Thoughts On The Next Nottingham Forest Manager

[wassy04]

I think that the thing that worries me most about our situation is how so many of players are performing below their normal standard. Last season most played above what was expected and that coupled with a very positive togetherness on and off the pitch was special. Something has changed that so that the likes of Johnson and Toffolo are underperforming and Worral has been dumped. If Mr Cooper is unable to turn that round then with great sadness he will have to replaced. I don't know how much of what's happened is his fault really because it seems to me that so many new players and staff leaving to be replaced by a crowd of strangers was bound to create a mess.

The real truth is probably that he wasn't really totally 100% responsible for the success of last year and that this season it will be harsh to hold him hold him 100% responsible for the debacle.

Hard to argue with the turnaround in the players performance levels from Ch to Cooper though, pretty much the same group with Spence added late. So was Spence the key to everything?!

I think our tactics worked better in the championship as most teams lined up this way anyway. 

In terms of changing manager, the question is are the players once again underperforming or are they just not good enough and this is their level. probably somewhere in between but will anyone else be able to get them to reach their peak this season, I'm not sure. Would rather show loyalty, continuity and long term planning personally. Allow Cooper to learn at this level as well as the players as opposed to another manager coming in and inevitably going down anyway.