Five ways Oliver Glasner has reshaped Nottingham Forest in his first 79 days | OneFootball

Seventy-nine days into his tenure, Oliver Glasner has set about reshaping Nottingham Forest, urging patience and rejecting any quick fix. After Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Coventry City, he pointed to lingering scars from last season. Even so, incremental changes have followed since he took over on 6 July.

The clearest shift is a move from a back four to a back three, typically a 3-4-2-1 with wing-backs and two 10s behind a striker. He says he will adapt in-game but wants consistency. Nottingham Post highlights that some supporters now favour a back four at home.

Roles have evolved. James McAtee, signed from Manchester City as cover for Morgan Gibbs-White, has been redeployed deeper with Xaver Schlager and has arguably been Forest’s standout so far. Glasner praised his talent and work ethic and asked if he could play deeper, while Callum Hudson-Odoi has had little game time as a traditional winger.

In the market, when priority targets were missed, he rejected late alternatives, arguing costly stop-gaps without the right profile made no sense, even joking he might have saved owner Evangelos Marinakis money. He prefers a smaller, tighter squad, a break from the bloated groups of recent years.

He is an engaging communicator who relishes tactical detail, yet his core message is continuity. Changes to the XI have been minimal and he accepts the team are not yet stable on the pitch or psychologically, stressing that work will continue. Ambition remains, tempered by realism about the steps required.

Source: Nottingham Post

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