It is quite impressive that Steve Cooper has lasted so long at the City Ground, considering what has gone before him in the Evangelos Marinakis era. The 19-month Cooper-Nottingham Forest epoch has seen them go from relegation candidates in the Championship to the Premier League, where they are battling for survival.
In another week of behind-the-scenes chaos in the run-up to Manchester United’s visit on Sunday, Filippo Giraldi was dismissed from his role as sporting director after six months. The Italian’s downfall was a poor January transfer window in which a further seven players, after last summer’s mass influx, moved to Forest. The new signings have, overall, failed to make an impact and instead unsettled a team that had found form.
