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Steve Cooper will always be the MAN!

It’s simple. Which side of the fence are you on?

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Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Carlos said:
Were you around when I got absolute pelters for the mere suggestion that Hughton was absolutely awful and should never have been appointed in the first place?

The forum hasn't changed at all, it's still a decent place to talk about stuff and cooper being discussed whilst forest are doing shite in the thread dedicated to cooper/Nuno/the mood is probably a given.

I get bored with it so I just don't click on the threads dedicated to it..
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To be fair on that one, Hughton had a decent track record before joining us. He was on the coaching staff at Spurs under several managers to begin with then ended up at the barcodes when Joke In Ear's dodgy ticker flared up again and he ended up taking over after they'd f**ked up and appointed Shearer, though they were probably one of the better sides who came down in the PL era, he still needed to get them back up again.

In his next job at Birmingham he made the play offs before leaving for Norwich who were already promoted.

At Brighton he took over from Hyypia when they were just above the relegation zone and after a short while rebuilding the team he ended up getting promotion and keeping them up.

Every side he has managed in the championship he has made the play offs with. Brighton came 3rd in his first full season then 2nd the one after.

His record at a play off finish when given a full season is comparable to Davies and Cooper.

It didn't work out here, but then that whole period of life wasn't particularly enjoyable and the football was utter turgid coupled with the fact no fans were allowed in to see it which ruined the atmosphere even if you'd normally watch it at home.

The appointment might have been destined to fail from the beginning but the logic behind making it was sensible with his track record, the fact we had started poorly but only just missed out on the play offs the season before, and had apparently improved the squad too.

I guess it's similar to Megson really. A manager who can get results in the right place but the style of play isn't attractive but effective. When the effective doesn't happen you're just sat watching shite.
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
shearstone said:
Everton was a later kick off so most of us were a bit pissed plus it was f***ing freezing. I would class Everton as an outlier.

Atmosphere was worse than last season but it wasn't bad. Take Fulham away, lose 5-0 and still sing Coopers name. You think if we lose 2-0 to Fulham in a couple of weeks there will be anything but boo's?
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Of course - what has Nuno done to earn that kind of loyalty? Not sure why you even need to ask that thb.
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
I might be reading into things wrong but I find it strange that if you're not still decrying the treatment/sacking of Cooper now you are somehow seen to be for that decision...

98% of this forum wanted him to stay, myself being one of them. I chanted his name at his last match along with the other 27 odd thousand. We don't decide who stays or goes, and I'd like to think I supported Cooper till the end.

What I'm not going to do is anything other than get behind the next guy and hope that one day he can somehow achieve a similar level of support. I want Forest to do well.
 
isaacs

isaacs

Viv Anderson
Ah Coops, i'll never get bored talking about that man. When Klopp announced he was leaving Liverpool something came out of Jamie Carraghers mouth (not phlegm this time) that made me think. He spoke of the difference of the psychological make up of a fanbase towards its managers, how in many clubs around the country there is never a real attachment but at a certain number of clubs theres a messiah complex - in that a certain fanbase needs to point up to one man in charge of the club and swear allegiance to him. Klopp managed that at Liverpool who have a history of Shankly, Paisley, Dalglish. United with Busby and Ferguson.

I can only speak personally but what really hit home for me when he said that was that Steve Cooper was the man i had been searching for since Brian Clough. More than results, it was pride. Every time he spoke i could feel the connection, he's one of us, he gets us, we better succeed ...for HIM.

And it brought me right back to Cloughie, he is my manager and he is RIGHT about EVERYTHING. No f***er can convince me otherwise. I'm not sure how the rest of the fanbase felt but looking back on it that is exactly why i will unapologetically miss him, the fist bumps, the golden one liners that made you say "thats my f***ing manager".

The night he was sacked i was out with Big 6 supporting mates who were being very considerate towards the news of Coops being sacked and they asked me to be genuine and tell them why he was so important other than results (they all to a man liked him btw but were just interested in the bits they would never hear of) and my response was something i still think about, "If you want to understand the full story as to why we loved Cooper it didnt start on the 28th of September 2021, it started in 1999."

Right behind Nuno. I just wanna put my arm around him and ask him to embrace this fanbase, because if only he knew what is waiting on him if he becomes that little bit more open...
 
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
I will refer anyone doubting Steve Cooper‘s character and generosity to the posts somewhat earlier in this thread, describing his unannounced and unscheduled private visit to my daughters‘ school, as he’d heard that the Head Master there had used some of Coops‘ motivational speeches and philosophies as an example to its pupils.

He asked for nothing in return, bar the opportunity to thank, in person, the Head, for adopting his words.
 
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.

Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.

Fulchester United
He's a great guy and everything...

But we're in this mess cos he treated Burnley and Luton at home as if we were playing Man City away.

If he hadn't done that then he'd still be here.

I was going to say but we have to move on, but then I realised I was replying to Alf.
 
shearstone

shearstone

Misses the champ
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD. said:
He's a great guy and everything...

But we're in this mess cos he treated Burnley and Luton at home as if we were playing Man City away.

If he hadn't done that then he'd still be here.

I was going to say but we have to move on, but then I realised I was replying to Alf.
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Burnley maybe but Luton? We should have been 6-0.up if Chris Wood scored is chances and when he went to defend the lead we were 2-0 up.

We were 1-0 up and Nuno did the same thing. Id say Nunos was worse.

Bring Cooper back
 
Alf-engelos Mindminackers

Alf-engelos Mindminackers

The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD. said:
He's a great guy and everything...

But we're in this mess cos he treated Burnley and Luton at home as if we were playing Man City away.

If he hadn't done that then he'd still be here.

I was going to say but we have to move on, but then I realised I was replying to Alf.
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You've just backed up my point.

With Turner & Vlach in net, that's where we were.

Given Sels it would have been a different story.

As with Billy, I'll move on when we get better here and finish higher than the manager had us finish.
 
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.

Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.

Fulchester United
Trying not to lose games instead of trying to win games is where we were.

Ironic considering the plaudits Luton have been getting on this very forum.

But you just keep going with your predictable scapegoat stuff, we expect nothing less.
 
Alf-engelos Mindminackers

Alf-engelos Mindminackers

The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD. said:
Trying not to lose games instead of trying to win games is where we were.

Ironic considering the plaudits Luton have been getting on this very forum.

But you just keep going with your predictable scapegoat stuff, we expect nothing less.
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Which is the approach we took....because we had to protect a vulnerable goal and avoid gifting opposition goals wherever possible. He did try to evolve it, but it didn't work because of our vulnerability.

But you just keep going with your predictable childish disposition of being unable to debate anything without making it personal. I expect nothing less.
 
G

Googler

Viv Anderson
Cooper is not the answer going forward, today the team selection was a joke and if Nuno thought playing the two defensive midfielders and Origi in a game we needed to win he must go immediatel.
 
Rockabilly

Rockabilly

GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
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Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Project Zeus said:
Cooper had burnt out here and fallen out not only with the owner, but his captain as well. There's no point pining for him.

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I only pine for the Fjords.
 
M

MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Project Zeus said:
Cooper had burnt out here and fallen out not only with the owner, but his captain as well. There's no point pining for him.

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The owner is a twat. He'll cause anyone decent to burn out.
 
T

Timothy Pope

I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
Tiff said:
The buzz had gone before Cooper left
As the second Luton goal went on you could hear it disappear like a fart on the wind.


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One word for that.

Expectation.


Some fans thought that now we had survived the first season, that we were going to wipe the floor with the newly promoted sides and push towards a European place. (To be fair the owner also had that delusion!)
 
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