 18 minutes orchestrating a regime change. When Forest traded in their worn-out O\u2019Neill for a shiny, top-of-the-range Sabri in June, the turnover was rapid. At the time, Lamouchi didn\u2019t get the respect he deserved &#8211; he was labelled everything from a \u201cnobody\u201d to a \u201cbathroom appliance salesman who wondered into the City Ground and walked out with a job\u201d. Social media users can be so cruel\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then, Mr Lamouchi let his revolution do the talking. From minute one, there was something utterly loveable about the bloke. He rocked up at The Impact Arena for Forest\u2019s friendly vs Alfreton, with his black-tee and hitman shades, to cast an eye over his new recruits the day after his appointment. Sabri was dressed to kill, and to be honest, we never did hear from that Town player who injured Joao Carvalho again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As far as pre-seasons go, it was one of our best in recent memory: Not based on results, but on how Lamouchi conducted himself and stamped his authority on the club. He immediately cancelled friendlies, fearing an \u201coverload\u201d for a team asked to play 90-minute matches as early as June. He quickly identified targets and brought in his own players, despite the inflated size of Forest\u2019s squad. There wasn\u2019t one marquee name amongst them, and I\u2019m pretty sure Lamouchi and co will eventually face a fraud trial after snapping-up Samba Sow for just \u00a3600 000. Dinamo Moscow are probably wondering where the remaining \u00a349 400 000 is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t just bargain buys and a strong work ethic that characterised Lamouchi\u2019s pre-season: He stood firm in the face of critics &#8211; and possibly a few people at the club &#8211; to add a fifth goalkeeper to our ranks. The Twitter experts had plenty to say on this one, with a few questioning the transfer which took our squad near to the 40-player mark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabri was undeterred. He wasn\u2019t willing to settle for what he had. Perhaps starting the season with a 19-year-old loanee as his first choice shot-stopper wasn\u2019t what the Frenchman had in mind for building the pillars of success. When he makes a decision, it usually proves to be a masterstroke. Getting Brice Samba and his velvet-voice over to Nottingham wasn\u2019t just good management &#8211; it was an emphatic work of art.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Sabri Lamouchi has got right<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After those tricky first two games against West Brom and Leeds, the gaffer stuck to his guns. He kept faith in Worrall\u2019s re-introduction to the team. He anchored Ben Watson in a midfield role that had earned him plenty of criticism towards the end of last season. His substitutions, almost every time, help shift us into an extra-gear to when we\u2019re seeing games out. Even the decision to start Yates against Derby was a clever move, and the academy graduate produced the best display of his career in the 1-0 win. He also gave Rams centre-back Matt Clarke PTSD, after forcing him off with a crunching challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s these things &#8211; little tweaks and adjustments, rather than sweeping changes &#8211; that sets Sabri apart from all our recent crop of managers. He\u2019s the rocket scientist, carefully adjusting the cogs in our propulsion system. He\u2019s the brain surgeon, weaving his way past the amygdala to stem the bleeding. He\u2019s the bomb disposal expert, carefully cutting wires and saving the day &#8211; all while sweating less than a Pizza Express-loving, post-Falklands prince.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The noise from within the club remains encouraging, too. From what I\u2019ve been told, Lamouchi commands a certain authority in the dressing room. He\u2019s likeable, but he is the antithesis of a pushover. He is amicable, but not someone you\u2019d dare cross. Certain lazy columnists would have been better off regulating their high blood pressure, rather than comparing Sabri to Philippe Montanier before a ball had been kicked this campaign. Mr Lamouchi doesn\u2019t bring cheese to press conferences, but then again, Phil never brought tactical knowledge to a training session. I certainly know which one I prefer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lamouchi, however, now has to take on the dreaded December schedule: A month where, historically speaking, players drop like flies and our form goes to pot. Aitor Karanka was in a similar position this time 12 months ago. But after routinely dispatching Ipswich at home, his now-infamous interview &#8211; where he admitted to feeling flat &#8211; set the tone for a messy divorce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dreadful month widened the rift between the Spaniard and the ownership, and within six weeks of leading us into the top five, Karanka was gone. There were similar feelings of unrequited love for Aitor before he encountered a fatal bump in the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>I just called to say I love you<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lamouchi can certainly make himself a hero on Trentside. One would argue he\u2019s already halfway there. But he has the chance to seize an opportunity and prove he\u2019s able to succeed where others have not. With a squad of more than 30 players to choose from and reliable cover in every position apart from centre-forward, there is hope. December doesn\u2019t have to be a vintage month, but it does need to steer clear of disaster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabri needs to be able to walk straight up to Evangelos Marinakis and ask him for a blank chequebook on 1 January. I\u2019ve no doubt that, whatever the fearsome festive period brings, we have found the captain of our Greek-owned ship\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s cut to the chase though, Sabri: I just love you, mate. I really do. Forest fans always get it in the neck for being too hostile to their own players and management. But we\u2019re also the most sentimental bunch going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bojan Jokic couldn\u2019t have played much more than a dozen games for us, and he\u2019s been heralded as one of our best left-backs of the decade (it has been slim-pickings, mind). The Church of David Vaughan ruled supreme across Nottinghamshire while the Welsh wizard was spraying 60-yard-diagonal passes on request. There were tears when Chris Cohen bagged against Ipswich in 2017. And don\u2019t get me started on Jack Colback. These ginger midfielders have my heart &#8211; as well as the opposition &#8211; on strings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It doesn\u2019t take much for us to fall in love with you at Forest. Sabri has worked his socks off to unite the fanbase and get the reds playing with both substance and style. From day one, on a sun-kissed afternoon in Alfreton, his mind has been meticulously focused on improving this team. There were all sorts of divisions amongst the fans after Martin O\u2019Neill left the club. Where on earth is that bad-will now? We\u2019re all on the same page, and it has taken a remarkably short time to do this. If we gave Lamouchi a crack at Brexit, we\u2019d probably all be a lot happier.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is love?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to say thank you. I can forensically analyse what Sabri has got right all day long. But plenty of other people are already doing that. It\u2019s our job primarily as fans, to show our gratitude and our continued support. The manager\u2019s reaction to the Hull and Wigan losses proved what a brilliant knack for man-management he has. To quote Lamouchi, he stated, \u201cit\u2019s a long season, this isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve lost, and it won\u2019t be the last\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can judge a team much more accurately based on how they react to adversity, rather than what they do when things are going smoothly. After consecutive losses, we\u2019ve got back-to-back wins. Both were hard-fought victories, and they were forged in a passionate fire of grit and resilience. We\u2019re a fanbase that craves a backbone from our team. Emerging victorious from three home games with 56th-minute winners in each is just the type of weirdly-accurate consistency we\u2019ve been looking for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As supporters, we have to understand that the difficult days are always on the horizon. An away trip to Bristol City is hardly the first game anyone wants after an international break. There\u2019s no need to tear apart exactly what has gone wrong when we come off second-best. Sometimes you have bad days at the office. Leave the ground, have a pint, and if you\u2019re still upset, put your foot through a fence on the walk home. For Sabri, we need to be the best versions of ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we ask \u201cwhat is love?\u201d &#8211; this is what we\u2019re referring to. Love isn\u2019t just celebrating the good times, but it\u2019s sticking together during the tough moments. It\u2019s about picking each other up when its most needed. Let\u2019s give the Reds some breathing space for the next few weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all, it is Christmas. The only reason we should have for bothering Sabri Lamouchi is to ask him where he gets his jumpers and coats from. Put one of those sexy garments under my tree and that\u2019s it, I\u2019ll never ask for anything again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img  title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tom-Head-Football-Writer-150x150.png\"  alt=\"Tom-Head-Football-Writer-150x150 Sabri Lamouchi - I Just Called To Say...\"  width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tom-Head-Football-Writer-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tom-Head-Football-Writer-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tom-Head-Football-Writer-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tom-Head-Football-Writer.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>*Article provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WiggumCharm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Head<\/a> (Nottingham Forest Correspondent).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*Main image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NFFC<\/a> Sabri Lamouchi the Nottingham Forest Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long do you stay a hero for in football? 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Weeks after his derby day heroics, the masked goalscorer committed war crimes with his uninspiring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[6,16,169,170],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-nottingham-forest","tag-football","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-sabri-lamouchi","tag-tom-head"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sabri Lamouchi - I Just Called To Say... - the Nottingham Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamsport.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/20\/sabri-lamouchi-i-just-called-to-say\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sabri Lamouchi - I Just Called To Say... - the Nottingham Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How long do you stay a hero for in football? 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