Nuno Espirito Santo

[ozzyten10]

In coopers own words…it’s next man up.

[willdared]

Was genuinely sad when the news became official about Steve and was originally underwhelmed when NES was sounded out however it hasn't taken long to realise he is a good appointment. His record is really good even at Spurs so have warmed to the idea quickly.

Hope we get the new manager bounce.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I thought Nuno spoke very well.

He has one of those voices and the way he expresses himself makes him one of those managers that I can listen to all day.

He seems calm and he has a presence, he is six foot two and one of those people everyone looks at when he enters the room.

I have a good feeling about him.

[Paplane]

I thought Nuno spoke very well.

He has one of those voices and the way he expresses himself makes him one of those managers that I can listen to all day.

He seems calm and he has a presence, he is six foot two and one of those people everyone looks at when he enters the room.

I have a good feeling about him.

Me too Sniff

[wassy04]

That article from the Mail was interesting, one how is he going to use/treat MGW. One of Cooper's two biggest failures this year (the other being the strange decision to build a team to play wing backs then abandon it), was the the decline of MGW and Cooper's tactical change definitely didn't help. I mean some of it is obviously on MGW for managing to get worse at shooting but he should've been playing centrally, I think most would agree. Was one of Cooper defining successes the previous year too along with Taiwo. So, will Nuno use him how he should be, hopefully he realises pretty quickly he has no choice due to lack of alternatives.

The fitness stuff is positive as has been a continued frustration for all, hopefully the extra staff will help with that although how much can you do mid season.

The small squad bit is interesting because you'd presume this article was signed off by the club so would suggest a change in strategy perhaps. I bet Cooper wishes he'd had less players getting angry on the sides.

Overall, underwhelmed based on his tactics which are basically exactly the same as Cooper's, I worry that will quickly be a stick for him to be beaten with. At both Spurs and Wolves he tried and failed to implement a more attacking approach in the same exact way Cooper also failed. I doubt I'd of been too excited whoever we appointed but if it was someone playing a high pressing type approach or a Mourinho style character maybe I could've been won round quicker. Feels like a stop gap type appointment who probably doesn't have a long leash with both ownership or fans.

Challenging role in all facets, I wish him luck and hope to be proved spectacularly wrong and that it was Cooper holding the club back all along. At least we already have the players to play wingbacks already, I'm interested to see if that's the way he goes.

[northeastred]

Good write up on him, this is from his recent spell in Saudi,now plays attacking football, good competitive football.. he's changed his ways. Values a no 10. Can't wait to see what he brings to us

[Widdow]

Onwards and upwards

[Marco Polo]

The change curve in full effect this week.

FFS sake! No, I don’t believe it, well there were issues of both sides, this guys seems ok, actually he’s amazing, we’re going to win the league!

[Marinakis Red]

Weird behaviour this week Marco Polo. Are you alright?

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Weird behaviour this week Marco Polo. Are you alright?

I'll have a pint of whatever Polo is drinking or a puff of whatever he is smoking.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

That article from the Mail was interesting, one how is he going to use/treat MGW. One of Cooper's two biggest failures this year (the other being the strange decision to build a team to play wing backs then abandon it), was the the decline of MGW and Cooper's tactical change definitely didn't help. I mean some of it is obviously on MGW for managing to get worse at shooting but he should've been playing centrally, I think most would agree. Was one of Cooper defining successes the previous year too along with Taiwo. So, will Nuno use him how he should be, hopefully he realises pretty quickly he has no choice due to lack of alternatives.

The fitness stuff is positive as has been a continued frustration for all, hopefully the extra staff will help with that although how much can you do mid season.

The small squad bit is interesting because you'd presume this article was signed off by the club so would suggest a change in strategy perhaps. I bet Cooper wishes he'd had less players getting angry on the sides.

Overall, underwhelmed based on his tactics which are basically exactly the same as Cooper's, I worry that will quickly be a stick for him to be beaten with. At both Spurs and Wolves he tried and failed to implement a more attacking approach in the same exact way Cooper also failed. I doubt I'd of been too excited whoever we appointed but if it was someone playing a high pressing type approach or a Mourinho style character maybe I could've been won round quicker. Feels like a stop gap type appointment who probably doesn't have a long leash with both ownership or fans.

Challenging role in all facets, I wish him luck and hope to be proved spectacularly wrong and that it was Cooper holding the club back all along. At least we already have the players to play wingbacks already, I'm interested to see if that's the way he goes.

Wassy, as someone who was I think equally frustrated as you at some of the treatment Cooper was getting leading up to his sacking, I am actually fully on board with Nuno and hopefully you will come to be too.

Have we got a Portuguese version of Cooper? In some ways yes and thats a good thing. From the article above his style of play may have evolved and even if it hasn’t he was pretty effective, playing in a similar way would make the transition easier. He has a good reputation for developing players and seems a decent honest character to boot.

The penny finally dropped for me reading DT’s article. The Cooper Marinakis marriage has been broken for a long time and to be honest Im not sure it ever clicked. For Marinakis, Cooper was basically a vehicle to get us in the PL and once there he was expendable. A but gutting for the fans for whom it was special but thats where we are at. Besides a marriage takes 2 to work and it wasn’t working for either side and bad results or good we were going to part ways soon.

Sniffer said something revealing too when discussing Glasner. Its an attitude thing I think that we would be best with a Spanish or Portuguese manager, they are simply going to get along and understand Marinakis better. Thats before you get to our links with Mendes and the recruitment model we have seem to have adopted.

Recruitment is a different argument and to be honest I would far prefer a scouting and analytics way over agent recommendation but again it EMs club and so be it. One challenge for Nuno is preferring a smaller squad which is music to my ears if for once we could go for quality over quantity in transfers it would save an awful lot of wasted money and FFP hits.

Anyway I have made my peace with the change and the next chapter starts.

[Marinakis Red]

That article from the Mail was interesting, one how is he going to use/treat MGW. One of Cooper's two biggest failures this year (the other being the strange decision to build a team to play wing backs then abandon it), was the the decline of MGW and Cooper's tactical change definitely didn't help. I mean some of it is obviously on MGW for managing to get worse at shooting but he should've been playing centrally, I think most would agree. Was one of Cooper defining successes the previous year too along with Taiwo. So, will Nuno use him how he should be, hopefully he realises pretty quickly he has no choice due to lack of alternatives.

The fitness stuff is positive as has been a continued frustration for all, hopefully the extra staff will help with that although how much can you do mid season.

The small squad bit is interesting because you'd presume this article was signed off by the club so would suggest a change in strategy perhaps. I bet Cooper wishes he'd had less players getting angry on the sides.

Overall, underwhelmed based on his tactics which are basically exactly the same as Cooper's, I worry that will quickly be a stick for him to be beaten with. At both Spurs and Wolves he tried and failed to implement a more attacking approach in the same exact way Cooper also failed. I doubt I'd of been too excited whoever we appointed but if it was someone playing a high pressing type approach or a Mourinho style character maybe I could've been won round quicker. Feels like a stop gap type appointment who probably doesn't have a long leash with both ownership or fans.

Challenging role in all facets, I wish him luck and hope to be proved spectacularly wrong and that it was Cooper holding the club back all along. At least we already have the players to play wingbacks already, I'm interested to see if that's the way he goes.

Wassy, as someone who was I think equally frustrated as you at some of the treatment Cooper was getting leading up to his sacking, I am actually fully on board with Nuno and hopefully you will come to be too.

Have we got a Portuguese version of Cooper? In some ways yes and thats a good thing. From the article above his style of play may have evolved and even if it hasn’t he was pretty effective, playing in a similar way would make the transition easier. He has a good reputation for developing players and seems a decent honest character to boot.

The penny finally dropped for me reading DT’s article. The Cooper Marinakis marriage has been broken for a long time and to be honest Im not sure it ever clicked. For Marinakis, Cooper was basically a vehicle to get us in the PL and once there he was expendable. A but gutting for the fans for whom it was special but thats where we are at. Besides a marriage takes 2 to work and it wasn’t working for either side and bad results or good we were going to part ways soon.

Sniffer said something revealing too when discussing Glasner. Its an attitude thing I think that we would be best with a Spanish or Portuguese manager, they are simply going to get along and understand Marinakis better. Thats before you get to our links with Mendes and the recruitment model we have seem to have adopted.

Recruitment is a different argument and to be honest I would far prefer a scouting and analytics way over agent recommendation but again it EMs club and so be it. One challenge for Nuno is preferring a smaller squad which is music to my ears if for once we could go for quality over quantity in transfers it would save an awful lot of wasted money and FFP hits.

Anyway I have made my peace with the change and the next chapter starts.

Top post again SM.