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I mean, It's mostly England fans fault anyway. We know the FA were going to let him keep going, but just as Leicester fans did with Rodgers, they kept giving Southgate excuse after excuse. I'll say again, Southgate is the sort of bloke you'd put forward to represent the country, a real nice bloke, well spoken and honest. But his football is absolutely dreadful. I can maybe think of 3-4 games where we've genuinely played quality football against top opposition who also played well.

Get Klopp out of retirement. Give him £10m.

How much would this England squad cost to assemble in premier league terms do you reckon?

Shock

I hate modern football. Ball is behind foden and he stretches his leg behind him to try to touch the ball and makes very basic contact with the defender when he was off balance. If that's a foul then stop the bus.

Really like him but he's made of glass. He's missed over 125 matches due to injury at age 23. Would be a big risk for us unless we can get him for sub £10m.

Had a dream it was -4, it’s clearly a sign.

I'd imagine you're right, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Rudkin put a bid in for you.

He needs to make it stick somewhere, multiple loans now and his chances at Liverpool look non-existent unless Slot has other ideas. If we can get him for £15m then 100% take a punt. We desperately need someone in that advanced midfield position but if he's being valued at 25m or something i'd rather go in for Oscar Gloukh.

When was the last time a manager was sacked mid-tournament? I'd back half of this forum to get us a win tonight. Slovenia have a few decent players, but for gods sake, just tell the players "Score as many goals as possible" and we win.

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.

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.

I thought the same, articles suggest he’s on 90k a week, but Galatasaray have offered him 50k a week. I’d imagine it would be closer to 65-70k a week which is a lot but if we could get that sort of deal with a relegation clause it could be affordable. of course this is all speculation, knowing United he’s probably on 300k a week 😂

Wan-Bissaka in advanced talks with Galatasaray, rumoured to be £10-15m. Surely he could offer us a longer term replacement for Ricardo? Obviously his time at United has been off but the majority of players who have signed for them have struggled given what a poisoned chalice it’s been.

Players who I believe could be available cheap and could do a job. Kante - £10m allegedly, would need the biggest wage cut in history though Soyuncu - £8m, bring him home, if he had been played in the last prem season from the start, I think we stay up. Loan with a buy option if we stay up. Renato Sanches - On the books at PSG but looks likely to go out on loan again, was at Roma last season and PSG paid most of his wages. Clement Lenglet - Was on loan at Villa last season, 14 appearances in a very competitive side, could be a cheap loan. Kalvin Phillips - This one is a big IF, had a horrendous time since signing for City but if we got a tune out of him he's a very good midfielder. Loads of question marks. Daichi Kamada - Unfortunately likely to go to palace (palace will be next seasons dark horse) Kieren Tierney - Good Left Back option if Kristiansen decides he wants to go. David Carmo - Linked with him already, left footed CB, £15m Djed Spence - Thrived under Cooper, unwanted by Spurs. Loan with buy option. Joe Rodon - Linked with us last couple of days, played for Cooper at Swansea, Loan from spurs. Said Benrahma - Lots of question marks on this one, but he's a lively player that can play in the middle if needed, doesn't score enough but he's a player that would open space for Fatawu/Mavididi on the wings. Loan.

100% give him a deal. I fancied him to return to form in the championship, never in any lifetime would I have expected it to be in the role he played, but he fought hard and adapted to his role better than I think any of us could have expected, he will cost more to replace than we will get for him. Let Cooper have a go and bring the monster we had a few years ago back to form.

100%, there needs to be a very clear direction and strategy that we can see. If we go down and we are fighting and we are clearly rebuilding a foundation then I'll accept going down and keeping him on. Just saying the right thing won't be enough, but it definitely helps to bring fans onboard when you're saying the right things regarding fighting for the badge, remembering who you play for etc.

To add to this, in the premier league, he played (on paper): 3421, 343, 4231, 541, 532, 433 (with an attacking mid) In the championship, he also played a 4312 and a 4321. Obviously, these are all paper formations and they are not always 100% accurate. But he is certainly pragmatic!

Hearing the way he talks about the fans, the heritage, the community, and why they are doing it, if he can bring this sort of unity to us and we look like we are building a clear identity and a foundation, he can have a free hit as far as I'm concerned. Can really see why most Forest fans love him.

Yep, I expect this is likely media spin. The Scum recently made an article claiming sources at Leicester are quietly confident we won't need to sell players, they can't make their minds up.

I'm more comfortable with Cooper as manager facing the premier league challenge we face than I would be with Maresca. I never thought the football would work in the prem, and we needed big bucks to make it effective. Under Cooper we have someone who will play youth, is typically flexible with his system to fit what he has, fans of the clubs he's managed love him, seems a genuinely nice bloke, and if we go down he isn't likely to throw the towel in and have his mates in the media trying to get him a new job. Not my first choice, but he's here now and I expect he will give us stability going forward.

For me as a fan it's nice to have a likeable manager again. Puel was stubborn as hell (although I think he helped us a lot) Rodgers was great when times were good, but for 2 years he made excuse after excuse, and even started blaming the fans, Maresca basically said if the fans don't like it then I'm off and was stubborn as hell. Atleast with Cooper he has a track record of really caring about the club, immersing himself in the community and building a great relationship with players and fans, I think that's a small but significant step in uniting us behind him and the team. If the team is trying, and Cooper I doing the right things, building a good relationship with the fans could be the difference between relegation and hanging on.

Petition to change the name

I think we can do much worse than a guy who completely surrounds himself in the club. His open letter to the fans for those who haven't seen it. It's a small detail, and it's easy to do, but the point is he's started his tenure in the right way.