Forest and Pearce

[AngryRam]

Some clubs just fit with the person, unless your Newcastle of course.
Take Schteve, this just seems to be his home, he looks content and so far everything is going okay. Perhaps that will be the same for Pearce..
He has media commitments at the moment though and is doing the World Cup for Talksport so that might be the reason for the delay.

[Toggles]

Although apprehensive about Psycho, in the long term it could be the best move. When Fawaz took over he was very Academy minded and a great believer in bringing players through. I just hope that this has not been knocked out of him by Billy's PlayersRUs cheque book mentality. Psycho's stint as England under 21 manager would be invaluable and help to get our Academy thriving again plus he must have learnt a thing or two as number two to Capello.If he thinks he lacks tactically awareness then he can select people around him who are, just like Liverpool's boot room of old. A team and tacticians and motivators.

A team of tacticians and motivators? That's the managers job isn't it?

If Pearce's appointment has 'developing the academy' as it's pivotal advantage then surely you would be simply appointing an Academy Manager to be first team coach, but having the motivating and tactics done by '

[Akwesasne]

Although apprehensive about Psycho, in the long term it could be the best move. When Fawaz took over he was very Academy minded and a great believer in bringing players through. I just hope that this has not been knocked out of him by Billy's PlayersRUs cheque book mentality. Psycho's stint as England under 21 manager would be invaluable and help to get our Academy thriving again plus he must have learnt a thing or two as number two to Capello.If he thinks he lacks tactically awareness then he can select people around him who are, just like Liverpool's boot room of old. A team and tacticians and motivators.

A team of tacticians and motivators? That's the managers job isn't it?

If Pearce's appointment has 'developing the academy' as it's pivotal advantage then surely you would be simply appointing an Academy Manager to be first team coach, but having the motivating and tactics done by '

[Ramondo]

Yes, Clough wasn't the best example to use!

I think football management is about strong leadership from a strong character who commands and earns respect and trust. You often hear about footballers talking about trust for their managers when things are going well.

A 'team' within a management set up is important but there has to be one strong focal point that is clearly in charge, the one that makes it happen, the one that the players respect and trust. McClaren may have others who do various roles for him, thus allowing him to concentrate on his strengths but those strengths involve coaching the first team, tactics and team selection, something he has Simpson and Steele to help with. He also has involvement in identifying the areas he needs to strengthen although, as I understand it, the leg work is done by others.

But he doesn't delegate the key roles of management out because they're not really his strength.

If Pearce's main attribute is the development of younger players t