Overview
- Nottingham Forest have taken one win from their opening fixtures and are positioned in the Premier League relegation zone after a run of early defeats and goalless home matches.
- Analysts report a sharp attacking shortfall: Forest have a very low conversion rate, a negative net expected goals figure and many shots but few on target, which explains goalscoring despite chance creation.
- Critics and former staff single out recruitment as a core problem, pointing to the £50m signing of Liam Delap and other summer choices for lacking the reliable finishing the team needs.
- Pundits and talkSPORT voices say Glasner’s high salary and the club’s poor start increase the risk he could be sacked, a view intensified by Marinakis’s record of swift manager changes.
- Club insiders and players publicly back Glasner’s methods and say progress is being made, but a sequence of difficult home games coming up could force a decision that would reshape Forest’s season and squad plans.