Neil Warnock says he turned down the Nottingham Forest job on Monday because he wasn't the "right one" to take the club forward. Reports yesterday morning named Warnock as the frontrunner to replace the sacked Billy Davies on a short-term deal until the end of the season. Saturday's 5-0 defeat to Derby at the iPro Stadium saw Forest's run without a win reach eight matches - a streak which has seen them go out of the FA Cup to League One side Sheffield United and drop out of the Championship play-off places. Warnock, who's been out of management since leaving Leeds in April 2013, held talks on Monday but then ruled himself out of becoming their next manager to cap a turbulent day at the Championship club.
He said: "I did say, if the right club came up I'd take it...and with nine games to go, possibly 12 games - with the play-offs - it was ideal for me. "The talks started well, but in my eyes deteriorated. "The experience I've got, let's not forget, the last three clubs I've been a bit unlucky, I've had three new owners. So I've got an idea of owners and what they want and how they work. In the end I didn't think I was the right one."
Forest's owner and chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi revealed that academy manager Gary Brazil would take charge of first-team affairs until a permanent appointment was made, starting with Tuesday night's game against Charlton at the City Ground. Former QPR and Leeds boss Warnock stressed he had no problem with Al Hasawi but claimed that some managerial decisions might be difficult under Forest's structure, and he believes Gianfranco Zola or Stuart Pearce could suit the job in the long term.
