Martin O’Neill’s biggest task? To show he can adapt

Martin O’Neill doesn’t move much. As he spoke for the first time as Nottingham Forest manager, an appointment 26 years in the making, he kept pretty still, occasionally bringing his hands up to his face but with nothing much more flamboyant than that, his mouth with a vague hint of a smile but no more.

Back in work barely two months after leaving the Ireland job, this seemed like the same old O’Neill. But a more relaxed version.