It has been a long time since boos were heard at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest’s remarkable rise under Steve Cooper has seen to that.
The near-12 months of the Welshman’s tenure have been nothing short of sensational. Under his stewardship, the Reds have been on a constant upward trajectory.
Still, there was always going to come, in Cooper’s words, “a sticky moment”; a different kind of challenge to what he has been used to. A second half capitulation to Bournemouth, making for three straight defeats in a tough week, presents him with just that.
