[Football] Steve Cooper

[OzMike]

It's time for, 'that football guys' name to do the rounds again, before it disappears, till another sacking happens.
Much touted, never takes, then receeds into the mists, waiting for the next time and the cycle repeats.

 

[ManOfSussex]

I just cannot see West Ham going for the losername Graham Potter.

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

Would be surprised if Potter took the Leicester job with the budget restraints.
With him being worth around 15 million he can afford to be picky about his next job. I think he'll hold out for West Ham.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Thought Bruno had gone back to Spain to manage a second division team there?

He was at the Neville Rec last Sunday watching an Under 18 game, his lad perhaps?

 

[Lenny Rider]

If I was going to have a dabble it would either be Mark Robins or Lee Carsley.

Both based locally, both recently out of work & both play nice football which is obviously something the Leicester board want if they’ve sacked Cooper out of the blue.

Robins isn’t a bad shout, ex Leicester player, arguably ‘wronged’ at Coventry and clearly one of the ‘rocking horse shit brigade’ in that he’s a talented English manager.

@Hugo Rune’s conspiracy theory also looks to have some credibility as pleasant as Hove is, a return to the Midlands could see GP ‘going home’ to live in one of the more salubrious parts of Brum ( If there is such a thing)

 

[AZ Gull]

Thought Bruno had gone back to Spain to manage a second division team there?

It was reported he was lined up to take the role at Deportivo de La Coruna (after Imanol Idiakez was sacked), but Oscar Gilsanz was put in interim charge and subsequently given the job until the end of the season.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I saw him in Hove Waitrose the other day wearing a brand new Canada Goose jacket. The price label was practically still on. He looked like a complete twat. Although that isn't hard for him in fairness.

Wearing a warm coat in cold weather makes you look a twat?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I can't see their supporters being particularly enamoured with a failed Chelsea manager though.

Well, they hate Nottingham Forest and appointed Cooper, so would it not be perfect if their next manager is 'and Chelsea'?

And after Potter is sacked, there's Moysie and Woysie on the horizon.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Would be surprised if Potter took the Leicester job with the budget restraints.
With him being worth around 15 million he can afford to be picky about his next job. I think he'll hold out for West Ham.

David Sullivan reported as not being keen on hiring Potter

 

[DJ NOBO]

They’ll go Moyes.
and indeed should go moyes for the best chance of staying up.,

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I saw him in Hove Waitrose the other day wearing a brand new Canada Goose jacket. The price label was practically still on. He looked like a complete twat. Although that isn't hard for him in fairness.

So was it on, or off? If it was off, was he carrying it around in his hand or something?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Going back to Steve Cooper, I don't know much about him, but the line seems to be that he's been 'harshly treated' by Notts Forest and now Leicester. Maybe he just wasn't the right fit, disruptive or there were other underlying issues. Who knows...?

Regardless of all of that, I'm sure he'll get another job in footall somewhere down the line soon enough.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

So was it on, or off? If it was off, was he carrying it around in his hand or something?

It was what it was

 

[dwayne]

 

[Dick Swiveller]

David Sullivan reported as not being keen on hiring Potter

Refused to get his baps out in the interview?

 

[West Upper Seagull]

I can't see their supporters being particularly enamoured with a failed Chelsea manager though.

Not sure they will see it that way - most fans from other clubs know how much of a basket case Chelsea have been since Boehly took over and Potter’s style of football will appeal to the West Ham fans

 

[schmunk]

They won the league in 1999-00. They then finished 2nd, 2nd, 3rd and 3rd before dropping down to mid table. After that they’ve yo-yo’ed a bit before going into a huge decline which saw them 1 game from being relegated to the Spanish 4th tier a few seasons ago.

¡Ay caramba!

 

[Silverhatch]

David Sullivan reported as not being keen on hiring Potter

Hammers fans will be screaming for GPott if they know Sullivan is NOT keen.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Not sure they will see it that way - most fans from other clubs know how much of a basket case Chelsea have been since Boehly took over and Potter’s style of football will appeal to the West Ham fans

Which is why, I guess, that Leicester have moved early in getting rid of Cooper. They have sacked him because they are bringing someone else in quickly I suspect. I’ll be very surprised if it’s not Potter. I think the pressure of West Ham (after his Chelsea fail) is not what his career needs right now. He is still young for a manager. If he can save Leicester from the drop, he’ll start attracting better offers long term.

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[Uh_huh_him]

He was at the Neville Rec last Sunday watching an Under 18 game, his lad perhaps?

Think his kids are younger than that - toddlers when he retired, I thought.