Claudio Fannieri

Run 3 of 31 completed of my prostate United challenge to run 5km each and every day of October to raise money and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK please share, post messages of support and if you can make a donation then that would be amazing. Link to my just giving page is below https://click.contact.justgiving.com/?qs=c36de5a6435f3423dc58b6f10619805796a37ce0bbc1c9b0ae525c6c0e218d0b887c4090f18a592fa569d362634172ea3e82e525df183713

Run number 2 completed just 29 more to go, thanks to everyone who has posted messages of support and donated so far really appreciate it 😊

I managed £3.2k last year so would love to smash that

Thanks pal hopefully by the end of the challenge I will have managed to raise a whole lot more 🖤🩵

Run number 1 done and dusted just 30 more to go. Please keep sharing, liking and following my progress as it really does help. if you wish to make a donation to Prostate Cancer Uk which is such as amazing cause, please click the link too my just giving page where you can also follow my progress. Prostate Cancer Uk not only helps with finding cures and treatments but also raises much need awareness. https://click.contact.justgiving.com/?qs=c36de5a6435f3423dc58b6f10619805796a37ce0bbc1c9b0ae525c6c0e218d0b887c4090f18a592fa569d362634172ea3e82e525df183713

One more day until I start my Prostate United challenge where I will run 5km each and every day of October to raise much needed funds and awareness for this amazing cause. Please share, support with messages and encouragement and please please please donate if you can. As it really does make a big difference in the fight against this disease that affects Dads, Grandads, Uncles, Brothers, Sons, Husbands, Boyfriends and mates. https://click.contact.justgiving.com/?qs=c36de5a6435f3423dc58b6f10619805796a37ce0bbc1c9b0ae525c6c0e218d0b887c4090f18a592fa569d362634172ea3e82e525df183713

I believe Cooper wants to replace him with a mascot who has more premier league experience

Yesterdays result in isolation on paper looks fairly respectable as do the results to date, we haven’t been hammered from a results perspective, however when you delve deeper that is where the underlying stats and performances start to suggest a more concerning trend and that it’s highly unlikely to improve. • 116 chances conceded in 6 league games • had it not been for poor finishing, last ditch blocks as some unbelievable goalkeeping we would have been subject to 4 hammerings. • negative approach to team selections, tactical set up and bizarre in game management • continuing to ignore a number of players who were superb and integral to our style and success last season • lack of a coherent style of play • this week we played 2 very winnable games vs bottom of the table and injury ravaged Everton and vs league 2 Walsall and in both games we were lucky to end the 90 minutes on level terms. This is a poor appointment, the drop off in quality, performance, mentality has been stark and continues to diminish with each passing week. Continually calling out poor referee decisions seems the ramblings of a beaten man, desperate to divert the focus, blame and attention from a manager so far out of his depth it’s criminal. There are zero redeeming qualities, the players are hamstrung by his cowardly tactics and we genuinely seem a different side when the handbrake is removed. Realistically there is enough in this squad to finish anywhere from 17th to 11th if managed properly, however with this mentality midget in charge, we will do well to finish 18th, I think as each passing week goes by we will continue to sink to the bottom of the table, he is too cautious even against poor opposition as the two earlier games this week proved, we will fail to win so many winnable games and kill any momentum and opportunity to climb clear of relegation. This is self preservation at its finest as he knows one or two 4-0 or 5-0 stuffings and the majority of the crowd will turn and his position becomes untenable, at the minute whilst we are doing nothing to win games, he is making sure the results and scorelines are respectable enough to try and avoid scrutiny.

For someone who sets us up so negatively, we have now conceded 116 shots in 6 league games, that is an average of 19 per game and we have conceded the highest XG so far this season, aligned to the fact we are also in the bottom 3 for XG created and it’s clear to see we are a mess from back to front. We were lucky to get out today without conceding double figures. He has been so lucky that every team we have played have missed a hatful of very good chances and we could and should have been dead and buried in 5 of the 6 games so far. Whilst we have not yet taken a battering in terms of scoreline we have been a very poor second in most of the games. Talksport even called us out in the first half for having zero ambition and the mentality of a league two team away to a premier league team in the cup. It’s horrendous what he has done to the mentality of this club in such a short space of time. as for his subs why make only one sub at 75 minutes and then wait until injury time to make the rest. Surely you freshen it up earlier, beggars belief. Yes it was Arsenal but the manner of how he is setting us up and his piss poor in game management means he has to go, it has been poor all season regardless of the opposition.

I agree he should be in the side, but I am slightly relieved he isn’t, actually thought he might have selected him today and effectively threw him under the bus.

What would be interesting is if this is a Cooper led or club led appointment, but with Coopers blessing. I know he has worked with Cooper previously at Forest but the very fact he wasn’t bulleted when Cooper was sacked suggests he isn’t necessarily a Cooper disciple and Forest felt he had something to offer to retain his services for continuity. He has also worked at West Ham under Moyes if I recall correctly so could well be appointed with a view of remaining even in the event Cooper is sacked. I would imagine if Cooper did go, Andy Hughes and Reid could be retained.

It was interesting that after the Plymouth defeat it was suggested the players almost broke rank to play slightly different to get us over the line last season. I would suggest aside from Palace, have our improved 2nd half performances been as a result of the players going slightly rogue and stepping away from the passive and negative tactical set up.

Thank you pal and yes i remember you were unreal with messages of support every day absolute legend 😊

Less than a week to go until I participate in Prostate United where I will run 5km each and every day of October to raise much needed funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK which is an amazing cause. Please share, support with messages and encouragement and please please please donate if you can. As it really does make a big difference in the fight against this disease that affects Dads, Grandads, Uncles, Brothers, Sons, Husbands, Boyfriends and mates. I will be updating daily on progress throughout the challenge. #prostateunited #fundraising https://click.contact.justgiving.com/?qs=c36de5a6435f3423dc58b6f10619805796a37ce0bbc1c9b0ae525c6c0e218d0b887c4090f18a592fa569d362634172ea3e82e525df183713

Great episode of the pod and Martin Allen was absolute quality and very open and honest. Really enjoyed it.

There is really no defence of that performance, league 2 opposition and we had 2 shots on target during normal time, our goalkeeper is man of the match and the absolute worst of all, 2 very exciting young talents on the bench are ignored and given zero game time. There really are no redeeming qualities to last night or this manager and the club need to accept that this appointment has not worked and will not work, he is so far out of his depth it is beyond belief. Just get him gone ASAP before we throw away much more of this season.

He hasn’t been banned his punishment is a free season ticket and poster of spaghetti coops

I never wanted him here in the first place, much in the same way I never wanted Megson as it felt such an unimaginative, unappealing and underwhelming appointment, all he has done for a good proportion of pre-season and in our competitive games to date is re-endorse to me that this was such a poor decision by the club. Clearly the players aren’t having him, so if that is the case then why should the fans. He is a championship manager at best, he performed a minor miracle in getting Forest out the Championship and then seemed to struggle in the prem but was fortunate that we decided to pretty much down tools and take the relegation place. Since he has arrived he has managed at some point to sideline a good proportion of last seasons better players, his tactics are negative and his game management is appalling. I am ashamed to say in that 2nd half i wouldn’t have been arsed if we had conceded if it meant he was shown the door this morning. This is worse than anything under Puel and sadly on a par with Megsons very short but very hideous tenure. Get him gone either before or immediately after the Arsenal game but do not give him one more chance at a very winnable fixture as we are highly likely throwing away a golden opportunity to secure much needed points.

Just a week to go so thought I would bump this thread and hopefully keep raising awareness and support for such an amazing cause. Still yet to hear back from the club.

Given the clubs philosophy has been very much focused around the development and promotion of academy players I wonder how the now broken run of games has gone down with the clubs hierarchy, I can’t believe it won’t have gone unnoticed. In terms of our football identity, the style of play employed, now the moving away from utilising the clubs own developed players, plus there is clearly some issues with certain established players, I would be shocked if the club is not concerned with how quickly Cooper has started to dismantle what has been a pretty long standing project. I know many say it’s too early to cut ties but given he is so out of sync with what the club has been looking to do over the past 6-7 years, whilst not really backing up his decisions with results will surely lead to a fairly hasty parting of the ways.

My team would be - Iversen Ricardo Coady Vesty Thomas Choudhury Skipp McAteer Bilal Alves BDR

I think you could add Kasper Hjelmund to the list, recently left the Denmark job, think we have been linked with him previously, I really like the way Denmark played under him. Very good tactically and I think he would get a decent tune out of this squad and his team always seemed to play a high intensity style which would be well received by the fanbase.

Yesterday summed him up for me, we barely laid a glove on them until Mavididi’s scruffy equaliser. We had two shots on target against a club conceding goals right, left and centre. I actually don’t recall Pickford having to make a save of any note They had a 39 year old left back and a makeshift full back and yet chose to leave Fatawu on the bench until the last 4 minutes. Ricardo saw no game time, Edouard got 10 minutes and he made 3 subs at separate times, surely yesterday was crying out for more changes and a lot earlier than +80 minutes to bring on fresh attacking impetus. I watched the game and every time the camera panned to Cooper he genuinely looked lost, like he didn’t know what to do, he is so far out of his depth, we were outplayed for large spells by a team who had not yet picked up a point until yesterday. Everton could and probably should have been 3 or 4 up by the time we equalised. The issue and concern I have, is that we aren’t actually that defensively solid despite the negative tactics. we are conceding a lot of very good chances and let’s be clear had Spurs or Everton taken the numerous good chances then we could have been on the end of a couple of heavy defeats. This is a competitive squad with some decent attacking options so I am more than bemused with his obsession of being so negative and he is genuinely stifling us. I don’t think sacking him will happen this early but it should as he is so clearly out of his depth and it already feels that he is struggling to gain the respect of the squad. I hope the club act quickly and decisively and have no concern or regard for external perception, this is a poor appointment and the club need to rectify it at the earliest opportunity, this has been such a downgrade from Enzo.

Subs killed our momentum last week and lack of subs this week has meant we haven’t been able to really throw the kitchen sink at Everton. It’s all too cautious no doubt saving a sub to make a defensive change for injury time.

We are fortunate to not be 2/3 down to a team that has had their arse handed to them on a plate, in most of their games so far. We have a manager who believes that Vesty, Ricardo and Abdul are not worthy of starting in such a game, get him gone before he destroys this season and alienates a number of talented players.