Morgan Gibbs-White has said that Vitor Pereira has been ‘really clear’ about how he plans to improve Nottingham Forest’s fortunes.
Senior Forest stars vented to Evangelos Marinakis after last week’s 0-0 draw with Wolves, and that ended with Sean Dyche being sacked from his position as the club’s manager.
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Dyche had 114 days in charge at the City Ground, and that is considerably longer than the 39 days that Ange Postecoglou had before him.
Now, Pereira is in the hot seat, and it looks as though Gibbs-White is keen to get going under the new head coach, with the early signs positive on the training ground.
The new head coach of Nottingham Forest - Vitor Pereira
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Morgan Gibbs-White impressed with Vitor Pereira after Forest appointment
Gibbs-White will likely captain the team tonight, with Ryan Yates very likely to begin the Pereira-era on the bench for the Reds.
The 26-year-old was the man put up for media duties by the club and that suggests that he’s going to start the game tonight in Istanbul.
After Dyche’s departure from the City Ground, it’s been a whirlwind week for the players without a game to distract them, and Gibbs-White has been impressed with the appointment.
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He said in his press conference: “As players, you get used to change. Managers come and go, players come and go, so I think it’s important that players stick together in these moments.
“Since the new manager has come in, it has been really exciting, and he has been really clear with what he wants us to do.
“He has brought in a clear idea of how we want to play and the players have bought into that already.”
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Garry Birtles didn’t think Dyche should have been sacked, but ultimately, the lack of care and attention to certain Europa League games and some awful Premier League performances saw him depart.
It’s believed that the players weren’t having Dyche’s training ground methods and that isn’t too dissimilar to the situation that happened with Postecoglou too.
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Now it’s time for the players to stop blaming managers, roll their sleeves up and buy into Pereira, who has proved himself a very useful coach at a number of clubs in the past.
Tonight’s game is a bit of a distraction ahead of Sunday’s clash with Liverpool, but it’s a good chance for Forest to showcase exactly what they’re capable of.
Gibbs-White was one player who did perform largely well under Dyche, and now he needs his teammates on his side as the club looks to avoid relegation from the Premier League and progress in Europe.
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