Nottingham Forest za tafi zuwa gidan Ipswich Town a ranar Juma'a suna zaune a yankin sauka daga Premier League bayan rashin nasara uku a jere — matsayi da kaɗan suka zata lokacin da aka nada Oliver Glasner a lokacin bazara.

Duk da haka, duk da wannan farkon mai takaici, amincewar a cikin kulob ta kasance mai ƙarfi. Glasner ya yi kyakkyawan ra'ayi ta hanyar dabarunsa da halinsa, kuma a cikin kulob akwai tabbaci cewa Forest suna kan tafarkin daidai.

"Yana jin ba daidai ba amma ba na son yin korafi ko jin kamar waɗanda aka azabtar," in ji Glasner, yana nuna halin da manajan ɗan ƙasar Ostiriya yake ƙoƙarin ci gaba da shi.

Kusa sosai, amma har yanzu nesa

Forest sun kasance kusa da sakamako mafi kyau. Sun ɓata damar zinare kafin su sha kashi a hannun Crystal Palace, sannan kusan suka kama maki daya daga wurin zakaran Arsenal a ranar Lahadi — wasan da Walter Benitez ya dakile harbin Rory Delap daga nisa kusa.

Glasner ya zo Forest yana ɗauke da tarihi mai girmamawa, bayan ya jagoranci Crystal Palace zuwa FA Cup, Community Shield, da Conference League. Bai taba ɓoye buri nsa ba, yana bayyana cewa mai shi Evangelos Marinakis shi ne mutumin da kawai ya taɓa haɗuwa da shi wanda ya dace da burins a.

Mutumin shekaru 52 ya kuma amince cewa farkon jinkirin ba sabon abu bane a gare shi. A Crystal Palace, ya ci nasara a wasa guda kawai daga farkon wasanni shida bayan maye gurbin Roy Hodgson a watan Fabrairu 2024, kuma bai ci nasara a kowane wasa ba daga farkon wasanni takwas na kakar 2024-25 na Eagles — kakar da ta ƙare da nasarar FA Cup akan Manchester City, yana kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 119 don babban kofin.

Matsalar canza dama mai damun kowa

Babbar damuwar Forest ita ce rashin canza damammaki zuwa kwalabe. Ba su ci kwallo a City Ground a Premier League a wannan kakar ba, kuma sun kasa cin kwallo a gida tsawon sa'o'i takwas da minti 26. A shekarar 2026, sun ci kwalabe takwas kawai a gida a gasar, huɗu daga cikinsu suka zo akan Burnley.

Baki ɗaya, Forest sun ci kwalabe biyar a wannan kakar amma suna da xG na -6.20 — mafi muni a ƙungiyoyi. Duk da cewa suka yi harbi 120, na uku mafi yawa a Premier League bayan Manchester United (138) da Brighton (125), 25 kawai suka kasance a cikin birki. Wannan ya haifar da adadin canjawa na kashi 4.17% kawai — mafi ƙanƙanta a rukunin farko.

"Kowace ƙungiya a Premier League tana da inganci na dawowa cikin wasan don cin kwallo," in ji Glasner. "Lokacin da kuke buga zakara, ba ku da dama bakwai, takwas ko tara kamar yadda muka samu a Palace. Kuna da biyu ko uku ko huɗu, kuma idan ba ku ɗauke su ba, kuna da damar shan kashi koyaushe."

Tsarin da ke ɗaukar sura

Tsarin farawa yana fara bayyana, haka Neco Williams, Matz Sels, Dan Ndoye, Murillo, da James McAtee suka fara kowace wasa na gasar. Morgan Gibbs-White zai kasance wani ɓangare na wannan ƙungiya idan ba don rauni na tsokoki da ya samu kafin wasan Arsenal ba.

A gefe guda, kyaftin na kulob Ryan Yates bai yi wasa ko minti ɗaya ba, Ibrahim Sangare — wanda ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwangilar shekaru uku a bazara — ya samu farawa guda ɗaya kawai, kuma an iyakance lokacin wasan Callum Hudson-Odoi. Ola Aina ya rasa matsayinsa ga ɗan iska sabon Daniel Munoz.

Mai tsaron baya Murillo, yana magana bayan an sha kashi 1-0 da Arsenal, ya roƙi haƙuri. "Muna da kyakkyawan manaja kuma ina tsammanin har yanzu muna karbar ra'ayinsa," in ji shi. "Mun canza komai a tsarinmu a wannan kakar. Yana da wahala amma bayan watanni uku ko huɗu muna ci gaba da inganta kuma ina tsammanin muna kusa da isa matakina mafi kyau."

Glasner da kansa ya nuna ƙarfin gwiwa. "Mu kaɗai ne za mu iya canza hakan," in ji shi. "Ina da tabbacin cewa za mu yi hakan saboda ina san 'yan wasa da duk halinsu — za mu samu waɗannan sakamako."