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Cracks papered again due to a sending off, prior to that there was only one team in it. We are getting a fair amount of luck at the minute.

Alarming that at 3-1 there was an injury break and not one player went over to him for instructions, nor did he try and gather them together. I just don’t think he’s up to it. It’s obvious where this ends.

Our press is pathetic. The one team you need to press high against and he picks this team.

Why does he seem to go more attacking away and more defensive at home? I’d have actually picked Ndidi as a 10 and Ayew today due to how Southampton play out from the back.

Decent first half, until the goal killed all of our attacking intent, and a big win…but we didn’t deserve it. We got very lucky. Let’s hope it’s a springboard but I’m hugely sceptical about Cooper’s in-game management.

We need something inbetween. Maresca would have been a disaster for us this season, let's not let life under Steve Cooper cloud the realities of what would have happened had Maresca had stayed. We would have tried to play a style of play that we simply wouldn't have had the players for and it would have failed, in the same way it has failed for Burnley and Southampton. We need a manager with a stronger footballing identity, but it needs to be one that balances idealism and pragmatism.

By my reckoning Arsenal’s xG today is the 6th highest ever recorded in the Premier League. Still, gave them a scare…

Plays Ayew against Everton at home and Buonanotte against Arsenal away 🤷🏻‍♂️

We would absolutely hire Dyche if he was available. It's exactly the sort of unimaginative, short-term solution that the board would love. There has been a clamour for Dyche in the past from some fans, but if you don't like Cooper, you would detest Dyche.

We should have expanded instead of building Seagrave.

Faes is terrible for this. His positional play is so bad.

He probably tried to sign Ashley Young in the summer.

I’ve found the hatred towards him way over the top but that was hugely alarming. Terrible first half, but the goal gets us back in to it. To not bring on Fatuwu to run at Young is sackable offence alone. We didn’t need Ndidi, Ayew and Justin on the pitch in the last 20 minutes. It was just so toothless, against a team there for the absolute taking.

We pressed really well against Palace and stopped the ball moving into their central midfield, but against Everton that's much less of a concern. In fact, off all the matches we'll play this season this is the one where our high press is of the least importance. If he doesn't pick a more creative, technical team for this...he never will. They'll be happy to sit back and let us play in front of them, so we'll need quality on the ball. Fatawu and Mavididi out wide, Buonanotte as the 10, Ricardo in for Justin and possibly Vestergaard for Faes. It's a great time to be playing Everton. Take the game to them in the first half and THEN bring on the likes of Ndidi and Ayew later on. Please for the love of god don't start with them.

First thing my Forest supporting cousin said to me after the match was "He didn't sling another central defender on did he?". Seems he had a knack for doing that at Forest and it only served to invite more pressure.

Very odd that they've released a still image that doesn't show Mateta's line. The main issue here though is that they've clearly drawn the lines from the wrong frame. You can see that the ball has already left Mitchell's foot. On the frame before Justin doesn't have his leg extended.

A good first half ruined by overly negative tactics and subs in the second half. I guess that’s what happens when you start all of the players that you’d usually bring on to see out a game. Invited so much pressure in that second and our reaction was to take a winger off for another central defender.

The reasons given for the unrest seem a little bit ridiculous and I think it's crazy for the fans and players to be making their minds up so early on, however, this was always going to be the danger when you swing from one extreme (Maresca) to another (Cooper). We are yet again hamstrung by the total lack of a clear vision and identity within the club. "We want to play like Man City" and then hire Steve Cooper. Nothing adds up.

This is significant from the Athletic article:

I don't feel a huge sense of relief, I feel huge sense of embarrassment over the whole thing.

Ha, no punishment for cheating and signing all of those amazing pla......oh.

Wasted 68 minutes with a defensive, huff-and-puff lineup. We pressed a lot but there was no quality on the ball at all. He has two number 10’s now and he picked Ndidi there. I don’t mind Winks and Skipp as the two sitting, but you have to have someone in front of them who can receive the ball well. Mavididi has to start in winnable games at home.

He got most right, but people in the stadium can’t see that.

One of my all time favourite Leicester players. Ran his socks off, always turned up in the big matches and just looked like he loved playing football. The amount of seasons when he was written off, only to force his way back into the team towards the end of the season because whenever he was on the pitch, things happened. Shame the club didn't/couldn't give him a proper send off against Blackburn. I still find it weird that they didn't, as everyone knew he was being released.

I'd love to see the back of him if the money was right. That no-look flick on Saturday sums him up. Stupid thing to do in a dangerous area and then blames Hermansen for a perfectly reasonable pass.