Pundits have been queuing up to heap praise on Steve Cooper after the Welshman defied the odds to keep Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.
Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Arsenal ended the club’s lingering relegation fears as the team, staff and City Ground came together in a show of defiant unity.
While some relegation candidates have been tearing themselves apart, Cooper has somehow managed to engineer a spirit of unity that has made his team so formidable on home soil.