Takeover - my general thoughts!

On Tuesday 10th July, it was announced on twitter that Fawaz Al-Hasawi, along with his brother Abdulaziz and cousin Omar had completed the takeover of Forest. 

The news was greeted with the presumed jubilation and a certain degree of concern, quite justified in my opinion after the events that occurred at Meadow Lane. The younger generation such as myself met the news with great delight, seeing it as new era and new dawn for the club, after all we seemed to be entering somewhat of a demise since the sad passing of Nigel Doughty, with this news certainly being the most positive to come out of NG2 in the past 12 months. You hear about the great success stories regarding foreign investment, look no further than Sheik Mansour at Manchester City, delivering the premier league title! Our new owners can not be put on the same level as men such as Mansour and Abramovich, but investment of any kind is a great relief to Forest fans far and wide.

A problem that has always been present at Forest, and is sure to be prominent over the next few seasons is the matter of expectation, and the prompt rise in them. It may be worth noting that the Al-Hasawi's do not appear in the top 1,000 in this years Forbes rich list. This is all the proof you need to show they are not in the same league as some fans seem to believe. Fans like myself must remain grounded, at least until it becomes clear what level of investment there will be. 

The first job is obviously to find a new manager after the abrupt departure of Steve Cotteril (another post will discuss my opinions on that). Once a new manager is in place we need a lot of signings very quickly, just to form a half decent squad going into our opener with Bristol City on August 18th. Perhaps the intent of the Al-Hasawi's will become clear once we see the calibre of these signings and how many there are! 

It could potentially be very exciting times, but for the mean time let's trust the new men in charge, keep our feet firmly grounded and get behind whoever the new manager is. Like the Hasawi's have said, running a football club is a marathon not a sprint! You never know, it could all be worth it in the end. You reds!