Both before and after Nottingham Forest’s final match of the season, head coach Steve Cooper had a clear message he wanted to get across.
The sense of jubilation, he stressed, wouldn’t last for too long - at least not behind the scenes at the City Ground. Instead, the focus will quickly shift towards how to improve. June, Cooper said, will be “an important month”.
That doesn’t just apply to transfers and squad-building, with the manager also pointing to a desire to progress all aspects of the club. However, there is no doubting just how key the summer business will be to pushing on from the platform survival has given the Reds.
