What can Leicester City expect from Steve Cooper
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- In today's Video David (Rads) and myself discuss the appointment of Steve Cooper at Leicester City.
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@officialrads you forgot to say when on about the fans that Cooper brought the European cup players back to the club to be around the players and all nottingham sports people like boxer wood
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Cooper will do well for you. Potter failing at Chelsea and Pochettino at least managing to get them up the table is indicative to me that in context you might get a better deal with Cooper, especially given the constant late arrival of players at Forest. Also don't forget that when Nuno took over and gave an amnesty to players Cooper had isolated. Nuno picked the same players Cooper was using for his first game. Which tells you he knows who to play, if you think Nuno a good manager.
Cooper also had injuries to deal with. Hudon Odoi, and Awoniyi were injured leaving just 3 front players in Elanga, Wood, and for his last 10 games so the team were driven back. Not Low block as some think, his first line up with the new players was 4-2-3-1 (same as Nuno), and when the injuries happened he switched to 4-3-3. Only going low block after the Fulham debacle.
Ten players were signed on the last day of the window last season, so no pre season to sort it out, and those he had a pre season with did OK. Away at Arsenal lost 1-2 but should have got a point, beat Sheff U at home, then lost 2-3 at Man U but the refereeing was costly so might have won that, then Beat Chelsea away, before drawing at home to Burnley. Then the new players were used, and they failed him.
Once the new players arrived, he had to get them to knit together and they didn't. Marinakis also lost patience when we drew 2-2 from a 2-0 lead at home to Luton, and withdrew his support for Cooper, so gave Cooper no time to sort it out. This is what generated dysfuntion in the dressing room, and ultimately led to the debacle at Fulham. Nuno barely did any better after a 2 match bounce, and was given a better goalkeeper than Cooper had, and two more front men. Which may account for it.
Cooper won the U 17 world cup when able to pick from the best of England youth.
Cooper took Swansea to the play offs twice with no money.
Cooper took Forest to the prem through the playoffs with academy players and loan players, from being adrift at the bottom.
Cooper kept Forest up in spite of the poor quality of the squad which had a lot of fight, but had to be set up to counter attack.
Cooper started well last season with the previous seasons squad, but the failure of new players to perform, and injuries got him out.
Cooper tried everything, showed his willingness to play forward when possible, and the acumen to realize that formation changes were needed. The problems he had did have led him to try players out of their best position, but he was unlucky in my view. Given the set up at Leicester, the targeted and stable recruitment policy, and the squad. I think he'll do well for you. And much better than Potter would. Judge him in context by being honest about your squad performance in context of the collective ability. My guess is he'll keep you up even with a points deduction, and kick on later. Cooper has always got his squads to perform as a collective better than their individual abilities might suggest. Because he creates unity. Look again at the list of achievements. Look again at what he had to put up with at Forest.
Finally he has had time to reflect on his time at Forest. I think Cooper may be going places. But his time with you may mark the truth of that. All that said then, be well, and good luck for the new season (except against Forest of course, but boy would Cooper like to win those).
Gotta say mate,I think this is the best and fairest assesment of Steve Coopers time at Forest and I think with Leicester's training facilities and general setup he will do well.
Infact I would'nt be suprised if they outshine Forest.
Give him 100% backing and he will repay it.
@@mallyd4521 Thanks. I kept saying the same on FFTV. If you took the goals conceded from player mistakes away. Didn't add any more, and then adjust the points for all teams, he would have been in the top 4 at the time he was sacked. Player Mistakes!!! I think our loss is your gain and I will support him where ever he goes. He's a top manager in waiting. Thanks for the reply. Be well.
Thank you mate for going through time to put a comment like that and it makes for really positive reading
@@Ant_LCFC My pleasure. Most fans look at outcomes without context, because of the emotion of it. Man City away was our first game with the full new squad, and then just 3 games (all drawn) including the Luton mishap. So he really didn't have time and like all fans, Marinakis put it down to the manager and it was game over for Cooper. The next game was Liverpool and Chris wood was ill, so our only forwards were MGW and Elanga!!! That's what he was up against. Anyway, he's yours now, and will give his all. So good luck to all at Leicester, fans and staff alike.
I hope this works out. Seems like a board hire to me.
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How much of Forest's struggles under Cooper was due to crappy goaltending?