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Okoli’s passing in that 1st half was pinpoint accurate, Vestergaard levels in fact. It’s a shame they all went to a red shirt.

Reid effectively means we play with one less player tho?

Going in hard on your team mate is not a good look JJ, particularly not on a forum like this!

The tactics would be crying out for some pace on the break. Mavididi, Fatawu, Vards. Apply ‘The Cooper Factor™️’ however and the answer is simple - play Ayew as a paceless lone centre forward or as an immobile right winger and get on field spectator BDCR on the left. Job done Coops ✅

Already having nightmares of VK, blonde bouffant bouncing around as he finds himself hopelessly out of position as the ball goes over his head to Saka who rips him apart every time. Everything about the lad this season screams relegation battle. Already having nightmares of JJ, hopelessly out of position as the ball goes down the line to Martinelli or Trossard who rip him apart every time. Everything about the lad this season screams relegation battle. etc

But tbf McLaren is a poor manager. Irrespective of his links to Derby, he would’ve got the same reception at Leicester. It’s looking likely that Cooper is in the same category. I would say there’s very few of you Forest fans who would take him back. Yes there are always outliers who don’t like a manager from day over but when the majority of the fans see a problem then it usually means there is a problem. And the majority of LCFC fans see a bizarre team selection, a lack of cohesion and ideas on the pitch, negative set ups, an emphasis on our left fullback which is our weakest and least creative area and a manager commenting after a game about how poor the team performance has been as if he’s a paying fan rather than the guy that’s setting up the training, selecting the players, the tactics and (de)motivating the players to look like the bunch of National League strangers last night against Walsall.

It’s the zero minutes in the Premier League that is particularly cutting and can only demoralise a player like Ricardo. It’s poor man management from Cooper.

The full 90 minutes last night for a start.

With Cooper at the wheel I’ll expect us to get a (fortuitous) 2 points out of 15.

Pearson was infinitely better than Cooper. He had players actually playing for him. Players have already downed tools for Cooper.

Got to say against teams we are looking to beat I much prefer 1 pivot and 2 number 8’s irrespective of whether a fullback plays in Enzo’s way or Cooper’s way. We aren’t creating much in the final 3rd because two of our 3 midfielders aren’t getting high enough to help centrally. The teams see our one central outlet is a number 10 and can mark him out of the game like what happened with Buonanotte last night.

It works both ways! Justin has also suffered three years of recurring injuries and had a poor pre season AND has had a poor start to the season. Ricardo is the more intelligent footballer, a better dribbler and a more positive passer. Justin is more athletic and is better in the air. Neither are fabulous tacklers. Both have pros and cons but to completely give up on Ricardo (0 minutes in the prem after we continue to ship goals on our right) is very poor man management from Cooper.

I’m sure Cooper will publicly bemoan the poor performance of the team again tonight like he did on Saturday, speaking like he’s a fan with no control or responsibility for the shit show he’s created. 😂

I asked my budget AI generator to create a statue of Steve Cooper hugging Danny Ward. You get what you (don’t) pay for I guess when it come to AI. I tried though.

Tbf he was a very solid 3/10 tonight. Well played CC👍🏻

He needs to dust off the Spider-Man suit. Not used since he got rid of Puel.

We need a Statue of Danny Saving that last penalty that didn’t quite reach the goal line to commemorate such a historic display. Maybe we could have a little BDCR statue as part of the display expertly watching the save like he expertly watched the game from his usual left side on-field spectator position,

Ward saving us away at Walsall in Round 3 of the Carabao Cup more than makes up for him getting us relegated. Build. The. Statue.

I’m jealous of BDCR tonight. He had a great view of the game from his on-field spectator position. Presumably he had a go-pro camera on or something?

Wasn’t that Iversen?

You haven’t applied the Cooper factor to your decision making. It made logical sense to start Skipp so you have to apply the Cooper factor which is to do the exact opposite of logic. Applying the Cooper factor to your decision and the answer can ONLY be to bench him. it also explains Cooper’s plan to utilise our left back role as the attacking overload. Neither of our left backs are skillful or particularly fast so applying Cooper logic means that’s exactly where we focus our attack. Always apply ‘The Cooper Factor™️’ and it makes the constant defeats and the occasional draws easier to stomach.

Fabulous nights work from BDCR tbf.

On a positive note, if we ever set up a Leicester City walking football team, we gave 2 absolute shoe-ins in Coady and Edouard.

I’m glad Cooper is sticking with a double defensive pivot of Hamza and Bouba. We’ve still got a chance of taking Walsall all the way to penalties 🤞

Tbf to Cooper, what better way to discipline Vestergaard than to select Clogger Coady ahead of him. It’s discipline with maximum shithousery.