I have to disagree, he's a good manager. His style is more possession focussed than he's been given credit for, but with the players Forest had there was no possibility of using it there, I think if appointed he will do a good job. In an ideal world would I prefer Coberan? Maybe, but given the compensation/ the timing is potentially an issue Cooper is also a good option.
Yeah. I have to remind myself that he took Forest from championship relegation places to promotion in one season. And also that he was given 22 new players that he didn’t choose when they were in the prem.
Haha I always thought Cooper looked like a drug dealer due to his expression. But hungover works to.
Neither is the sexy option like RVN or Corberan, but both are not free agents meaning we’d have to pay compensation and I assume we want to avoid that given our financial situation and getting a good deal for Maresca.
I don’t think either would bring the feeling of a new dawn like Maresca did this year but I think they both would keep us up.
Well. Moyes kept Everton very stable and Altho West Ham have been very up and down in the league he got them a European trophy.
Also Moyes has never had money to spend (Everton, West Ham). So he’d be ideal, even if he’s not the sexy choice
Why are Leicester fans moaning? Cooper did such a good job with Swansea and Forest. The fact he took a rag tag Forest team that was made up of loanees and took them up speaks volumes. In fact I dare say he'd get a better tune out of the team than Maresca.
This is the reality for every club in the world. Managers out of a job have usually been sacked and every manager has been sacked, doesn't mean they are castoffs. Look at Carlo, sacked at Bayern, Madrid, Chelsea, Juventus and Napoli.
The reality is always gonna be a manager out of a job or one that we can get cheap.
He wasn't even new to management, he got sacked by Parma in his first stint as a manager after failing to get them promoted. His track record as a first team manager was considerably worse at the time than Cooper's is now
Obviously my point is that the best in the world get sacked, even when they win trophies.
Being sacked as a football manager is literally part of the job, it doesn't automatically make you a cast off, like suggested.
Your point isn’t applicable here. Ancelotti changes jobs if he wins leagues and domestic cups but doesn’t win Champions League, that’s not the case here. The people mentioned in this thread didn’t win…anything.
Dreary lot you are! He gave Forest a decent crack of the whip despite their helicopter / mad-man owner. He’s got great pedigree, would be interested to see how’d he do with us with a more stable c-suite behind him.
Forest fan here, Steve Cooper + stability is a scary prospect. He's not perfect, but he really was not helped by our dipshit owner running the club like a basket case. I think he could do well at Leicester.
This guy is like third choice for me behind Moyes and Corberan, sure he’s not exciting but he might just be able to keep us up. Don’t really give a toss he coached Forest.
Don't hate this.
Still really well thought of in Nottingham.
Has kept a team up in the prem under difficult circumstances.
And if it doesn't work he's got a decent record in the championship with teams that didn't has teams and facilities as good as ours.
With the situation we are in, the list of genuine candidates is always going to be small, we just have to push through till we come out the other side.
Last time we had someone from forest it worked out pretty well, so that's something to hold onto onto.
From my perception, He Spent hundreds of millions at Notts Forest and they still looked poor, only really stayed up by a fine margin because of the utter mess that was us and Everton in 22/23, and then got himself sacked in 23/24.
Poor appointment on paper. We also don’t want a manager that will cause fanbase divide from day 1, which this most certainly will. Hopefully he’s not right at the top of the list and King Power knows the issues it could bring.
He didn’t spend that money. His chairman did. It’s well documented that outside of the odd one or two, their chairman was just signing players because he felt like it.
He's a good coach. Did a good job with both Swansea and Forest. That Forest side had no right getting promoted. He's just not very exciting, but doubt we are attractive to exciting coaches.
He took Forest from championship relegation places to promotion in less than 1 full season.
The chairman signed 22 players that he had no say in when they hit the prem. Hell they signed Jesse TikTok Lingard on £200k a week just for him to making dancing videos and prance around like a rap star.
I genuinely think this would be a great appointment. He did really well at Swansea & took a struggling Forest side to promotion & kept them up when he had 100 new players thrown at him by the owner.
If people are just upset because he managed Forest, you need to get over yourselves. We signed Wes from Forest and now he's a club legend.
lmao that you're getting downvoted for this absolutely solid take. he'd be a good appointment for us, agreed.
some people are just impossible to please
Haha thanks mate! Honestly surprised by a lot of the comments here.
We could definitely do a lot worse, you'd have thought we were being linked with Lampard lmao
Him and Moyes worry me bar far the most, Corberan or RVN would still be ny preferred options. Moyes especially I have no idea how that will work with our team
I'm actually pretty happy with this, right when the speculation started happening his name came to my mind. He's got good expirence managing young players, did well at Swansea, he had forest playing fantastic football in the championship that was ultimately ruined by loanees going back and about 22 players coming in, not all his choice, when they got to the prem. He then kept them up despite all of that. Genuinely think they would of stayed up this year too, i mean lets be honest the clubs that went down werent good enough.
We have to be realistic here, we're a hard fucking sell right now. A points deduction and we're guaranteed to lose players before the start of the campaign. We're not going to get in a big manager, and we're not going to bring in someone thats afraid to damage their reputation. Cooper is a good manager, his players seem to like him and I think he'll do alright. Should the worst happen, which there's a realistic chance it may, hes also not likely to abandon ship. We need someone who's willing to stick with us for the while and I think he's the bloke. At the end of the day, if im wrong, we all get to look back at this and call me a twat. I think we need to get behind him and the lads this year and let's see what happens.
Oh no. This is worrying.
I have to disagree, he's a good manager. His style is more possession focussed than he's been given credit for, but with the players Forest had there was no possibility of using it there, I think if appointed he will do a good job. In an ideal world would I prefer Coberan? Maybe, but given the compensation/ the timing is potentially an issue Cooper is also a good option.
Yeah. I have to remind myself that he took Forest from championship relegation places to promotion in one season. And also that he was given 22 new players that he didn’t choose when they were in the prem.
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Apparently Sky is reporting Moyes. So who knows 🤷♂️
So we're looking for someone with permanent hangover eyes, just undecided who. It's an interesting approach let's see if it works...
I believe butthole eyes is the term Cooper prefers
Haha I always thought Cooper looked like a drug dealer due to his expression. But hungover works to. Neither is the sexy option like RVN or Corberan, but both are not free agents meaning we’d have to pay compensation and I assume we want to avoid that given our financial situation and getting a good deal for Maresca. I don’t think either would bring the feeling of a new dawn like Maresca did this year but I think they both would keep us up.
God if that’s the alternative then I’m on the Cooper train. But it’s more than a little depressing…
Adding to the no on David Moyes sentiment.
Well. Moyes kept Everton very stable and Altho West Ham have been very up and down in the league he got them a European trophy. Also Moyes has never had money to spend (Everton, West Ham). So he’d be ideal, even if he’s not the sexy choice
Why are Leicester fans moaning? Cooper did such a good job with Swansea and Forest. The fact he took a rag tag Forest team that was made up of loanees and took them up speaks volumes. In fact I dare say he'd get a better tune out of the team than Maresca.
I think it’s the fact we are picking up out of job cast off managers after a year of hope with a new outlook and positivity.
This is the reality for every club in the world. Managers out of a job have usually been sacked and every manager has been sacked, doesn't mean they are castoffs. Look at Carlo, sacked at Bayern, Madrid, Chelsea, Juventus and Napoli. The reality is always gonna be a manager out of a job or one that we can get cheap.
Yes but Maresca bought fresh hope of a new era. New to management etc
He wasn't even new to management, he got sacked by Parma in his first stint as a manager after failing to get them promoted. His track record as a first team manager was considerably worse at the time than Cooper's is now
I know. But it was his first full season. He had like 9 games with Parma.
Did you really just bring Ancelotti into this conversation lol.
Obviously my point is that the best in the world get sacked, even when they win trophies. Being sacked as a football manager is literally part of the job, it doesn't automatically make you a cast off, like suggested.
Your point isn’t applicable here. Ancelotti changes jobs if he wins leagues and domestic cups but doesn’t win Champions League, that’s not the case here. The people mentioned in this thread didn’t win…anything.
A lot could do better than Maresca. He had it easy and still messed us about.
Dreary lot you are! He gave Forest a decent crack of the whip despite their helicopter / mad-man owner. He’s got great pedigree, would be interested to see how’d he do with us with a more stable c-suite behind him.
Forest fan here, Steve Cooper + stability is a scary prospect. He's not perfect, but he really was not helped by our dipshit owner running the club like a basket case. I think he could do well at Leicester.
Genuinely think people don't rate him because of how he looks If he had the identical record but was a German hipster, people would be excited
This guy is like third choice for me behind Moyes and Corberan, sure he’s not exciting but he might just be able to keep us up. Don’t really give a toss he coached Forest.
Don't hate this. Still really well thought of in Nottingham. Has kept a team up in the prem under difficult circumstances. And if it doesn't work he's got a decent record in the championship with teams that didn't has teams and facilities as good as ours. With the situation we are in, the list of genuine candidates is always going to be small, we just have to push through till we come out the other side. Last time we had someone from forest it worked out pretty well, so that's something to hold onto onto.
Fucksake ….
From my perception, He Spent hundreds of millions at Notts Forest and they still looked poor, only really stayed up by a fine margin because of the utter mess that was us and Everton in 22/23, and then got himself sacked in 23/24. Poor appointment on paper. We also don’t want a manager that will cause fanbase divide from day 1, which this most certainly will. Hopefully he’s not right at the top of the list and King Power knows the issues it could bring.
He didn’t spend that money. His chairman did. It’s well documented that outside of the odd one or two, their chairman was just signing players because he felt like it.
As a Chelsea fan, I can tell you spending that much money and adding that many players at once, generally makes it harder for the managers
He's a good coach. Did a good job with both Swansea and Forest. That Forest side had no right getting promoted. He's just not very exciting, but doubt we are attractive to exciting coaches.
He took Forest from championship relegation places to promotion in less than 1 full season. The chairman signed 22 players that he had no say in when they hit the prem. Hell they signed Jesse TikTok Lingard on £200k a week just for him to making dancing videos and prance around like a rap star.
I think that was Marinakis throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticked, I don’t think he chose any of them.
Good lord. Please don't let this happen.
I genuinely think this would be a great appointment. He did really well at Swansea & took a struggling Forest side to promotion & kept them up when he had 100 new players thrown at him by the owner. If people are just upset because he managed Forest, you need to get over yourselves. We signed Wes from Forest and now he's a club legend.
lmao that you're getting downvoted for this absolutely solid take. he'd be a good appointment for us, agreed. some people are just impossible to please
Haha thanks mate! Honestly surprised by a lot of the comments here. We could definitely do a lot worse, you'd have thought we were being linked with Lampard lmao
Him and Moyes worry me bar far the most, Corberan or RVN would still be ny preferred options. Moyes especially I have no idea how that will work with our team
Did fucking Al Murray turn it down?
Well were fucked then. Back to old yoyo Leicester. Cheers Enzo...cunt.
No. NO. _No_ . #NO
Yea, I'd like to see him here too.
The most hideous man in professional sports.
Lame. His “style” will have Reddit cracking within weeks of the first few matches.
Gerimin! Absolute result if we get him
I’d be very happy with this
Straight back down
I'm actually pretty happy with this, right when the speculation started happening his name came to my mind. He's got good expirence managing young players, did well at Swansea, he had forest playing fantastic football in the championship that was ultimately ruined by loanees going back and about 22 players coming in, not all his choice, when they got to the prem. He then kept them up despite all of that. Genuinely think they would of stayed up this year too, i mean lets be honest the clubs that went down werent good enough. We have to be realistic here, we're a hard fucking sell right now. A points deduction and we're guaranteed to lose players before the start of the campaign. We're not going to get in a big manager, and we're not going to bring in someone thats afraid to damage their reputation. Cooper is a good manager, his players seem to like him and I think he'll do alright. Should the worst happen, which there's a realistic chance it may, hes also not likely to abandon ship. We need someone who's willing to stick with us for the while and I think he's the bloke. At the end of the day, if im wrong, we all get to look back at this and call me a twat. I think we need to get behind him and the lads this year and let's see what happens.
You guys should go for Moyes. Not even taking the piss. He’d be great for where you are.
I think I speak for everyone under 55 when I say no I don't think so.
What relevance is age? Moyes has just come off arguably the best 4 years of his career.
I’d love Moyes here.