‘Not best time to speak’ but Forest need to ‘address what’s happening’

Fans erupted into brief applause as Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis gave a thumbs up to the City Ground.

The Greek businessman will now try to resolve any potential rifts with Nuno Espirito Santo after a surprise 3-0 defeat to West Ham on Sunday.

Despite Nuno’s frustrations, the owner who bankrolled Forest back to Europe has received a lot of respect and reverence, and it demonstrated that no one is siding with the owner or manager.

After his outbursts over the club’s slow-moving transfer business and the revelation their relationship had changed this summer, Nuno will meet with Marinakis to talk about the club’s future during the international break.

After the loss, Nuno remarked, “It’s not the best day to speak.” We must address the circumstances at hand. I’m worried about the team because it was shocking, so the job is now more about the team.

Everyone is very depressed, and “it]defeat] doesn’t help. However, there isn’t any connection between the discussions. We must separate it and proceed in the right direction.

Nuno has no regrets about making the Portuguese’ comments public after what has been a troubling summer for him, despite the fact that they came as a surprise over the past two weeks.

Forest had a strong start to the season, winning both at Brentford and drawing at Crystal Palace, only to be easily overtaken by West Ham, who were both unlucky to come away with.

After attending the Europa League draw at Real Betis on September 25, Marinakis was in the stands as he would have done before the match.

That European comeback was spearheaded by Nuno, who placed them seventh in the Premier League last season and only missed out on the Champions League on the final day.

Since Forest was last removed from the Premier League in 1999, the pair have successfully brought them back to where many have failed.

Nuno’s complaints stemmed from Forest’s inability to piece together the squad quickly enough, a factor that underscores the importance of his pre-season preparations.

Omari Hutchinson joined from Ipswich for a record fee, James McAtee joined Manchester City, and Douglas Luiz joined on loan from Juventus, spending around £150m.

Before Monday’s transfer deadline, they still need another goalkeeper and left-back, with expected arrivals for Botafogo goalkeeper John Victor and defender Cuiabano.

Nuno should ultimately receive what he desired, but not when he desired it. The head coach will now have to make changes because he had previously preferred to work with smaller squads.

Running a small squad would have been impossible and foolish with Forest in Europe, on top of their domestic responsibilities in the league and cup.

However, there will be a movement out before the 19:00 BST deadline on Monday, because Nuno doesn’t want to have players who aren’t going to play.

He said, “I believe we must do it.” We want to inspire the squad’s entire motivational makeup. That is what the club is trying to accomplish. We will see a picture of our squad after one day has passed.

But is he content with the team?

He said, “Let’s see when it’s finished how we can respond to the question better.” We have a few good options, but we can make better decisions when the squad is finished.

In contrast to his irate stance before games against Brentford and Crystal Palace, he was much more at ease during his pre-game press conference on Friday.

He claimed he still anticipated taking over after Forest’s international break when Forest travels to Arsenal, but that despite speculations of a breakup with Edu’s international sporting director, his position was still in charge.

Senior Forest sources claim they had no idea about Nuno’s unhappiness when the former Arsenal sporting director was appointed in July, but Nuno only responded briefly when questioned about Edu on Friday when questioned about it.

Marinakis himself anticipates fixing any issues.

He stated to TNT during their Europa League draw that “everything is solid.” We all want the success of Nottingham. I don’t see a problem because we are here in the good times but also in the difficult ones.

“We are all together, united, and will take some corrective actions,” he declares. Everything will go smoothly and quickly.

Even if the City Ground was largely deserted by West Ham in the final whistle, Nuno’s standing among the fans will never be harmed by one defeat.

Although Matz Sels and Forest were sloppy and lacked integrity, defeat was unavoidable.

Only Dan Ndoye, a £34 million signing from Bologna, made a summer arrivals debut, with Igor Jesus, Hutchinson, McAtee, and Arnaud Kalimuendo missing out on the bench.

It strengthens Nuno’s claim that Forest needed more depth and recruits because its new recruits are yet to have an immediate impact.

He makes the argument that they need to get used to the squad, get used to it, and get their philosophy and method of working understood.

In Nuno’s opinion, that time was lost earlier in the summer. A costly delay for someone who contributed so much to the squad dynamic.