Stevie Cooper

[Trailer Park Tom]

Like most supporters I like SC nice guy, speaks well but it seem he is limited at PL level. His first call is not to concede as opposed to take the game to the opposition and get our noses in front. I really do not notice much improvement in our basic of pass and move and control of a game even though we have better players now then in the Championship, maybe the PL is a bridge to far?

I think Cooper is a very good premier league low block counter attacking manager. People wanted it different and we threw a winning formula out the window. Those people probably included upper management not just the fans. I remember a stage towards the end of the play off season where we struggled to break teams down in possession. zinckernagel would just slowly run with the ball and nothing came of it. The low block gave the fans intensity. Not only did we shelve a winning formula, we did exactly the same as last season and signed a S**t load of new players again. Why rebuild in the second season. Stupid as anything I've ever seen.

Are you saying we rebuilt a team that Cooper didn’t want?

I think that owner and fan pressure has made us move away from a winning formula that ended and started our season very well. Some of the signings are Cooper's some aren't . What I'm saying is I don't think Cooper is a good possession based coach and we have missed the opportunity to capitalise on a poor bottom half standard by sticking with a winning formula.