Oliver Glasner insists his struggling Nottingham Forest facet can’t survive on “flower energy” as he tries to discover a mixture of belief and respect from his squad.
Forest are nineteenth within the Premier League and winless and goalless at dwelling within the prime flight.
Final weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Brentford was a fourth defeat in 5 video games as Glasner warned there could be no extra compromises after his summer time arrival, and he has underlined his requirements.
“These are my two values I’ll by no means negotiate about, that is belief and respect,” he mentioned.
“It may possibly’t be one, so if it is simply respect, I might say that is army. Then, after a couple of months of the nationwide service, you’re happy when you possibly can depart.
“When it is simply belief, it is a flower energy, simply flying. Everyone can do what he desires and it is good and nice – Woodstock – but it surely’s not high-performance Woodstock.
“Army is [high performance], to be sincere, as a result of in any other case this large organisation could not work, and I felt we had an excessive amount of Woodstock.
“We’d like a superb stability between Woodstock, having enjoyable, but in addition army, excessive efficiency. That is a very powerful factor, excessive efficiency, as a result of that is what we receives a commission for, that is our job. If we now have this – fly.”
When requested by BBC Sport if he ought to have informed his gamers sooner Glasner mentioned: “I at all times ask myself this query – ought to I’ve achieved it earlier?
“In fact, perhaps two or thrice I felt it is time after which I assumed ‘no, come on Oliver, be affected person and perhaps issues change’.
“Then it gave the impression to be the identical recreation [Brentford] just like the final ones, so I felt I’ve to say it now as a result of in any other case issues will not change.”
Glasner will not be beneath rapid strain and stays in shut communication with the Forest hierarchy, with stability desired after 4 managers final season.
The 52-year-old has made a constructive impression along with his work and strategies, even when there have been some apparent grumbles from gamers who will not be enjoying, and there stays a need to remain calm.
“I am at all times in touch with the possession,” Glasner mentioned. “It is not at all times Mr [Evangelos] Marinakis as a result of he has different stuff to do, however there’s his son [Miltiadis], George [Syrianos, chief football officer] and Pedro [Ferreira, technical director] right here on the coaching floor, and Theodore [Giannikos] the CEO.
“There’s at all times communication – and that is a superb factor, as a result of everyone understands higher why I’m how I’m. I by no means say what’s finest for Oliver Glasner, as a result of I do not really feel vital. I’ll at all times say what I imagine is finest for Nottingham Forest, for the membership.
“I do not like to just accept issues if I really feel they’re improper. My dependancy is to succeed with Nottingham Forest and, proper now, I’ve failed. Then I get actually upset with myself as a result of I need to meet the expectations of the gamers, proprietor and the followers.
“Proper now, I’ve failed and that is why I blame myself most.”