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Neither happy or unhappy. I remember me and a few mates during the end of Rodgers tenure saying we’d take Cooper in a heartbeat! He is a good coach with more strings to his bow than the intransigent Maresca, though with the make up of our squad wouldn’t be a bit surprising to see him set up to play the Enzo way….. then we’ll see if we can do it at this level.

He’s twice the player he was when here. Scored some very important goals last year. And as a plan B would be a solid signing. Forest however won’t be selling someone so important to them last year.

I thought The United Review was the programme.😜

Little Iceland beat us last week ( and it could’ve been by more) playing direct diags to 3 fast forwards. It still works with the right players, in our title year we had full backs who could tuck in and tackle , wingers who made opposition full backs run backwards Vardy’s goals and Shinji’s selfless grafting. It can still work.

Surely though you liken Cooper at Forest, certainly the first premier season, with Nigel’s great escape season?? We are now back to that and we will, as they did lose many games. His style of play though May suit us at a higher level than trying to pass through quality teams and full backs leaving their post and leaving huge holes?

And you can’t deny Forest under Cooper played quick aggressive football, like a poor man’s Liverpool if you like, hell for leather 4-3-3. They simply ran over the top of us in the cup and their home league game, though we hammered them at the KP.

Good job at Everton too. With little to spend at times. Upset the apple cart a few times against the big boys, something we used to do prePuel , Rodgers et al.

All true, except wait, what? Castagne????

I reckon a good 80% of the fan base regulars too feel this way mate.

Now that era was the worst, team wise, that I have ever seen! He just signed his mates from Arsenal who were more finished than him! Little George Armstrong on the wing looked older than me now, and I’ve just turned 65! Check out some old pictures if you don’t believe me!

When Megson went I couldn’t believe our luck, and I feel slightly the same again. Thanks for promotion but we were never progressing with that style against the rest of the world which is what the prem is I suppose, the good old championship is the best of Britain. One day pep will play 442 with quality and it’ll be flavour of the month again!

Doesn’t mean much, the Dutch always fall out with themselves!

When they beat us, both in the cup and the home league game the following season I thought they’d simply ran over us with drive and pace that we struggled to cope with. 433 played the Liverpool way ( though without the quality) if you like. I would be happy with that style if we can pull it off.

And in Frank Worthington the best first touch I’ve ever seen upto and including now, tv or live. His feet thighs and chest appeared to have Velcro on them !! But the last 10 years have been the best, in fact it’s almost like we had to go down in order to win another trophy if we weren’t good enough to do it in the prem. Serial winners!!! Check us out Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, United and all the rest, never boring at Leicester.

All I can say is Jamie Vardy!! 37 and those that think he’s lost it , watch last night’s game again, it was circa 2016 Vards! He was electric. Obviously Abdul will get most of the plaudits but that performance was special and will live long in the memory for me.

I think we are, and should be fishing in the championship pond irrespective of division. The better players from the championship can prosper in the premier and won’t be earning stupid money.

Castagne??? I’d have driven him to London myself.

I keep banging on about it but he’s quick enough to play on the left, his correct position? Marc on the right and balls coming in giving Vardy and high eights a fighting chance for once! Mavadidi has been poor last 2 and a rest will do him good and give him a kick up the harris.

He’s not slow.

This! I couldn’t believe the plaudits the goal got on sky! I’d back myself at 64 to score from that position with zero challenge and good view of far post! Mind you it’d have to be on the other side as I’m all left foot!

Only if you’re winning it.

Going back further the rest of the country couldn’t understand us wanting Peter Taylor out when we were top six, fans collectively are never wrong, we see it coming, and sadly we’re seeing it again. Football is cyclical as we know, if United or Liverpool for example have a downturn it means 7th, for us it means relegation and 10 years of obscurity. I’ll always watch us though, league we’re in doesn’t bother me so long as the football has me oohing and aahing not as is currently the case yawning. I find Man City boring too by the way and they win everything.

Anybody got any idea why the ref gave penalty yellow, but then when it’s outside the box it became red? A foul on someone clean through is a red, end of surely? Or did VAR correct the very poor Madley on both counts?

Watched the game through my fingers, breathed a massive sigh of relief, then watched the last 15 of the Ipswich game. Pace, drive, passion, absolute night and day from our game. We are too soon out of the prem. The saying it’s better to travel than arrive comes to mind, that excitement that was in the Ipswich ground we just can’t get, be it style of play or arrogance and entitlement amongst our lot.

You can cross low you know but the ball would be going away from the keeper and Vardy or Cannon would come alive. Both are decent in the air too by the way but are battling for scraps when the ball is swinging in towards centre halves and keeper.