Cooper - OUT

[The Guvnor]

Look we haven’t got a fantastic squad so there has to be an element of realism, however !

surely he could improve things by stop using Ndidi as an attacking midfielder, was ok in the championship but not in the present.

Vestergaard. If he’s playing Utilise his strengths  Ping a few long balls down the channels to Mav or Fats, and get him taking dead ball opportunities and corners as I know he’s tall but his heading ability isn’t all that.

Most of our attacking opportunities end with a player trying to take on the world or an awful pass, we also take too long , and generally allow the opposition to get back in shape.

I was fully in support of Coops but patience is running out.

 

[FoxesFourLife]

Ricardo being out for 4 months means Cooper ball from now on we will go down sack him now!

[Hammo]

Anyone with half a brain can see that Cooper is incompetent and out of his depth at this level. Every weekend the case against him being fit for purpose strengthens.

 

I challenge anyone to name one positive thing - yeah just one - that he has brought to this club.

 

 

 

[Fear Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, The Guvnor said:

Look we haven’t got a fantastic squad so there has to be an element of realism, however !

surely he could improve things by stop using Ndidi as an attacking midfielder, was ok in the championship but not in the present.

Vestergaard. If he’s playing Utilise his strengths  Ping a few long balls down the channels to Mav or Fats, and get him taking dead ball opportunities and corners as I know he’s tall but his heading ability isn’t all that.

Most of our attacking opportunities end with a player trying to take on the world or an awful pass, we also take too long , and generally allow the opposition to get back in shape.

I was fully in support of Coops but patience is running out.

 

Ndidi is a DMF on a 4-1-3-2, end of. He can't be anything else, you can't have him running up and down and knacker him in 30mins. He's a low block DMF, his best stats came into this position. 

[teblin]

42 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

I think you mean Cooper?

Wishful thinking that potter still needs to earn credit as our manager.

[Bilo]

Those people saying that some of us are overestimating the quality of the squad are missing the point.

 

We know that the squad is not as good, man for man, as it was four years ago. It's probably not as good as the side that got relegated. But neither is the bottom half of the league.

 

Southampton aren't a great side.

Palace aren't 

Ipswich aren't. 

Wolves aren't.

West Ham aren't.

 

Even Forest, a team who've survived relegation by the distance of a gnat's cock for two seasons, are 5th place in the league despite being dependent on a striker who wasn't good enough for us ten years ago. 

 

We know we aren't the irresistible force of Maddison, Barnes, Tielemans, Fofana and peak Vardy at their pomp. None of us are thick. Our argument is that we don't need to be because the bottom half of this league is shit. 

 

There is no reason at all why, with good management and playing to our strengths, that we couldn't be anywhere between 12th and 15th come season's end with little fear of relegation, before a good summer transfer window that could enable us to build. Right now, our trajectory is southern. And it doesn't need to be. It's wholly avoidable if the board sees what we see; we are an average Premier League side putting in below average performances against below average sides because of poor management, tactics and planning.

[StriderHiryu]

20 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

you must pull your hair out doing these tactical overviews of Coopers tactics 

 

 

 

19 minutes ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

It's really shocking how some fans have the basic football intelligence to spot these things but someone who is earning millions makes the same mistakes over and over again. 

I'm seriously now questioning if Cooper has a football manager diploma, which level is it and if he has one it should be published now so we can check it. 

 

There's only so many ways you can say "these tactics are rubbish and the person using them even more so" using fancy words and stats. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

 

We did a match reaction, and it was very noticable that many people who previously had been behind the manager changed their mind with a lot of vitriol throughout the stream.

 

 

 

Given that Ricardo is out for a while, this is big trouble for us. I would suggest doing what Forest do and go for a more bog standard 4231, focussing on being hard to beat and hitting on the break. We ship way too many goals every game, and that will send us down.

 

 

Edited 10 November 2024 by StriderHiryu

[Vowels]

26 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Can anyone confirm whether we let him back on the coach?

The irony is that the only serviceable coach at the club is the one that shuffles the plonkers back and forth from one gutless shambolic performance to the next.

 

 

[Parafox]

9 minutes ago, Hammo said:

Anyone with half a brain can see that Cooper is incompetent and out of his depth at this level. Every weekend the case against him being fit for purpose strengthens.

 

I challenge anyone to name one positive thing - yeah just one - that he has brought to this club.

 

 

 

 

Susan Whelan looks quite attractive in comparison?

[Claudio Fannieri]

14 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

21 win percentage is absolutely dogshite no matter what the level is , he has be shown his P45.

And that includes 2 cup matches vs league 2 opposition. This is has been an horrific appointment and as each week and month goes by is getting worse. If the club don’t act know I can see us bottom by the time we hit the Christmas fixtures. 

[rugbyblue]

50 minutes ago, JonnyBoy said:

And to think we spent 25 mill on Oliver skipp just to top it all off. Could have gone in for delap or Smzmodics and got change 

I would have signed Szmodics but his name was sneered at.....one good season .......hes 29.......not good enough for us........and we ended up with eduardo and ayew.  Not really a manager comment i know but it annoyed me at the time.

[The_77]

38 minutes ago, Bilo said:

His entire career is built around taking an expensively assembled Forest side on a run in the Championship, bottling automatic and shithousing the playoffs, followed by staying up in the Prem through blind luck after stinking out the Premier League for 90% of the season.

 

He was also honking at Swansea.

 

Let’s not forget the crooked final that got them promoted. 

[Bilo]

1 minute ago, The_77 said:

Let’s not forget the crooked final that got them promoted. 

Absolutely. 

 

There's an element of Napoleon's 'lucky generals' quote perhaps, but it runs out eventually. 

[coolhandfox]

You have a limited footballer in JJ who struggled all season in a RB/RM role.

 

You create a system which bring the best out of you best players and hide you weakness as much as possible.

 

This bloke does the opposite, we have been exposed time and time again down the right by continues to ask JJ to do something he is up too.

 

We continue to deploy Wilf in advance role, which mean moves consistently break down.

 

We play football in our own 3rd and repeatly get caught out, it's madness.

 

 

Edited 10 November 2024 by coolhandfox

[foxesfan98]

Most games this season I've come away thinking most of the players have individually done ok and put in the effort but the overall team performance is always shite. We constantly look like we're playing with 10 men when we go forward and we can't defend as a unit to save our lives. That has to be on the manager.

 

I'm not saying Justin hasn't been poor this season but I'm pretty sure the reason we're conceding so many from his side is because Cooper tells him to push so high up which leaves that huge gap behind him. He also doesn't offer any quality to the attack so the whole tactic is pointless. But he won't ever change it so there's no point even being annoyed about it anymore.

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, coolhandfox said:

You have a limited football in JJ who struggled all season in a RB/RM role.

 

You create a system which bring the best out of you best players and hide you weakness as much as possible.

 

This bloke does the opposite, we have been exposed time and time again down the right by continues to ask JJ to do something we aren't up too.

 

We continue to deploy Wilf in advance role, which mean move consistently break down.

 

We play football in our own 3rd and repeatly get caught out, it's madness.

 

 

I can't figure out whether he is just too stupid to figure out how solve the issues or whether he is too arrogant to properly move away from "his way" to solve the issues

[Sankey93]

It’s only going to get worse! He needs to be sacked tomoz morning the earliest. I know he won’t be tho. I can’t believe the board can’t see this it’s absolutely mind boggling!

[Metal Lover]

Let's get real, Cooper isn't going anywhere.

 

3 months into a 3 year contract and we are in the shit financially.  Add to this an apparent disinterest from the board to make any kind of football wise changes.

 

Get used to Ratboy and get ready for Championship football next season.

 

 

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

I can't figure out whether he is just too stupid to figure out how solve the issues or whether he is too arrogant to properly move away from "his way" to solve the issues

Not sure it's even his way, did he ever play that system at Forest?

[Claridge]

13 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Those people saying that some of us are overestimating the quality of the squad are missing the point.

 

We know that the squad is not as good, man for man, as it was four years ago. It's probably not as good as the side that got relegated. But neither is the bottom half of the league.

 

Southampton aren't a great side.

Palace aren't 

Ipswich aren't. 

Wolves aren't.

West Ham aren't.

 

Even Forest, a team who've survived relegation by the distance of a gnat's cock for two seasons, are 5th place in the league despite being dependent on a striker who wasn't good enough for us ten years ago. 

 

We know we aren't the irresistible force of Maddison, Barnes, Tielemans, Fofana and peak Vardy at their pomp. None of us are thick. Our argument is that we don't need to be because the bottom half of this league is shit. 

 

There is no reason at all why, with good management and playing to our strengths, that we couldn't be anywhere between 12th and 15th come season's end with little fear of relegation, before a good summer transfer window that could enable us to build. Right now, our trajectory is southern. And it doesn't need to be. It's wholly avoidable if the board sees what we see; we are an average Premier League side putting in below average performances against below average sides because of poor management, tactics and planning.

Thank goodness we are above 3 of them then

[foxfanazer]

I don't know how anyone is meant to be inspired or motivated by him. Even when I try to listen to him talk I find my attention drifting away

[joachim1965]

5 minutes ago, Claridge said:

Thank goodness we are above 3 of them then

For now.

[SecretPro]

More likely to get a contract extension from dumb, dumber and dumb as fook.

[Hales]

I don't think I have ever felt so disconnected with the club. It's draining. No excitement anymore about games and nothing but frustration with everything from the owner and board down....

Something has to change but I have no faith it will

[whoareyaaa]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

I don't know how anyone is meant to be inspired or motivated by him. Even when I try to listen to him talk I find my attention drifting away

You have a low IQ mate, he's great really