Steve Cooper - New Manager

[ALC Fox]

4 minutes ago, Foxaholic ME said:

He failed   everywhere else  

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You talking about Cooper? As far as I can see I don't think any of his managerial jobs can be classed as a failure can they? Even being sacked by a maniac who went over his head signing scores of players that he was expected to pull together into a coherent team.

[MGLCFC]

8 minutes ago, Foxaholic ME said:

He failed   everywhere else  

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I thought he got Swansea to 2 play off finals?

His CV is quite similar to NP - 2 play off finals, Promotion and kept us up (I know NP was with the same club, but still . . . ) - hoping SC builds the same mentality here that NP did. As a fan, I want to see players out there giving their all for the badge.

Edited 23 June by MGLCFC

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, cityfanlee23 said:

I'm being reminded a little bit of when Pearson went to Bristol City and didn't immediately get results. 
We have a lot of fans who are questioning the appointment, and a huge amount of Forest fans telling us we are lucky to have him and to keep faith. When Pearson went to Bristol City, a lot of their fans especially at the beginning when results didn't come immediately were thinking it was a sideways step and they had loads of Leicester fans telling them to be patient because he will build a foundation and come good. 

In the end, Pearson was one of the only people seemingly holding the fanbase together, the majority were absolutely gutted when he got sacked. 
Both scenarios seem strikingly similar. I hope the Forest fans are right. 

He has to be looking at a 48+ point season here, any form of relegation and I doubt he has enough goodwill and impetus to stay on and spearhead the promotion campaign.

[I am an Ostrich]

9 hours ago, RAZZAFOX said:

The club is very special.

Most of us were less than excited by Claudios appointment at first and look what happened then 

 

 

when we win the lge with cooper will it be the bloke from the go compare adverts?

[String fellow]

I recently gained a load of points in Scrabble with the word 'scooper'. My opponent immediately pointed out that that was our new manager (S.Cooper)! If you look at the definitions of scooper, it's someone who scoops things up, often with a pooper-scooper. It can also be an animal or bird that scoops up food, such as an avocet. Apparently, there's also another definition in the urban dictionary, which we won't go into details about!    

[fox_favourite]

17 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

He has to be looking at a 48+ point season here, any form of relegation and I doubt he has enough goodwill and impetus to stay on and spearhead the promotion campaign.

I think it depends how it plays outs. If we do get relegated, but we played like we did in our first season back to the prem, I think he'll have earned the goodwill. Also, if we go down by a few points due to PSR penalty, then he would have earned the right.

 

However,  If we have heavy losses game after game and against teams around us, then it'll be a different story. Trust is earned and not a given, so I think we'll have to wait before we can find actually say that. But I do agree, we need a lot of points to survive. It's a massive task

[cityfanlee23]

20 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

He has to be looking at a 48+ point season here, any form of relegation and I doubt he has enough goodwill and impetus to stay on and spearhead the promotion campaign.

For me it depends on a couple of things, firstly the size of the points deduction and secondly how our performances are relative to our squad. 
If we go into this season and we've signed 1 player for £10m and nobody else, providing we are fighting and producing performances but maybe being undone by the odd goal (like 14/15), I'd probably accept going down and rebuilding with him, 
Obviously, survival at all costs have to be considered, but if it comes down to the wire and we are fighting tooth and nail for it and the tactics are fine, i'd stick. But all of these things need to happen. 
I really hope we are able to take advantage of some decent loans and maybe sign a few players. 5-6 players and we could be okay, realistically we probably need more but it's not looking good financially. 
Unfortunately Cooper is going to have a hand tied behind his back it seems. 

[MGLCFC]

23 minutes ago, I am an Ostrich said:

when we win the lge with cooper will it be the bloke from the go compare adverts?

Katherine Jenkins, I hope

[Iran]

Okay, after hearing Steve Cooper's most recent interview on LCFC's YouTube Channel, I can confirm that I am kind of warming up to him...

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, MGLCFC said:

Katherine Jenkins, I hope

I see where you are going but Tom Jones is from same hometown as Steve Cooper 

[Silebyfox_89]

4 hours ago, Foxaholic ME said:

He failed   everywhere else  

d 

I'm guessing you've failed English Language then?

[dillonpanthers87]

I watched the interview, did some reading, remembered the performances against us and arsenal in the cup. He had players running through walls for the team

 

First of all, he's genuine. No image/ego like our last two managers. He speaks plainly

 

He's up for it clearly. It comes across. He wanted this job,.not like Potter,.not like Enzo as a stepping stone

 

He's a guy that has had to work to get where he is, image/perception is not on his side. There's a grit there 

 

I'd play for this bloke. Based on the small ish amount of seen, but I'm actually a bit excited, certainly more than a season with Maresca. Let's go.

[Adster]

Fvck me, all of this just shows how fickle most of you lot are 

 

The meltdown here when it was clear Cooper was coming in was one of the worst I've ever seen on FT. One interview with the manager saying the right things and the mood completely shifts. What would you expect him to say? 

 

[kushiro]

Don't know if anyone has posted a link to this great Athletic piece from Steve's Swansea years, but anyway, here it is:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2034653/2020/09/07/i-told-my-son-the-fans-may-say-bad-things-about-me-they-do-already-he-said/

[Gamble92]

9 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

He has to be looking at a 48+ point season here, any form of relegation and I doubt he has enough goodwill and impetus to stay on and spearhead the promotion campaign.

I think if we only just go down and it's because of the deduction they'll be enough support for him to stay. Given what he did at Forest, there won't be many better choices to get us back up. 

[jaqo88]

I’ve only seen the fans of Forest & Swansea have good things to say - that’s always the best barometer of a manager in my eyes 

[trooky]

It would be interesting to know, if those fans who are unhappy with the  appointment of Cooper were for / against Enzo at the end of the season?

[teblin]

Spoke to a forest fan yesterday who said I bet the majority of Leicester fans will love him come the end of the season.

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, teblin said:

Spoke to a forest fan yesterday who said I bet the majority of Leicester fans will love him come the end of the season.

This is what I suspect. I don't know why, but I've just got this weird feeling that Cooper might become one of those managers whose arrival is greeted with scepticism but goes onto become a club legend. 

[David Hankey]

10 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

This is what I suspect. I don't know why, but I've just got this weird feeling that Cooper might become one of those managers whose arrival is greeted with scepticism but goes onto become a club legend. 

Well he's got to do more than keep us up to become a "legend".

 

Legend = an extremely famous or notorious person, let's hope it's not the latter.

[BenTheFox]

14 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

This is what I suspect. I don't know why, but I've just got this weird feeling that Cooper might become one of those managers whose arrival is greeted with scepticism but goes onto become a club legend. 

I have the theme tune to 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' reading that...

[FoxinNotts]

24 minutes ago, teblin said:

Spoke to a forest fan yesterday who said I bet the majority of Leicester fans will love him come the end of the season.

Yeah, I dont mean to bang on about it, but I know loads (too many) Forest fans. They all think he’s gonna keep us up. They’re all about envious as they think we’re going to really get a feel good factor going. Cooper really got Forest together, all pulling in the same direction 

[RumbleFox]

He might be great. He might be terrible. He might be average. He might be slightly above average but not great. He might be slightly below average but not terrible. He might be kinda equidistant between above average and great but still not quite great. He might be kinda equidistant between below average and terrible but still not quite terrible. 

[Gamble92]

7 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

Yeah, I dont mean to bang on about it, but I know loads (too many) Forest fans. They all think he’s gonna keep us up. They’re all about envious as they think we’re going to really get a feel good factor going. Cooper really got Forest together, all pulling in the same direction 

I think all of us who are unfortunate enough to live in Nottingham are much more positive about this because we know just how well he did to get a club that's been languishing in the second and third tier most our lives into the Premier League. We've seen how much he transformed what looked like a laughably out of sorts club for so many years. 

 

I'm also just loving the absolute breakdown most of them are having while at the same time towing the party line about not caring about us but also remembering their song about him mentions hating us. You got to love it. 

[Happy Fox]

Minimum requirement for Cooper is to finish above the Redshite, hopefully relegating the c**ts.