I firmly believe they were too hasty. Should have kept him till seasons end, he got us up. Allow him to take pride. Long live Cooper.x

Funnily enough I do want to do a video focusing on Steve Cooper. I have to finally finish an England related one first. I have been working on for ages so need to do it first but want to do the Cooper one next. It will take a while as it be, well, very heavily researched lol

@@carlybishop6160 nice, I’m sure it will be worth the wait!👍🏼

@@jamieallan7641 We will have to wait and see. At the moment it is turning into the most complicated thing I have ever put together. I want to do a full chorological comparison of Cooper's blueprint to the original and his involvement to the original. I think it will work out but I think I won't be done until mid-July. I am working my way through hundreds of interviews looking for the relevant quotes I need

I finally finished this video. Don't ask how long it took to put this all together! And I am sorry it is so long. As I said It is a long video but I really want to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMmGo6h9vbSaaIk.html

Im the same , watched , cried, never felt so proud. coyr. In Cooper we trust.x

yes, yes, yes :)

I also have wondered that. I really don't think it has helped his future prospects, though. It is one thing to say you struggled at a club and you weren't a good fit for the club, but to make those sorts of comments and then be proven wrong, makes it really look like you were the problem. Although on that note, I think there is a quote from Cooper in 2017 which sums up this transition from Houghton to Cooper: "The days are gone, for me, where everything is the coach telling the player, that's finished". Because, as much as anything, I think Houghton was a typical example of an old-school-style of Manager which is dying out and everyone is moving on from. With that Houghton's comments are almost examples of not recognising that change around the sport and not adapting to it. [And the 2017 Technical Report which that quote comes from illustrates that perfectly too. He is literally preaching from the new Gospel and basis of the entire blueprint he is replicating to the smallest detail. Curious to see how he replicates the next steps too]

Must feel 100 years old honestly. A yesterdays manager. Football moves fast and it passed him a long, long time ago.

@@blackfinch3484 completely agree with you mate. I live in the west midlands and feel the same is going to happen with the baggies, I'd put Steve Bruce in a similar bracket. When I went to our home game against them they were just shocking with no idea how to score.

Was calling for hughtons head 3 games into his season to be honest. It was obvious the game he wanted to play and I remember a Brighton fan warning me about it him before his first game

What is mad is that Cooper lost 6 games in 38, Hughton managed to lost that many in 7... it really is remarkable. I will say one thing though, something that is often overlooked. Cooper managed us for 38 league games, Hughton for 7; the 1 game that is missing? Huddersfield away when Steven Reid managed us. He reverted to three at the back that day and that was the blueprint to our success last season. Cooper may have done that anyway but honestly that system change from Steven Reid deserves huge props imo as a springboard in pushing us forward

Hi Gola,you will always be more than welcomed at the City Ground.We are one big family, wherever you are from...Got to say,even when the City Ground capacity is increased to 40k ish it’s gonna be fun trying to get a ticket..The sleeping giant has woken…U Redssssss

@@rebelcityred1624 correct. YOUREDS !!

​@@rebelcityred1624 Thank you very much ,I always dreamed about Nottingham Forest will be in premier league, and it's happen i cant find any other simple words, …U Redssssss

in other words, let me say this, we deserved this promotion even automatically because there was no other better team than us, Fulham found out at home ,and, and, and I was watching this video so many times and i will never stop watching it,its amazing I'm from Arnold and again i hope to see You somewhere in the City Ground

Hope to see you at the City Ground Gola. ATB.

Me too bro, 🔴🌳

I’ve been a Forest supporter since 2007 in the US. Researched the club and realized how special it is. So glad I decided to support them. That wasn’t the most glamorous time to love Nottingham Forest in the eyes of many, but I believed that clubs like Forest and Leeds United could eventually get back into the top flight. I watched Samba make all those saves against Sheffield United in my bosses office. He’s an Arsenal supporter, and he was so happy for Forest and for me. Last season and having Cooper come in was dreamland. Promotion was incredible. This first season back in the Prem has not been easy, but everyone knew that would be the case. I believe in Steve Cooper. COME OOOOOOOON YOU REEEEEEDS!

Thanks for the support u must be on of our most Loyal supporter to continue to support us while we were in league 1 and championship and all watching this from another countries well done

As beautiful as our story is, we are in no way a sleeping giant. We are a club with a great fanbase but with no real pedigree at the elite level of English sport bar 15 years of management under a genius. We were blessed to have those years under Clough and we are blessed (hopefully) to have some good years under Cooper but if you take those stints away, we are very much a second division outfit. Just makes us happy when we do get to experience the highs!

@NFFC since 1865 I'm not a weapon like you?

@@Matthew-bu7fg You are selling your club short. 2 CHAMPIONS LEAGUES!!!!! makes Nottingham a giant, no matter what. History counts.

@@y-unespynchonesky9708 I guess Steaua Bucharest and Red Star are "giants" too

@@thesedreamsarefree wow, deleting your own comment. Great maturity. Go and play along, mummy will be back to fetch you later.

I agree. I think they will surprise quite a few people. I have been looking at people's early PL predictions and found it interesting that who those who only watch the PL have predicted that Forest will go down (even having watched their FA Cup run). However, those who watch both the PL and the Championship have predicted that Forest will end up between 10th and 16th. Brentford did, can't see why Forest can't. Especially as I think Forest at the moment are stronger than Brentford were last season.

You will be relegated and calling for Coopers head soon enough.

Sounds like you have been doing the same as me. Just moved on TikTok to do the same lol. It is fine we have 6 weeks to recover and watch them all ;)

I wondered that but if it were me, knowing the blueprint he has copied, his involvement with it and the timing/overlaps and how they both could be films, I would combine the stories. I would start in 2010 and follow the story through right from the very start.

If you are interested in this side of it and how Cooper turned everything around I have just done a second video on this. I am sorry it is so long though. I really wanted to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMmGo6h9vbSaaIk.html

Awww thanks. Although you should see what I am working at the moment :)) Got a bit carried away with my latest video.

This is my first Forest one. The only video I have planned and working on is very different. It is a bit more... well, academic. I really want to go into how Cooper turned it out at Forest so quickly: His involvement with the original blueprint he is copying, why he left Swansea and how he copied every aspect of the blueprint to get the same quick turn around as the original. I fear it might be a let down now lol

Ha ha, don't worry, we want so much Forest content these days we'll watch anything!🤣 But that sounds really good - looking forward to seeing it👍

@@Steve-qy6yk Haha. Well, I was thinking I will put time stamps on it so people could skip bits. But at least I might have an audience who vaguely care about the content lol

That's a good idea. Chuck a load of goals and fans going nuts and everyone will watch it then😄

Well, I have done another one but perhaps very different this time and this is a really long (believe it or not it is the reduced version, lol) It is a long video but I really want to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMmGo6h9vbSaaIk.html

I think the owner but I also don't think he will be looking for lots of money to spend. He is a Scout at heart and seems to prefer a more moneyball approach than spending lots of money.

I really wanted to use Mull of Kintyre so I literally just searched "Mull of Kintyre Instrumental" on KZfaq, listened to the different variations and settled on this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqppp6tn0dDZn3U.html

@@carlybishop6160 cheers will look into that.

It’s Mull of Kintyre, a song by Wings, instrumental version from geoffers4.

Oh my God! I have just gone and looked it up! I am so sorry! They all blended together. Although, the reason I basically only have used games since January rather than between October and December was because I didn't feel like until January that the games really felt different (the big Fulham defeat comes to mind). Apologies again though. You will have to mentally input the correct game, lol.

@@carlybishop6160 I'm not sure what you mean because I'm talking about the section about the start of the season when Hughton was in charge. All the games you selected here were before October, except that Boro game. You just needed to put the home game in rather than the away game. The rest is perfect 😁 I think I'm correct in saying you're a new Forest fan though? Seem to remember reading a comment somewhere from you saying you'd started following this season. If that's the case, I'll let you off 😉

@@timothyphoenix1081 I am sorry, I probably didn't explain myself very well. I do understand my mistake and I know that all the games are generally out of order, lol. I think they are all 2022. But yes, I am a new fan. Since January, I think I have watched every game I could. I live in Watford and looked like a bit of a traitor. Watford were relegated on the Saturday and the Bournemouth game was on the Tuesday. So, I turned up to work in my Watford office wearing a Forest shirt and tried to pass it off as "smart casual" as per our office dress code. Lol.

@@carlybishop6160 Ooh, switching teams, that's a no-no Carly! But as you're a red now I'll let you off! Check out this link, has all the highlights of every league game in order: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9yfhJmTnJvVYp8.html BTW, the issue wasn't that you put the games out of order, it's just that you had a game managed by Cooper in the section about Hughton's time as manager. But thanks for your work once again.

@@timothyphoenix1081 Haha. Well, I do believe in supporting your home team and have been to several Watford games this season but I always say that Watford is my home team and Forest is my guilty pleasure lol. And I find myself far more emotionally attached to Forest than any other team. I have watched every game (available), listened to every podcast, video, etc, which I just don't have any interest in other than for Forest. I probably became a fan very differently to everyone else though. I only really got into football more recently. I used to keep an eye on it but never watched religiously until this season. However, as someone who is a bit of an academic with an interest in politics, psychology and sports science, I had done a lot of research into the science in the sport after the Euros. I had already been watching as many games as I just had loved watching Forest play from about January and it seemed vaguely familiar even if I couldn't work out why. I also didnt know anything about Steve Cooper but in March (can't believe it took me so long to work it out), I suddenly recognised the blueprint he was copying. It is one I had studied in so much detailed. I wont bore you too much with the specifics but I had always wondered what would happen if you replicated that blueprint in a club setting. Would you get the fast turn around like the original? Forest were still 20 points behind Bournemouth but the gap was closing. Now, I not only adored watching them play but it became a fascinating case study of something I had been wondering for months and thought I would have to wait for years for the answer. So, they very quickly went from just a team I loved watching to my favourite team by a long mile. So, now I am 100% addicted and feel very guilty for adandoning my home team in such a way. Only a couple of people know me well, get my fascination.

I know there are actually a few. Call it a poetic licence lol

Hi, Ebby is still indeed at every game, home and away.

Call it poetic license. Actually, I just got my 2 Middlesbrough games mixed up. Sorry

I think you have missed the point. It was only 6 points off but if you lose 6 out of your first 7 games why on Earth would you expect them to suddenly to catch up those points? If you can't get more than 1 point in 21 that is a massive jump. Historically, the best that anyone has ever done being that far behind is 14th, not 4th with promotion. And you could argue about the loan players but then why couldn't they win a game in the first 7 games? The squad was the same, with the only exceptions being Cook and Surridge who came in during the January window. Plus, it is more than that and the long 23 year wait. Fans are excited as there have also been a change in culture and feel at the club. Something that can't be readily demonstrated in this video. I hope to show it in my next as I want to look at this last year in a different light; looking the blueprint and the methodology.

Ummm... not sure if this is a serious question or not. He can't even if he wanted to. Gareth's contract has just been extended until December 2024. And looking at the history and digging into Gareth's "negotiations" his new contract last year (particularly that odd end date which I am starting to think I am the only who understands the significance), I think Gareth will leave in August 2026 and he will choose his successor. I also think he will have them lined up already, just like how he was lined up in 2013. However, with that I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Cooper is that chosen successor as he is only candidate who matches the criteria. Not only because of his history and track record (especially at Forest) but I believe it is the method in which he turned Forest around is actually more crucial. And ironically, the only thing is missing from the current criteria is Premier League experience. Sorry for the long reply. It is something I have researched a hell of a lot and have found fascinating and actually why I find Steve Cooper so fascinating as he has answered a question that I thought I would have to wait 5 years or so to be answered. I am putting a video together to explain what I mean. I think it will take me a month or so though as it will be so heavily researched and I want to get it right.

I mentioned in my previous long essay of a comment that I was putting another video together about the overlap between Forest and the England set up. It has literally taken me weeks but I am finally done if you are interested. I am just so sorry it is so long! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMmGo6h9vbSaaIk.html

Everyone has an off game. That is life.

You couldn't he didn't want to be with you, he's playing with Lens Champions League instead plus he became a French National team player

@@blackinton2526 im pretty sure he was just home sick. He would have stuck with the club if not for that. Farmers leagues like the french league isn't as impressive as playing in the premier league

Playing with Lens and fighting for the league title and in the Champions League is more attractive than Nottingham one would only go to Nottingham and other non top 6 PL teams because they give high wages with PL TV MONEY@@dbz9393