Redemption
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Steve Cooper will always be the MAN!
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Ian Bowyer
No doubt she rolled her eyes and thinks the forum is infantile
Morpeth
John Robertson
It is. And that’s why we’re all here.No doubt she rolled her eyes and thinks the forum is infantile
Berkshire Red
Jack Armstrong
It quite amuses me how Coops is absolutely bomb proof. He'll play someone out of position and it's always the players' fault he doesn't perform, never Coops!
TrickyTree101
Youth Team
Cooper is bomb proof because he has done an amazing job - can you think of anyone else who would have got us promoted and with the most outrageous injury list you could think of still managed to keep us up. I would not swap him with any other premier manager.
I think the fans being united in backing a manager almost unanimously is a brilliant thing. Certainly hasnt happened prior to Cooper in the last 25 years and maybe not again once he leaves.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Exactly, you earn leeway.
If your striker scores 30 goals in a season and he misses a sitter, he’s gonna get less critique about it than a striker that’s scored 2.
Bottom line is we know Cooper is quality, if he can’t get a tune out of a player then it’s the player that should change not the manager. If he can’t get a tune out of a squad that’s a different issue.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Welcome to the forum Tricky Tree.
Grass
Viv Anderson
Stay strong sunshine
I'm sure there are probably a handful of fans somewhere out there that don't like Cooper.
Needle in a haystack comes to mind
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Wolverine comes to my mind.
Des's dirty Y-fronts
First Team Squad
I see Cooper as second only to Pep in the premier league. Cooper was open about learning on the job last season, which was clear to see, sky's the limit with Coops. You can see the drive in him.
Blinkin
Pretend Comedian
We should feel very lucky to have him indeed.
DizzyBala
Jack Armstrong
Football is a fickle sod, which can change in the space of a few games.
Crucially, I think this season is the one with the expectations and in some respects, a bigger challenge. I doubt EM is going to want to flirt with relegation but at the same time, given the financial constraints from our expenditure last year it's hard to see us punching through the top ten as well. We're not the new boys anymore and I think there will be more pressure, not just from the board but the fan base this year to kick on so he's going to probably have to weather a different kind of storm this year.
That said, I have to say, I genuinely have so much admiration for how he carries himself as a man. Football aside, he's the sort of bloke you'd want as a best mate and I feel like if I played football for him, I'd run through brick walls for him. I wasn't around for Cloughie, I don't remember Frank Clark and our relationship with Pearce was on the basis of him as a player but I've never known such a universal support for a manager. It's like we've adopted him as one of our own.
It'll be a really sad day when he and the club eventually part ways and I really hope that we can grow together, because I don't think it'd feel as special with someone else in charge.
Crucially, I think this season is the one with the expectations and in some respects, a bigger challenge. I doubt EM is going to want to flirt with relegation but at the same time, given the financial constraints from our expenditure last year it's hard to see us punching through the top ten as well. We're not the new boys anymore and I think there will be more pressure, not just from the board but the fan base this year to kick on so he's going to probably have to weather a different kind of storm this year.
That said, I have to say, I genuinely have so much admiration for how he carries himself as a man. Football aside, he's the sort of bloke you'd want as a best mate and I feel like if I played football for him, I'd run through brick walls for him. I wasn't around for Cloughie, I don't remember Frank Clark and our relationship with Pearce was on the basis of him as a player but I've never known such a universal support for a manager. It's like we've adopted him as one of our own.
It'll be a really sad day when he and the club eventually part ways and I really hope that we can grow together, because I don't think it'd feel as special with someone else in charge.
REDDERS78
Jack Armstrong
Hes got credit in the bank thats why, hes earned it. When you actually consider the way he is viewed by the football world its something we should be immensley proud of. 95% of clubs in the league would love to be in our position of positivity and togetherness, thats rarity and its to be embraced. Listen to the Notts managers post match intetview yesterday.
Cooper makes mistakes and theres nothing wrong with highlighting them, i did several times last season. What we do know in the long term is that he's likely to get it right, as he has done since he arrived, thats where his credit comes from.
Hes also a thoroughly lovesable person and beautiful man. If he was Spanish his name would be Juan Handsome Bastardo.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
Steve Cooper is the perfect fit for Forest-as was the late,great Brian Clough.
I hope he’s around for a long time so that Forest can become an established top flight club once again.
The hard work has only just started in my view.
I hope he’s around for a long time so that Forest can become an established top flight club once again.
The hard work has only just started in my view.
Joe Baker's Dog
Grenville Morris
Yes Steve Cooper is bomb proof & rightfully so. He worked a miracle turning us from a team heading for the first division into one that got into the PL. He worked miracles again last season not only dealing with building a team from scratch but having players out for months at a time. I was a guest at Notts County yesterday (their hospitality is very good) and was introduced to him. His whole demeanour is one of modesty and that I'm part of a team that works for Forest. I'm in awe of him.
It amuses me to see how desperate some people are to see criticism of not just Cooper, but the club in any way possible.*
It's almost as if they want something to go wrong so that they can have something to moan about in order to try to drive a wedge between the club and it's fanbase.
It's worked at times before over the years, but at the moment Cooper in particular has so much credit and goodwill in the bank from the vast majority that they're not gaining traction and you can sense the frustration.
A lot have gone very quiet, maybe occasionally sniping from the sidelines, but you can bet your mortgage that when things hit a rough patch they will be here in numbers and very loud with it.
*Did not say it was the quoted poster.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
If Cooper hadn't have come in and did what he did, chances are we'd be in the same league as Derby County now.
Listen 'ere young man
Jack Burkitt
Those first few away matches worry me, the team needs to show much more resilience and pick up a point or two coupled with winning the supposedly *easier* home games.
Don't want pressure on the manager from the off.
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Don't want pressure on the manager from the off.
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valspoodle
Steve Chettle
Reading through these posts reminds me, as if we need reminding, that this season we don't just turn up and are given the points.
It's going to be as tough as last season and we're not going to be able to rest easy until very late in the season, if at all.
Coops is once again really going to have to come up to the mark.
It's going to be as tough as last season and we're not going to be able to rest easy until very late in the season, if at all.
Coops is once again really going to have to come up to the mark.
justnotjase
Viv Anderson
It is a very, very difficult start. As you say we'll need to pick up a few points away minimum, then win the home games. It's not impossible but will be tricky. On reflection though I think it's good that we get the majority of the most difficult away games out of the way early doors.
Robertson
Viv Anderson
If, in the first ten games, we win all the home games and pick up a few points away that would be about 15-18 points, and we'd probably be in the top six.
It is a very difficult start, and the pressure will be on at home, but I'm not sure we'll need to pick up quite as many points as you suggest to be safely in mid-table.
NFFCForeverRed
First Team Squad
I think we need to get real ! I have us getting zero points from the first 4 away games which is exactly how it should be based on strength of the respective squads. Sincerely hope fans are not surprised is we are in the relegation zone after 5 games. I expect us to be somewhere from 12th to 16th by season end but that start is ridiculous.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Yeah, getting to year 3 as a Premier League club is the most important jump because you secure all future revenues and put yourself in a strong of a position as you can financially. Anything other than relegation is another success this season, any progression on from last season is a welcome bonus.
42 points would be a great season for me, that's only 4 points more than last season & would have had us 13th - probably just enough to keep us out of trouble most of the season.
Robertson
Viv Anderson
Agree on the away prospects early on. But equally people shouldn’t be expecting to win all the home games either. Two wins, three draws, four defeats (9 pts from 9 games) would represent a very good start given the fixtures, and would probably see us out of the bottom three. Falling slightly short of that shouldn’t be the end of the world or cause for panic.