wardyfox86

I agree with all your points, but as long as we're on course for at least 17th, Cooper will remain. "we can do better" won't matter to this board, survival is the remit whether the players are capable of more or not. I want someone better too, I hate this style and think he's made a lot of players worse. I was merely pointing out he's changed it to get us 3 points today.

I agree. But... Taking the club forwards this season, is survival. If it doesn't look like he's going to accomplish that, he needs to go then. He won his last game and looks like he's about to pick up at least a point away from home here. It's not great viewing, it's not exciting, but if he does enough to get us 17th after 38 games with this squad, it's job done.

So if he picks the starting 11 that wins the next 5 games, it's all about the players and he still has to go? Dont get me wrong, I think he needs to go. I'm just giving him some credit for what's happened in this half.

Tbf to him, he's changed shape and personnel that has totally swung this game.

There's only 1 worthwhile sub left tbf

3-2-4-1 Last roll of the dice for Cooper??

First shot on target!

It's OK. We're incapable of playing well in 2 halves anyway. I'm almost resigned to the drop with Cooper in charge.

That's Cooper safe til Xmas then Seriously though, happy to get the 1st win however it comes, but that was an awful 2nd half and there won't be many more points won playing that way. Look at the chance Bournemouth had.

And yet he's seen plenty of the ball, held it well and won free kicks to relieve pressure. It's clearly a plan and he's done well in that regard. On the flip side, we've found space behind their midfield a few times and not capitalised.

We'll get nothing from VAR this season.

This board has never appointed a manager without previous experience in England. Therefore the 1s in bold seem unlikely. Hopefully, they change their approach as id love Roger Schmidt

It's Arsenal, it is what it is. But Cooper insisting on only ever playing 1 winger is infuriating. Whenever we do get the ball (always on our left) Arsenal are able to squeeze the space. But we're still in the game at least. EDIT: Nevermind I'd love to see Arteta's comments if we shithouse a point, after last week. EDIT: Nevermind

Where did I say he wasn't? What I did say, was that he was far from the worst player on the pitch on Tuesday, and better than a few players who still scored higher than him.

Craig Levein was the last coach we hired that didn't have previous experience in England. Have we ever appointed a manager that hasn't previously coached on the British Isles before? We won't look that far afield.

Spot on. Look at how he's doing at Chelsea with what was previously considered a bin fire. Every player knows their place in the team, and their role in his tactic under Enzo. Whether you liked his style or not, he was a proper leader, believed in his philosophy and will live or die by that. That gave the players freedom to do their jobs. Cooper couldn't be further away from the above qualities, there's nastiness and hate in here which is wrong. He's just not the right man and is way out of his depth.

Did they **** it up when they brought Maresca in? Did they **** it up when they brought Rodgers in? Pearson? Don't act like they always get it wrong with managers, they have as many hits as misses. This is a miss but the pickings were probably slim due to the likely sanctions. They should be judged on how quickly they come to terms with it, and who they replace him with. This will show if they've learned from the Rodgers mess.

Strange hatred of Soumare on here. Can't see how he was any worse than any other player on the pitch yesterday. It's a low bar, granted, but he was tidier on the ball than Bounanotte who everyone has scored higher. Progressed better with the ball than Hamza, who everyone scored higher. To have him in the 3's along with BDCR and Edouard is ridiculous.

1 point against Bournemouth. Cooper doesn't win away, and there's absolutely no chance Forest don't come here and turn us over. Hopefully it'll be the Forest game that forces the board's hand, if not before.

Best outcome. Got through but put further pressure on the manager. He'll be gone within a few games.

The thing is. You look at the players we have (a few aside) and you know they are better than the showings, they just have no direction. The only time he takes the handbrake off is to pop it in reverse.

Intruder on the field. If he's got a kit on, take BDCR off instead.

We'll win this on penalties. As drab as drab can be.

FIFY

Who was the last manager we appointed that had no previous experience of coaching or managing in England? Do we lack imagination or is it a prerequisite? If so, it rules out all of these, plus 90% of all the fancy names that people keep referring to. If he goes, it'll probably be somebody like Corberan or Rohl.