Official Matchday Thread: Fulham vs Nottingham Forest - Weds 6th December

[PynchonForest]

I honestly hope the next guy is tactically sophisticated and demanding of the players. I've always believed players will work hard if they understand the ideas the manager wants out of them and how that application will get them something. The players are good enough, but the ideas are not. Cooper just hasn't grown enough as a manager over the past 18 or so months.

 

[youreds1986]

Wingers plus Chris Wood equals chances.

 

[Des Walker Texas Ranger]

What the feck has happened to Dominguez? He looked like a machine in his first three games. Now I’m almost missing Freuler. Almost.

What the feck has happened to Aina. He was being talk up as player of the season and his levels have dropped off a bloody cliff

Are this lot all such delicate little flowers that at the first sign of trouble they curl up in a ball and give up?

Grow as set lads and get stuck in!!

 

[shearstone]

Umm thing is it's his money

It's our club though.

 

[Fitzcarraldo]

Not an ideal situation for a prospective new manager to walk into. Need to be desperate, deluded, full of avarice or savant. Or, any combination.

 

[Col Steve Austin]

He's gone but we won't get anyone better in.

I think you'll be surprised. Cooper has clearly struggled at this level. These players should be coachable into a coherent passing side, which Cooper has clearly failed to do. We will see.

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

Listen to that away support. Mucking Fagic

 

[Grenville 1898]

Watching this feels like detention.

 

[congo_red_49]

Probably but will he be better? Arguably SC was the only managerial appointment EM made which was a good one, though most were an improvement on the previous one.

And we are going to need significant improvement to be able to progress over the next few years more than Cooper is.

Might as well just get the players to do a dressing room poll, as they’re the ones who really sack the manager/head coach.

 

[trentside69]

Aina has been turgid these past few games I really miss Lodi.

Lodi made it look easy and we were calm with him in defence.
From Lodi to Aina is a big drop.
Just 1 place the team is weaker not stronger than last year.
The recruitment policy isn't working (if there is a policy)

 

[Chappers85]

Feel sad watching this as it feels like the end. We are miles off it, no shape & no real style of play.

If Cooper makes it past this game he needs to go to a back 3 & set us up to defend for our lives.

Yep. I'm gonna watch to the bitter end tonight but this does feel like the end. This is the sort of performance that gets a manager the sack. He might survive until the weekend but I suspect it might not matter what we do against Wolves. This is horrible!

 

[rockhopper]

Listen to that away support. Mucking Fagic

Can't say the fans aren't doing their bit for coops, unlike the tripe on the pitch

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[Farmer Jack]

Listen to that away support. Mucking Fagic

They don't deserve the weak shite they are seeing.

 

[Statto]

Thing is we're still quite a way clear of the bottom in terms of points too, we have 13, and the sides below 9, 7, 7, 5. Of course if we keep losing matches and the sides below win a couple that will close up but we've played 15 now which is almost half the season.

A win or two and that will change I'm sure...

 

[Omar Devone Little]

Probably but will he be better? Arguably SC was the only managerial appointment EM made which was a good one, though most were an improvement on the previous one.

Million dollar question but they'd struggle to be worse.

 

[JustinL]

Fans still singing for Cooper!!

 

[youreds1986]

Steve Cooper has the look of a man who knows it's all over.

 

[enlightened]

Fans doing their best. Players not so much.


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[benj360]

Listen to that away support. Mucking Fagic

Aye they haven’t given up on Coops yet by the sound of it, and they’ve had a long trek to endure this dirge tonight.

 

[HappyHappyJoyJoy]

Not an ideal situation for a prospective new manager to walk into. Need to be desperate, deluded, full of avarice or savant. Or, any combination.

I don't know

We're still clear of the bottom 3 and probably aren't one of the 3 worst teams in the league.

We're not a club in crisis, there are much worse jobs out there

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

Want Coops to stay but don't know how he can survive this mauling

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By looking at where we are in the table and realizing it's still a decent position, Cooper got us there, and a lot of the signings haven't come off.

 

[andyjm1983]

3 shots 0 on target

 

[Sir John Borlase Warren]

At least Nottingham's a real place. Each of these London clubs just represents a set of traffic lights on dual carriageway.

 

[Statto]

Million dollar question but they'd struggle to be worse.

How? he got us promoted and kept us up which is more than any manager since Clark has done. Look at Leicester last season.

 

[trentside69]

Seeing why elanga and CHO were so cheap

Seeing why big teams would let players go who have come through their academy system.
The same with sangare we are seeing why psv let him go even though they were preparing for champions league football.