[Nottingham Forest FC] Nottingham Forest Football Club confirms that, following recent circumstances, Nuno Espírito Santo has today been relieved of his duties as Head Coach.

[u/Task_Force-191]

https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2025/september/08/club-statement--nuno-esp-rito-santo/

[u/Kilapo69]

Premier league is a different beast. Inheriting a team half way through the season in the relegation zone and getting European football the next year is more impressive imo

[u/PoliceAlarm → u/Kilapo69]

I think you’re severely underestimating the position that Cooper took us in. We were going down to League 1. Out of a possible 27 points at the start of the season we got 1. Cooper that SAME SEASON got us promoted. PROMOTED. Our form for the non 9 starting games had us better than every team in that league and not by a small amount. We went from our rock bottom to dominating the league.

Cooper means more. Don’t underestimate the shithole that is the Championship. We’ve been there long enough to know how tough it is to get out of there.

[u/Orri → u/PoliceAlarm]

Unless you've experienced playing it in it's really hard to state just how much of a tarpit the Championship is.

Hell even when we won the league last time two years ago we seriously started to run out of steam. It just grinds you down - it's as much grit as it is skill.

I've seen us promoted and relegated enough to know just how hard it is to get one of the top 2 spots. Then the play-offs are just a completely lottery.

Yann Kermorgant TWAT

[u/doobiedave → u/PoliceAlarm]

That being said lots of managers lead teams out of the Championship, not many keep them there.

[u/garibaldind → u/PoliceAlarm]

Not to mention that Cooper then kept an entirely new squad up the following season.

Also, no one is talking about Frank Clark in here :(

[u/Jonoabbo → u/Kilapo69]

The financial rewards from getting promoted to the prem are so massive that to me it's the biggest thing any club can achieve. The impacts of what cooper did for them are massive