{"id":301700,"date":"2023-12-07T12:39:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301700"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:39:19","slug":"steve-cooper-insists-he-is-not-fearing-for-his-nottingham-forest-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/steve-cooper-insists-he-is-not-fearing-for-his-nottingham-forest-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Cooper insists he is not fearing for his Nottingham Forest job"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Steve Cooper insists he is not fearing for his job at Nottingham Forest after a dismal 5-0 defeat to Fulham&#8230; as he vows to remain focused on ensuring his squad respond against Wolves<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steve Cooper is on the brink at Nottingham Forest after their 5-0 loss to Fulham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Reds have lost four games on the trot and are six points clear of the drop\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This HAS to be the time when players show respect and control. Only the captain should approach referees &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steve Cooper is expected to still be in charge of Nottingham Forest for Saturday&#8217;s game at Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper&#8217;s side were thrashed 5-0 at Fulham last night, to extend their Premier League run to one win in 11 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Evangelos Marinakis, the Forest owner, is believed to have left Craven Cottage early, with Forest 4-0 down, with a social media photo suggesting he discarded his matchday accreditation outside the ground.<\/p>\n<p>It heightened the possibility of Cooper being sacked today.<\/p>\n<p>But he conducted his media duties as planned this morning and said he had not been told otherwise when asked if he would be in place at Molineux on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/10\/78686035-12836843-image-a-32_1701945611679.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steve Cooper is on the brink at Nottingham Forest after their dismal 5-0 loss to Fulham<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78687565-12836843-image-a-33_1701948213386.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cooper and his Nottingham Forest squad applauded the travelling fans after the heavy defeat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78687653-12836843-image-a-34_1701948275117.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Nottingham Forest boss admits questions over his future are fair amid their poor run<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper said he had not spoken to Marinakis following the Fulham defeat, but had talked with the owner&#8217;s son Miltiadis.<\/p>\n<p>The club are not expecting the Welshman to lose his job before the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But, although Cooper says he is not focused on his position, another defeat at the hands of Gary O&#8217;Neil&#8217;s side will raise further question marks over the manager&#8217;s future ahead of next week&#8217;s home game with Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper said: &#8216;The players are in this afternoon and we have to get ready for the game on Saturday. It was a difficult night at Fulham, but now it&#8217;s about standing right at the front and accepting responsibility for that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I spoke to Miltos on the phone about the game, and Ross Wilson (chief football officer). We just spoke about the game. It was a good conversation, as it always is. We all got on the bus and back on the laptops and carried on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I&#8217;ve not heard from anyone else. We were back in early and carrying on with our day&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I won&#8217;t walk out of here fearing for my job, that&#8217;s a terrible thing to think. All I will think about is changing last night into something more positive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he had been let down by the team at Fulham, he said: &#8216;I never split myself front the players we&#8217;re a collective.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78687685-12836843-image-a-36_1701948358548.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is poised to start the search for Cooper&#8217;s replacement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/11\/78666555-12836843-Former_Wolves_boss_Julen_Lopetegui_is_among_the_candidates_in_th-a-35_1701948319795.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui is among the candidates in the frame to take over<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not about me being let down, it was the supporters, but that was from all of us and that starts with me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The opportunity we have short term is to show the supporters what it means to play for the club and then beyond that is to show it on a more consistent basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Last night was an outlier and I hope it remains an outlier to the three defeats before. Last night&#8217;s manner was completely different to the one before when we reviewed with the players &#8211; and we have to talk about it for what it was. We didn&#8217;t support those failures with any desire to recover.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if this was his toughest challenge since coming to Forest just over two years ago, Cooper responded: &#8216;You get challenging moments in management, but working here isn&#8217;t tough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s no doubt that we&#8217;re still trying to build connections on the pitch. But I couldn&#8217;t be any more confident in myself and that&#8217;s what it should take in challenging moments &#8211; confidence and belief in yourself and mine couldn&#8217;t be any higher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have two choices, we change it or hide and sulk away. We need to show what it means to work for this football club to the supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A real negative has given us an opportunity to stand up for the football club and show that we really want to be here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Forest fans continued to chant Cooper&#8217;s name despite the heavy defeat at Fulham. They then applauded the manager and players &#8211; with the England Under-17 World Cup winner holding his hands up by way of an apology for the performance.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper added: &#8216;Everything we do is always for the supporters. We want to prove the support right for sticking by us &#8211; and that&#8217;s a massive motivation and something I take personally and desperate for it to be that way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12836843\/Steve-Cooper-Nottingham-Forest-future.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Cooper insists he is not fearing for his job at Nottingham Forest after a dismal 5-0 defeat to Fulham&#8230; <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steve Cooper insists he is not fearing for his Nottingham Forest job - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/steve-cooper-insists-he-is-not-fearing-for-his-nottingham-forest-job\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steve Cooper insists he is not fearing for his Nottingham Forest job - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve Cooper insists he is not fearing for his job at Nottingham Forest after a dismal 5-0 defeat to Fulham&#8230; 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