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Not sure how that would work. The technicality was Leicester was no longer a 'Club' when the Premier League's PSR accounting period was deemed to have been in breach. It's a clerical error probably because the contract writers didn't consider what would happen if the breaching club was relegated or liquidated and ceased to be a 'Club'. Silly error, but enough to see us through - for now. That doesn't apply to Everton and Forest who *remained* as a contractual 'Club' throughout the breach period.

We've already inherited Forest's approach to signings, might as well hire a 'Referee Analyst' to make the management feel better.

Totally this. The current corporate hospitality is pants compared to what the rest of the Premier League is offering. Should have double the number of boxes for example. I think the new stand plan addresses this to an extent.

He's immature (not in a totally negative way) by the looks of it. Seems to just hate it here/homesick and struggles to motivate himself as a result. Goes back to mainland Europe and he's all smiles and action. Sometimes it just doesn't work.

I assume the plan is to try and get to Christmas in a somewhat salvageable state, assess PSR position, and go all in on a striker in January.

I think we paid per pound. The guy is huge.

Could see the assymetric ricardo/mcateer combo trying to isolate Mavididi on the far side, with faes playing a bit more centrally perhaps because he moaned about it to the papers. Skipp/Winks as double pivots with Ndidi dropping back to make a 3 man central midfield during defense. General offensive pattern seemed to be to create space on the left hand side. It seemed Tranmere tried to stretch the pitch quite significantly in the first half to try and isolate Thomas - much like the way Fulham targetted Ndidi, Tranmere identified Thomas as a weak point. In offense Ndidi did his prime messi impression, which sort of worked eventually. That's how I saw it from very close to the pitch in the Kop.

He didn't give up. Every team needs a grafter. It's his first game proper with us, and he showed moments of quality as well. Whether there is a place for both De-Cordova-Reid & Mavididi in the same starting 11 is going to be interesting.

So I just learned this today, but it seems the stadium acoustics are designed for people who sit smack bang on the halfway pitch line. Sit at either end and you will be convinced the other end is silent.

Really strange player. I can't remember a player like him. He's technically decent when he has the ball, which is rarely. I wonder if he suffers from stage fright? I assume the coaching team thought he did well in training to warrant the sub!?

First time I've sat right behind the dugout so bit of a novelty. It was fascinating to see the workings during a game. One observation: I really do not think any of the players can hear instructions from the bench and quite often seemed to confuse the players. Ange barely said much. Our management team were straight out of Mike Bassett England manager. And the assistant has the loudest finger whistling technique. It was a joy to behold, the notes pitch perfect whenever called upon. The pre-match montage, the poetry, Shakey's goodbye applause, the rain, the tension. My goodness I missed this. The first half the body language of the players was pitiful. I felt sorry for them. They were nervous, unsure. When the kickoff whistle blew footballing basics left them. We should have been buried in the first 20 minutes. The KP was practically silent besides the partying Spurs fans. Words were said at half time with the team arriving back on the pitch late. I don't know if the players have ever seen the montage played on the stadium screens before kick off. They were enlivening. You can feel the weight and pride of what was achieved just months ago. The adrenaline rushes. The second half - well clearly Cooper had given the players permission to not be afraid. Be present, be wanting, play for your own pride. And the noise. Wow. Normally when sat in the Kop end it can sound empty even when you can tell the away fans are singing their hearts out. From the dugout area at times the noise from our fans was deafening. Cooper gave us permission to continue. At first a slight wrist wave. Then full arm movements. The players fed off it. So did the manager. The first half was embarrassing. The second half was pride in blue.

Even Mickey Adams was more exciting than this.

At the game. Sat behind cooper. This is embarrassing

Son / Madison masterclass incoming. Real question is which minute will we get our first shot on target and by whom?

Having this guy anywhere near the club is toxic. He thinks he's better than his colleagues when we've seen nothing to suggest that is true. He has never wanted to be here. On top of a difficult season having this tantrum throwing adult around is just guaranteed to destroy any chance of survival. Club should have sold him last season when all this was so obvious (yet another example of indecision costing us millions). Soumare is a bit of a nob, but this is completely Rudkin's fault.

Given man city, arsenal, Liverpool's or Chelsea's squad, cooper will never manage to get 50 points.

You don't cancel planning permission, it just expires usually 3 years unless there is visible work started in that period of time. Before work commences any pre-construction conditions would need to be discharged too otherwise work cannot start. Canceling catering contracts doesn't make sense unless you want your catering contractors to cut even more corners and practically give up.

The starting 11 from last season were better than any of the 3 relegated teams. This season we have lost 1 of the starting 11 and seem to have turned into bottom-half Championship/League 1 material.

I think he's our next target to help us get back out of the championship 2025/26 season.

Gosh you've triggered a lot of us because I think you're right, this is shaping up to be even more tragic with potentially disastrous financial consequences.

This is now the 3rd manager who seems to be publically saying he doesn't know what's going on with signings. Judging by that Rudkin puff piece it seems he is super silent not just outside the club but inside too. Just who is the manager supposed to talk to about the current situation if not his direct boss, the DoF? Surely the 2 should be singing off the same hymn sheet in the honeymoon phase of their relationship? Somebody make it make sense. And now I would question whether Enzo left because he just could not take any more of Rudkin's wall of silence during what will be a difficult season.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Cooper gone before the end of September tbh. I think there will be player unrest. Quite clearly good players are unwilling to come here not just because of money. That Italian agent gave the blunt truth about a lack of project. A relegated club has a huge penalty on price so even if Top wants out he needs a premier league team to get maximum payback.

The board will not trust this guy with big signings. It's just not going to happen.

The motivation issue is huge imo. When he came the players were unsure. But their body language now suggests they don't trust him or his staff. Coaches who like 'working with young players' typically do that because they don't have the skills, gravitas, etc to motivate more experienced players. So they surround themselves with inexperienced teenagers who haven't yet seen enough to be critical. Southgate is unfortunately in that category, as is Cooper imo.

I have no idea where this idea has come from that Enzo barely had to do anything because the squad was so good it would have PTL all by itself. It's clearly not true is it. Largely the same first 11 under Cooper look like they are just learning to play professional football. Imagine if KDH was injured last season then what would the setup and tactics under Enzo have been? That's the situation Cooper has got to deal with. But he's got no idea. It seems more and more likely that the hit and hope squad building at Forest wasn't just the ideas of a mad owner, but that of a fairly limited coach too.