Despite my immediate response being tepid, I now find myself actually excited by Ange.
This isn't a good sign, since I was lukewarm about Nuno, but it seems to be how my subconscious has landed.
I was lukewarm about Nuno when he arrived, and not much different when he left. I feel the same about Ange until he gives me reason to be otherwise. Prior to SSC, I can't remember the last manager I was particularly fond of. I liked Calderwood more than many did, I suppose.
You're right, Sabri was very likeable even though the football was utter dross at times. He just kept getting away with it, until he spectacularly didn't in that miserable game against Stoke.
A mate of mine (Cheltenham fan) still talks about that night. We went to the pub to watch it. They wouldn't put Forest on, so we had to watch it on my phone. I was just almost silent and in utter disbelief that it was happening. He was trying to stifle his laughter. It was a weird evening. Utter shock.
Sabri's Stamina Shithouse Show was Surprisingly Successful. Until the squad returned from lockdown laughably unfit and further disadvantaged by the increase in subs allowed.
Ange Postecoglou has become the first permanent Nottingham Forest manager for 100 years to fail to win any of his first six games in charge of the club.