Santo's lament opened 'crazy' shopping in Nottingham Forest
Fans are not always praised for the club's leadership, but this is not a normal time at Nottingham Forest. “Marinis, he hates Tottenham, he hates Palace, forest is magic,” the home fans sing in a 3-1 victory over and excited about Brentford on the opening day of the new season.
In just a few days, the boss of Forest, Evangelos Marinakis, turned the green light for more than £ 90 million on the spending on Techmart, a number that could be increased. Along with the success in keeping Forest's most important players, Morgan Gibbs-White, Marinis's popularity clearly increased in Trentsside.
Omari Hutchinson, a £ 37.5 million contract from Ipswich, and James Mcatee, who was brought from Man City for £ 30 million, were all released on the City Ground Stadium before the match, raising the forest shirt before enthusiastic cheers.
A comfortable and overwhelming victory over Brentford – starting with one of the best half of Nuno Espirito Santo – has ended a few remarkable days.
Drama begins on Wednesday. In the hot atmosphere of the dome at Nigel Doughty Academy, Nuno added a stress in a different sense.
“We are very far, very far from the position we should have, very far,” Nuno told Sky Sports. “In terms of preparation, plans, squads – all are very worried when we are playing in the harshest tournament in the world and we are still very far away. The plans are unsuccessful, the preparation is not ideal, we do not have the opportunity to create cohesion because we will not know we will have N squad
