ian1964 10,427 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Nottingham Forest hope to appoint Mark Warburton as their new manager over the next 24 hours. The former Brentford and Rangers boss had been a summer target for the Reds – but Fawaz Al Hasawi is now working to bring the 54-year-old to the City Ground to take charge of the weekend visit of Derby County. The Post understands that there remain one or two hurdles left to overcome before Warburton's appointment can be announced, following the Londoner's recent messy departure from Glasgow giants Rangers. But Al Hasawi is keen for Warburton to start work as soon as possible, to help arrest the club's slide towards the wrong end of the Championship table. He is expected to sign a three-year contract. Back-to-back defeats at the hands of Brentford and Burton have left Forest just two points clear of the bottom three, with just nine games left to play. And, while Gary Brazil, Jack Lester and Rob Page remain popular figures within the dressing room, Al Hasawi is understood to be nervous about the prospect of slipping into the third-tier for the second time in the club's recent history. Warburton has experience in the Championship, having engineered a play-off push for Brentford, after guiding them to promotion from League One. Their challenge for the top-six was only derailed when the club, with bizarre timing, confirmed that he would be replaced as manager at the end of that 2014/15 season, in February 2015, with three months of the campaign still to be played. Warburton was not out of work for long, joining Rangers in June 2015, leading them to promotion as Championship title winners as well as adding more silverware, in the form of the 2016 Scottish Cup. Warburton, along with director of football FrankMcParland, left Rangers in February. But the duo are now very close to being reunited at the City Ground, with Warburton having been appointed director of football in the last few weeks. The club hope that Warburton's appointment can be secured in time for him to prepare the team for the massive local derby clash with Derby County at the City Ground this weekend. The Rams will themselves have a new facein the dugout, with Gary Rowett expected to be confirmed as the replacement for the sacked Steve McClaren in the very near future. Forest are keen that both Brazil and Lester will return to their previous roles within the academy set up, as both men remain hugely respected figures at the club - with the duo integral to the number of young players who have come through the youth ranks in recent years. Read more at http://www.nottinghampost.com/nottingham-forest-set-to-appoint-mark-warburton-to-lead-their-fight-for-championship-survival/story-30199507-detail/story.html?ddd#O1e0edY5ZXAD4Dg5.99 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Well well well.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Bear 0 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Surprise,Surprise,who'd have thought it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So no claim on us then? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Did anyone read anything into Tav throwing his shirt into crowd yesterday? Come and take Keirnan too ffs! Edited March 13, 2017 by cooponthewing 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,675 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Did anyone read anything into Tav throwing his shirt into crowd yesterday? Don't think I would read much of any importance into that given there are a minimum 11 matches still to play. If it were the final match I might. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabiDuck 89 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Nottingham Forest hope to appoint Mark Warburton as their new manager over the next 24 hours.The former Brentford and Rangers boss had been a summer target for the Reds – but Fawaz Al Hasawi is now working to bring the 54-year-old to the City Ground to take charge of the weekend visit of Derby County. The Post understands that there remain one or two hurdles left to overcome before Warburton's appointment can be announced, following the Londoner's recent messy departure from Glasgow giants Rangers. But Al Hasawi is keen for Warburton to start work as soon as possible, to help arrest the club's slide towards the wrong end of the Championship table. He is expected to sign a three-year contract. Back-to-back defeats at the hands of Brentford and Burton have left Forest just two points clear of the bottom three, with just nine games left to play. And, while Gary Brazil, Jack Lester and Rob Page remain popular figures within the dressing room, Al Hasawi is understood to be nervous about the prospect of slipping into the third-tier for the second time in the club's recent history. Warburton has experience in the Championship, having engineered a play-off push for Brentford, after guiding them to promotion from League One. Their challenge for the top-six was only derailed when the club, with bizarre timing, confirmed that he would be replaced as manager at the end of that 2014/15 season, in February 2015, with three months of the campaign still to be played. Warburton was not out of work for long, joining Rangers in June 2015, leading them to promotion as Championship title winners as well as adding more silverware, in the form of the 2016 Scottish Cup. Warburton, along with director of football FrankMcParland, left Rangers in February. But the duo are now very close to being reunited at the City Ground, with Warburton having been appointed director of football in the last few weeks. The club hope that Warburton's appointment can be secured in time for him to prepare the team for the massive local derby clash with Derby County at the City Ground this weekend. The Rams will themselves have a new facein the dugout, with Gary Rowett expected to be confirmed as the replacement for the sacked Steve McClaren in the very near future. Forest are keen that both Brazil and Lester will return to their previous roles within the academy set up, as both men remain hugely respected figures at the club - with the duo integral to the number of young players who have come through the youth ranks in recent years. Read more at http://www.nottinghampost.com/nottingham-forest-set-to-appoint-mark-warburton-to-lead-their-fight-for-championship-survival/story-30199507-detail/story.html?ddd#O1e0edY5ZXAD4Dg5.99 Did I miss something? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,346 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 What about Davie Weir? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,157 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 What about Davie Weir? Weir took up a short term consultancy role at another club until the end of the season. I suspect he may have an agreement that he can resign if an asst manager role came up. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I'll take a wee interest in the fortunes of NF now, purely in the interest of curiosity you understand, to see if the Magic Hat has travelled with Warburton. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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