Tears in my eyes. Never felt so close to the club I adore and never been so proud. The Job Steve Cooper has done is nothing short of a miracle, best thing to happen to us since Brian Clough
Funnily enough I do want to do a video focusing on Steve Cooper. I have to finally finish an England related one first. I have been working on for ages so need to do it first but want to do the Cooper one next. It will take a while as it be, well, very heavily researched lol
@@jamieallan7641 We will have to wait and see. At the moment it is turning into the most complicated thing I have ever put together. I want to do a full chorological comparison of Cooper's blueprint to the original and his involvement to the original. I think it will work out but I think I won't be done until mid-July. I am working my way through hundreds of interviews looking for the relevant quotes I need
I finally finished this video. Don't ask how long it took to put this all together! And I am sorry it is so long. As I said It is a long video but I really want to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest. th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
Greetings from Istanbul. In my childhood, Nottingham was one of the best teams in Europe and I was supporting Nottingham to play among champions, I am happy. For the future, I dream of a final game between Nottingham vs my Turkish team Fenerbahçe.
From Singapore and have loved Forest during the days of Pearce Collymore Nigel clough Des walker sheringham and watched them fell. Steve Cooper has been amazing. After the first abysmal 7 games, this has to be one of the greatest comeback any manager has conjured.
I’m from Canada but my dad was born and raised in Nottingham. Despite our distance over the ocean, he instilled in me a burning love for Nottingham Forest, and since at least 1996 (I was 16, Euro96 just happened, coupled with a visit that summer to family in England, all turned me forever towards football as the most beloved of sports)and I’ve been a Forest fan over here in Canada since at least then. After which I always promoted and rep’d Forest, every chance I got. I never stopped loving NFFC. People in Canada who only knew Liverpool, Man U and Arsenal all laughed at me for supporting “nobodies”, (of course not knowing about 79 and 80) but I never ever gave up on them. I remember the calamity exit from the Premiership, I remember the Billie Davies days and Earnshaw coming so close in 2010/11? I remember the dismal years following that.. And then this season…. the whistle finally blew in Wembley, at 96 minutes, and I wept for joy. All the way over here in Canada I cried when Forest finally earned their promotion after 23 years.
I’ve been a Forest supporter since 2007 in the US. Researched the club and realized how special it is. So glad I decided to support them. That wasn’t the most glamorous time to love Nottingham Forest in the eyes of many, but I believed that clubs like Forest and Leeds United could eventually get back into the top flight. I watched Samba make all those saves against Sheffield United in my bosses office. He’s an Arsenal supporter, and he was so happy for Forest and for me. Last season and having Cooper come in was dreamland. Promotion was incredible. This first season back in the Prem has not been easy, but everyone knew that would be the case. I believe in Steve Cooper. COME OOOOOOOON YOU REEEEEEDS!
Thanks for the support u must be on of our most Loyal supporter to continue to support us while we were in league 1 and championship and all watching this from another countries well done
At various points throughout this season after he left I've thought to myself "I wonder what Chris Hughton is thinking?" To come out and say in an interview that we don't have the players to play a different system and then cooper comes in and averages 2 points per game and nearly 2 goals a game and have a better defensive record. Just unbelievable.
I also have wondered that. I really don't think it has helped his future prospects, though. It is one thing to say you struggled at a club and you weren't a good fit for the club, but to make those sorts of comments and then be proven wrong, makes it really look like you were the problem. Although on that note, I think there is a quote from Cooper in 2017 which sums up this transition from Houghton to Cooper: "The days are gone, for me, where everything is the coach telling the player, that's finished". Because, as much as anything, I think Houghton was a typical example of an old-school-style of Manager which is dying out and everyone is moving on from. With that Houghton's comments are almost examples of not recognising that change around the sport and not adapting to it. [And the 2017 Technical Report which that quote comes from illustrates that perfectly too. He is literally preaching from the new Gospel and basis of the entire blueprint he is replicating to the smallest detail. Curious to see how he replicates the next steps too]
@@blackfinch3484 completely agree with you mate. I live in the west midlands and feel the same is going to happen with the baggies, I'd put Steve Bruce in a similar bracket. When I went to our home game against them they were just shocking with no idea how to score.
Was calling for hughtons head 3 games into his season to be honest. It was obvious the game he wanted to play and I remember a Brighton fan warning me about it him before his first game
What is mad is that Cooper lost 6 games in 38, Hughton managed to lost that many in 7... it really is remarkable. I will say one thing though, something that is often overlooked. Cooper managed us for 38 league games, Hughton for 7; the 1 game that is missing? Huddersfield away when Steven Reid managed us. He reverted to three at the back that day and that was the blueprint to our success last season. Cooper may have done that anyway but honestly that system change from Steven Reid deserves huge props imo as a springboard in pushing us forward
💯, love Steve Cooper so much and will never forget what he's done to our club in such a small space of time. Was gutted I couldn't make Wembley as I was on a family holiday in Morocco. Love this club soooo much, I've been a fan since 1976. COYR 🔴🌳🇵🇪⭐KTRFFH⭐🇵🇪
I am Polish, I have lived in Nottingham for 18 years and I have always had a dream to come to a match in the premier league, when I came here I knew that this club can afford something more than a championship, I come from a small city but it was so that my team played in the 1st league in the highest league of our country, and we even won 2 national cups, then I went to England and decided that I would be a Nottingham Forest supporter, it paid off, I will never forget my team but now I am here and my heart is beating for them, sorry for the translator but somehow I still can't master English, I'm just a driver
Hi Gola,you will always be more than welcomed at the City Ground.We are one big family, wherever you are from...Got to say,even when the City Ground capacity is increased to 40k ish it’s gonna be fun trying to get a ticket..The sleeping giant has woken…U Redssssss
@@rebelcityred1624 Thank you very much ,I always dreamed about Nottingham Forest will be in premier league, and it's happen i cant find any other simple words, …U Redssssss
in other words, let me say this, we deserved this promotion even automatically because there was no other better team than us, Fulham found out at home ,and, and, and I was watching this video so many times and i will never stop watching it,its amazing I'm from Arnold and again i hope to see You somewhere in the City Ground
As beautiful as our story is, we are in no way a sleeping giant. We are a club with a great fanbase but with no real pedigree at the elite level of English sport bar 15 years of management under a genius. We were blessed to have those years under Clough and we are blessed (hopefully) to have some good years under Cooper but if you take those stints away, we are very much a second division outfit. Just makes us happy when we do get to experience the highs!
Excellent montage, a day I'll never forget. 23years of frustration finally put to bed. And it was worth the wait. The nffc fans were amazing, and because it's been so long and it finally came,I can't see anything bettering this. First time at new Wembley, the buzz of the whole day. And winning topped it off. Best day of my life ,with the birth of my daughter a close second 🤣🤣 uurreeeddssss🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
The save by Samba, from Hourihane will always get me....and then from MGW. Blubbing right a proper wet wipe. Beautiful bit of sporting history. The manager gets us too. Love the bloke. Stevie Cooper!!! STEV-IE COOPER!!!! 🌳⭐️⭐️😍😍💪🏼
Excellent montage of the seasons lows and highs, a truly unforgettable season which will go down in history in the memories of every Forest fan. "We are Premier league, say we are Premier league"
Great video Carly 👍🏼 The most most moving part of that video was 1:34 when Steve Cooper was walking out having just taken over as Forest Boss Think about it, back then - 1 point, 0 wins, bottom of the League - what a daunting and monumental task for that guy which lay ahead Yet he met it head in, embraced it and step by step mice the entire Club forward So now, fast forward just under 2 years, and stop to think what he’s achieved - it’s 2nd only to what Cloughie achieved here some 40 years ago It’s an amazing achievement, thinking where we were 2 years ago to where we are now, and the calibre of players we now have and are in the market for - yeah, think about it, we’ve just had on loan a Keeper who’s a 3 times Champion’s League Winner - that is what Steve Cooper has brought to this Club Thank you from the bottom of my heart - it’s been an amazing journey…and guess what? FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS PEOPLE - IT AIN’T OVER YET 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴 WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE! 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴
I agree. I think they will surprise quite a few people. I have been looking at people's early PL predictions and found it interesting that who those who only watch the PL have predicted that Forest will go down (even having watched their FA Cup run). However, those who watch both the PL and the Championship have predicted that Forest will end up between 10th and 16th. Brentford did, can't see why Forest can't. Especially as I think Forest at the moment are stronger than Brentford were last season.
I wondered that but if it were me, knowing the blueprint he has copied, his involvement with it and the timing/overlaps and how they both could be films, I would combine the stories. I would start in 2010 and follow the story through right from the very start.
If you are interested in this side of it and how Cooper turned everything around I have just done a second video on this. I am sorry it is so long though. I really wanted to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest. th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant montage, great tribute to the season! This time last year I was excited for this team but it seemed that the manager at the time held these players back. What summed Hughton up was his assistant Steven Reid got a tune out of them before coops got the job. Fair play to Steven and but all the credit has to go to coops and Dane Murphy for uniting the club on and off the field. I’ve been watching Forest since 1995 where we had the likes of frank Clark, Dave Bassett, Paul Hart and first Billy Davies era with fond memories, now I’ve never seen so much togetherness and we let out our emotions of hurt for 23 years. I was at the last premier league game vs Leicester in 1999 and I’ve been waiting for us to take our chance again in this tough division. Last time we never got that chance due to selling Campbell and van Hooijdonk going on strike, plus losing cooper, gemmil and stone on top of that later on made us lose out what could’ve been a better season. As long we stick to methods by staying on the same page as one another, from the owners, the board, manager, players and the fans. We are finally premier league!!
Watching this again in May 2024. Forest survived again to go to a 3rd season in the Premiership. But without the genius that was Steve Cooper..... I love that man. His achievement from bottom of the Championship to promotion is quite unbelievable.
Man, I can't put into words how proud I am of this AMAZING team!!! Still wish we could have kept hold of Brice Samba those, he would of been immense for us in the Prem
Goosebumps throughout, what an incredible show of the ups and downs of our past season and years of misfortune, great video from start to finish and what an experience at Wembley non of us will ever forget, thank you👏🏼
This is my first Forest one. The only video I have planned and working on is very different. It is a bit more... well, academic. I really want to go into how Cooper turned it out at Forest so quickly: His involvement with the original blueprint he is copying, why he left Swansea and how he copied every aspect of the blueprint to get the same quick turn around as the original. I fear it might be a let down now lol
@@Steve-qy6yk Haha. Well, I was thinking I will put time stamps on it so people could skip bits. But at least I might have an audience who vaguely care about the content lol
Well, I have done another one but perhaps very different this time and this is a really long (believe it or not it is the reduced version, lol) It is a long video but I really want to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest. th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
Not a Forest fan but , what a magnificent job he’s done . Tbh as a Newcastle fan I was happy when Forest appointed Chris Hughton , we appointed him when we got relegated & he got us up 1st time of asking and was doing a decent job back in PL when Mike Ashley sacked him & appointed Pardew so Pardew had a job to re- pay gambling debts to one of Ashley mates . I was sure Hughton would get Forest up but as you Foest fans know it looked dire . Enter Mr Cooper , what a job he’s done , of the 3 promoted clubs Forest are my tip to comfortably stay up . Good luck apart from Saturday :)
(Other than Brian Clough) Steve Cooper is the best thing that has ever happened to Forest, and I hope that Steve Cooper stays for as long as he can as currently I think he is doing a great job with Forest in the Premier League. COME ON YOU REDS!!!!
Loved every second of this video. I’m a Sunderland supporter, never realised how you lot made it to the premier league with such a season turnaround. We did the same sort of turn with Alex Neil. Godspeed lads, I want to meet youse in the premier league next season.
I think the owner but I also don't think he will be looking for lots of money to spend. He is a Scout at heart and seems to prefer a more moneyball approach than spending lots of money.
I get emotional every single time i watch the season though. Tattoo booked in a week from today. Will never ever forget the roller coaster of emotions this season has put me through and for a big win at Wembley to take us back to the Premier league... god i love my city and nottingham forest. Cooper you are one in a million mate ⚪️🔴🌳
I really wanted to use Mull of Kintyre so I literally just searched "Mull of Kintyre Instrumental" on TH-cam, listened to the different variations and settled on this one: th-cam.com/video/XD9tH6ljuoA/w-d-xo.html
So... Question. Would that team, for argument's sake if we had made it our primary goal to buy all loanees be in the better place right now in the premiership? When you watch it back you think so, but...what do you think?
Fantastic video, thank you for these memories Carly. Just one minor error - you added the wrong Boro loss. You chose the one under Cooper instead of the one under Hughton. They were very similar actually but instead of Yates's backpass it was Horvath's mistake which cost us!
Oh my God! I have just gone and looked it up! I am so sorry! They all blended together. Although, the reason I basically only have used games since January rather than between October and December was because I didn't feel like until January that the games really felt different (the big Fulham defeat comes to mind). Apologies again though. You will have to mentally input the correct game, lol.
@@carlybishop6160 I'm not sure what you mean because I'm talking about the section about the start of the season when Hughton was in charge. All the games you selected here were before October, except that Boro game. You just needed to put the home game in rather than the away game. The rest is perfect 😁 I think I'm correct in saying you're a new Forest fan though? Seem to remember reading a comment somewhere from you saying you'd started following this season. If that's the case, I'll let you off 😉
@@timothyphoenix1081 I am sorry, I probably didn't explain myself very well. I do understand my mistake and I know that all the games are generally out of order, lol. I think they are all 2022. But yes, I am a new fan. Since January, I think I have watched every game I could. I live in Watford and looked like a bit of a traitor. Watford were relegated on the Saturday and the Bournemouth game was on the Tuesday. So, I turned up to work in my Watford office wearing a Forest shirt and tried to pass it off as "smart casual" as per our office dress code. Lol.
@@carlybishop6160 Ooh, switching teams, that's a no-no Carly! But as you're a red now I'll let you off! Check out this link, has all the highlights of every league game in order: th-cam.com/video/qvoQ6b75q2k/w-d-xo.html BTW, the issue wasn't that you put the games out of order, it's just that you had a game managed by Cooper in the section about Hughton's time as manager. But thanks for your work once again.
@@timothyphoenix1081 Haha. Well, I do believe in supporting your home team and have been to several Watford games this season but I always say that Watford is my home team and Forest is my guilty pleasure lol. And I find myself far more emotionally attached to Forest than any other team. I have watched every game (available), listened to every podcast, video, etc, which I just don't have any interest in other than for Forest. I probably became a fan very differently to everyone else though. I only really got into football more recently. I used to keep an eye on it but never watched religiously until this season. However, as someone who is a bit of an academic with an interest in politics, psychology and sports science, I had done a lot of research into the science in the sport after the Euros. I had already been watching as many games as I just had loved watching Forest play from about January and it seemed vaguely familiar even if I couldn't work out why. I also didnt know anything about Steve Cooper but in March (can't believe it took me so long to work it out), I suddenly recognised the blueprint he was copying. It is one I had studied in so much detailed. I wont bore you too much with the specifics but I had always wondered what would happen if you replicated that blueprint in a club setting. Would you get the fast turn around like the original? Forest were still 20 points behind Bournemouth but the gap was closing. Now, I not only adored watching them play but it became a fascinating case study of something I had been wondering for months and thought I would have to wait for years for the answer. So, they very quickly went from just a team I loved watching to my favourite team by a long mile. So, now I am 100% addicted and feel very guilty for adandoning my home team in such a way. Only a couple of people know me well, get my fascination.
Even as a lad from Germany, someone who is about five or six hundred miles away from Nottingham and cannot really be considered as a Forest fan (particularly because I'm sympathetic to Notts County as well and I want them to get back to the EFL asap, the proximity of City Ground and Meadow Lane virtually just seperated by the River Trent is impressive), I was seriously shedding two little tears when I saw this stunning video of last season, I just couldn't hide my emotions. I mean, I grew up with Forest in the Premiership as a kid with players such as Des Walker, Steve Stone or Stan Collymore, even if I'm too young to have witnessed the glorious nights in Europe with Brian Clough, but it's obvious that this club is full of history and has totally loyal supporters. And what an incredible story this season was, catching up from last place to the trophy in Wembley after Steve Cooper took over. What an achievement without being loaded with money coming in from Saudi Arabia, other billionaires from the middle east or businessmen from the US like the Glazer family who just come to use a football club as an asset. I'm so glad about the fact that this legend of a club is back in the first tier, the supporters had to suffer for such a long time and first of all, I'm happy for those who did not leave NFFC alone in all these Championship years and even in League One. I wonder if Ebby, this mental guy in his Forest leather jacket from Duisburg, Germany, is still in good health and among you after all these decades he attended the club?
I think you have missed the point. It was only 6 points off but if you lose 6 out of your first 7 games why on Earth would you expect them to suddenly to catch up those points? If you can't get more than 1 point in 21 that is a massive jump. Historically, the best that anyone has ever done being that far behind is 14th, not 4th with promotion. And you could argue about the loan players but then why couldn't they win a game in the first 7 games? The squad was the same, with the only exceptions being Cook and Surridge who came in during the January window. Plus, it is more than that and the long 23 year wait. Fans are excited as there have also been a change in culture and feel at the club. Something that can't be readily demonstrated in this video. I hope to show it in my next as I want to look at this last year in a different light; looking the blueprint and the methodology.
CITY GROUND THE MIST ROLLING IN FROM THE SEA MY DESIRE IS ALWAYS TO BE HERE OOHHHH CITY GROUND CIIITYYY GROUND THE MIST ROLLING IN FROM THE TRENT, MY DESIRE IS ALWAYS TO BE HERE OHHH CIITY GROUUND YOUYY REDDS
Ummm... not sure if this is a serious question or not. He can't even if he wanted to. Gareth's contract has just been extended until December 2024. And looking at the history and digging into Gareth's "negotiations" his new contract last year (particularly that odd end date which I am starting to think I am the only who understands the significance), I think Gareth will leave in August 2026 and he will choose his successor. I also think he will have them lined up already, just like how he was lined up in 2013. However, with that I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Cooper is that chosen successor as he is only candidate who matches the criteria. Not only because of his history and track record (especially at Forest) but I believe it is the method in which he turned Forest around is actually more crucial. And ironically, the only thing is missing from the current criteria is Premier League experience. Sorry for the long reply. It is something I have researched a hell of a lot and have found fascinating and actually why I find Steve Cooper so fascinating as he has answered a question that I thought I would have to wait 5 years or so to be answered. I am putting a video together to explain what I mean. I think it will take me a month or so though as it will be so heavily researched and I want to get it right.
I mentioned in my previous long essay of a comment that I was putting another video together about the overlap between Forest and the England set up. It has literally taken me weeks but I am finally done if you are interested. I am just so sorry it is so long! th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
So what’s the opinion on keeping or trying to be keeping of Davis grabban yates garner ? Not sure grabs is gonna be any use at all. I don’t think Davis is a prem striker. Yates has improved massively this season under coops don’t want max Lowe at all , the link with that striker from New York looks like a good un though. Let samba go if he’s being unreasonable. Looks like Tottenham getting spence. Is laryea good enough for prem ? Didn’t seem good enough for championship to be honest.
@@blackinton2526 im pretty sure he was just home sick. He would have stuck with the club if not for that. Farmers leagues like the french league isn't as impressive as playing in the premier league
Playing with Lens and fighting for the league title and in the Champions League is more attractive than Nottingham one would only go to Nottingham and other non top 6 PL teams because they give high wages with PL TV MONEY@@dbz9393
Here after Cooper was Sacked
Emotional Watching this 😭😭
I firmly believe they were too hasty.
Should have kept him till seasons end, he got us up.
Allow him to take pride.
Long live Cooper.x
Tears in my eyes. Never felt so close to the club I adore and never been so proud. The Job Steve Cooper has done is nothing short of a miracle, best thing to happen to us since Brian Clough
Funnily enough I do want to do a video focusing on Steve Cooper. I have to finally finish an England related one first. I have been working on for ages so need to do it first but want to do the Cooper one next. It will take a while as it be, well, very heavily researched lol
@@carlybishop6160 nice, I’m sure it will be worth the wait!👍🏼
@@jamieallan7641 We will have to wait and see. At the moment it is turning into the most complicated thing I have ever put together. I want to do a full chorological comparison of Cooper's blueprint to the original and his involvement to the original. I think it will work out but I think I won't be done until mid-July. I am working my way through hundreds of interviews looking for the relevant quotes I need
I finally finished this video. Don't ask how long it took to put this all together! And I am sorry it is so long.
As I said It is a long video but I really want to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest.
th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
Im the same , watched , cried, never felt so proud. coyr. In Cooper we trust.x
Greetings from Istanbul. In my childhood, Nottingham was one of the best teams in Europe and I was supporting Nottingham to play among champions, I am happy. For the future, I dream of a final game between Nottingham vs my Turkish team Fenerbahçe.
From Singapore and have loved Forest during the days of Pearce Collymore Nigel clough Des walker sheringham and watched them fell. Steve Cooper has been amazing. After the first abysmal 7 games, this has to be one of the greatest comeback any manager has conjured.
Throughout my struggles mental health wise the only thing a wake up for is football I love you nffc ❤
I’m from Canada but my dad was born and raised in Nottingham. Despite our distance over the ocean, he instilled in me a burning love for Nottingham Forest, and since at least 1996 (I was 16, Euro96 just happened, coupled with a visit that summer to family in England, all turned me forever towards football as the most beloved of sports)and I’ve been a Forest fan over here in Canada since at least then.
After which I always promoted and rep’d Forest, every chance I got. I never stopped loving NFFC. People in Canada who only knew Liverpool, Man U and Arsenal all laughed at me for supporting “nobodies”, (of course not knowing about 79 and 80) but I never ever gave up on them.
I remember the calamity exit from the Premiership, I remember the Billie Davies days and Earnshaw coming so close in 2010/11? I remember the dismal years following that..
And then this season…. the whistle finally blew in Wembley, at 96 minutes, and I wept for joy. All the way over here in Canada I cried when Forest finally earned their promotion after 23 years.
Me too bro, 🔴🌳
I’ve been a Forest supporter since 2007 in the US. Researched the club and realized how special it is. So glad I decided to support them.
That wasn’t the most glamorous time to love Nottingham Forest in the eyes of many, but I believed that clubs like Forest and Leeds United could eventually get back into the top flight.
I watched Samba make all those saves against Sheffield United in my bosses office. He’s an Arsenal supporter, and he was so happy for Forest and for me.
Last season and having Cooper come in was dreamland. Promotion was incredible. This first season back in the Prem has not been easy, but everyone knew that would be the case. I believe in Steve Cooper.
COME OOOOOOOON YOU REEEEEEDS!
Thanks for the support u must be on of our most Loyal supporter to continue to support us while we were in league 1 and championship and all watching this from another countries well done
At various points throughout this season after he left I've thought to myself "I wonder what Chris Hughton is thinking?" To come out and say in an interview that we don't have the players to play a different system and then cooper comes in and averages 2 points per game and nearly 2 goals a game and have a better defensive record. Just unbelievable.
I also have wondered that. I really don't think it has helped his future prospects, though. It is one thing to say you struggled at a club and you weren't a good fit for the club, but to make those sorts of comments and then be proven wrong, makes it really look like you were the problem.
Although on that note, I think there is a quote from Cooper in 2017 which sums up this transition from Houghton to Cooper: "The days are gone, for me, where everything is the coach telling the player, that's finished". Because, as much as anything, I think Houghton was a typical example of an old-school-style of Manager which is dying out and everyone is moving on from. With that Houghton's comments are almost examples of not recognising that change around the sport and not adapting to it.
[And the 2017 Technical Report which that quote comes from illustrates that perfectly too. He is literally preaching from the new Gospel and basis of the entire blueprint he is replicating to the smallest detail. Curious to see how he replicates the next steps too]
Must feel 100 years old honestly. A yesterdays manager. Football moves fast and it passed him a long, long time ago.
@@blackfinch3484 completely agree with you mate. I live in the west midlands and feel the same is going to happen with the baggies, I'd put Steve Bruce in a similar bracket. When I went to our home game against them they were just shocking with no idea how to score.
Was calling for hughtons head 3 games into his season to be honest. It was obvious the game he wanted to play and I remember a Brighton fan warning me about it him before his first game
What is mad is that Cooper lost 6 games in 38, Hughton managed to lost that many in 7... it really is remarkable.
I will say one thing though, something that is often overlooked. Cooper managed us for 38 league games, Hughton for 7; the 1 game that is missing? Huddersfield away when Steven Reid managed us. He reverted to three at the back that day and that was the blueprint to our success last season. Cooper may have done that anyway but honestly that system change from Steven Reid deserves huge props imo as a springboard in pushing us forward
Did anyone else cry watching this?
yes, yes, yes :)
💯, love Steve Cooper so much and will never forget what he's done to our club in such a small space of time. Was gutted I couldn't make Wembley as I was on a family holiday in Morocco.
Love this club soooo much, I've been a fan since 1976. COYR
🔴🌳🇵🇪⭐KTRFFH⭐🇵🇪
what a season..... Possibly one of the best in my 45years in supporting the mighty Reds..... Thanks to Steve Cooper and the boys..... COYR......
I am Polish, I have lived in Nottingham for 18 years and I have always had a dream to come to a match in the premier league, when I came here I knew that this club can afford something more than a championship, I come from a small city but it was so that my team played in the 1st league in the highest league of our country, and we even won 2 national cups, then I went to England and decided that I would be a Nottingham Forest supporter, it paid off, I will never forget my team but now I am here and my heart is beating for them, sorry for the translator but somehow I still can't master English, I'm just a driver
Hi Gola,you will always be more than welcomed at the City Ground.We are one big family, wherever you are from...Got to say,even when the City Ground capacity is increased to 40k ish it’s gonna be fun trying to get a ticket..The sleeping giant has woken…U Redssssss
@@rebelcityred1624 correct. YOUREDS !!
@@rebelcityred1624 Thank you very much
,I always dreamed about Nottingham Forest will be in premier league, and it's happen i cant find any other simple words, …U Redssssss
in other words, let me say this, we deserved this promotion even automatically because there was no other better team than us, Fulham found out at home ,and, and, and I was watching this video so many times and i will never stop watching it,its amazing I'm from Arnold and again i hope to see You somewhere in the City Ground
Hope to see you at the City Ground Gola. ATB.
Just a regular football fan here but, I absolutely love when a sleeping giant comes back to the fore. Beautiful story.
As beautiful as our story is, we are in no way a sleeping giant. We are a club with a great fanbase but with no real pedigree at the elite level of English sport bar 15 years of management under a genius. We were blessed to have those years under Clough and we are blessed (hopefully) to have some good years under Cooper but if you take those stints away, we are very much a second division outfit.
Just makes us happy when we do get to experience the highs!
@NFFC since 1865 I'm not a weapon like you?
@@Matthew-bu7fg You are selling your club short. 2 CHAMPIONS LEAGUES!!!!! makes Nottingham a giant, no matter what. History counts.
@@y-unespynchonesky9708 I guess Steaua Bucharest and Red Star are "giants" too
@@thesedreamsarefree wow, deleting your own comment. Great maturity. Go and play along, mummy will be back to fetch you later.
Thank Steve for everything 👏👏
Excellent montage, a day I'll never forget. 23years of frustration finally put to bed. And it was worth the wait. The nffc fans were amazing, and because it's been so long and it finally came,I can't see anything bettering this. First time at new Wembley, the buzz of the whole day. And winning topped it off. Best day of my life ,with the birth of my daughter a close second 🤣🤣 uurreeeddssss🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
What a fantastic season that was. Steve Cooper will never have to buy a pint again. Nott'm.
I'll never forget those two first seasons. ❤
Watching this a week before the season starts. It brings tears to my eyes. Absolutely amazing season one I’ll never ever forget!!
Still watching this a year after we managed to stay in the prem Steve cooper what a man
Great edit. From an absent, dedicated Forest fan who has not lived in the City for 30+ years. Well done!
The save by Samba, from Hourihane will always get me....and then from MGW. Blubbing right a proper wet wipe. Beautiful bit of sporting history. The manager gets us too. Love the bloke.
Stevie Cooper!!!
STEV-IE COOPER!!!!
🌳⭐️⭐️😍😍💪🏼
i didnt think it was possible to relive the emotions of this season in eleven minutes but somehow you've done it
Great video Carly, right in the feels! That was an incredible season and an incredible turnaround, something we will never forget.
Want Steve as the england coach
amazing. Great work. Now I have to add this to all the videos ive been watching 10 times in a row ahahaha. wonderful mate
Sounds like you have been doing the same as me. Just moved on TikTok to do the same lol.
It is fine we have 6 weeks to recover and watch them all ;)
A magical year a group of very special players and if course a top top manager
Excellent montage of the seasons lows and highs, a truly unforgettable season which will go down in history in the memories of every Forest fan. "We are Premier league, say we are Premier league"
You will be relegated and calling for Coopers head soon enough.
Amazing montage of a truly inspiring season which we may never see again in our lifetime truly overwhelming #COYR
The best video on TH-cam by a mile 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great video Carly 👍🏼
The most most moving part of that video was 1:34 when Steve Cooper was walking out having just taken over as Forest Boss
Think about it, back then - 1 point, 0 wins, bottom of the League - what a daunting and monumental task for that guy which lay ahead
Yet he met it head in, embraced it and step by step mice the entire Club forward
So now, fast forward just under 2 years, and stop to think what he’s achieved - it’s 2nd only to what Cloughie achieved here some 40 years ago
It’s an amazing achievement, thinking where we were 2 years ago to where we are now, and the calibre of players we now have and are in the market for - yeah, think about it, we’ve just had on loan a Keeper who’s a 3 times Champion’s League Winner - that is what Steve Cooper has brought to this Club
Thank you from the bottom of my heart - it’s been an amazing journey…and guess what?
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS PEOPLE - IT AIN’T OVER YET
🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴
WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!
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I do believe Forest will do wonders in the prem
I agree. I think they will surprise quite a few people. I have been looking at people's early PL predictions and found it interesting that who those who only watch the PL have predicted that Forest will go down (even having watched their FA Cup run). However, those who watch both the PL and the Championship have predicted that Forest will end up between 10th and 16th. Brentford did, can't see why Forest can't. Especially as I think Forest at the moment are stronger than Brentford were last season.
Love this,many returns to this video over the weeks
“Do you think you’ll leave”
“Nope”
*leaves*
Its bittersweet cause so many of the players that made the season so great have left now
Most astonishing job I’ve seen in my 51 years . What a manager and what a job he did . Has to be a film about this remarkable just remarkable
I wondered that but if it were me, knowing the blueprint he has copied, his involvement with it and the timing/overlaps and how they both could be films, I would combine the stories. I would start in 2010 and follow the story through right from the very start.
If you are interested in this side of it and how Cooper turned everything around I have just done a second video on this. I am sorry it is so long though.
I really wanted to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest.
th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
Still get emotional watching it all back
Watched it through again. Just brilliant. U Reds.
I really liked Steve Coopers dedication to improving Nottingham Forest’s situation
Great presentation, Wonderful video 👍👍👍
Brilliant montage, great tribute to the season! This time last year I was excited for this team but it seemed that the manager at the time held these players back. What summed Hughton up was his assistant Steven Reid got a tune out of them before coops got the job. Fair play to Steven and but all the credit has to go to coops and Dane Murphy for uniting the club on and off the field. I’ve been watching Forest since 1995 where we had the likes of frank Clark, Dave Bassett, Paul Hart and first Billy Davies era with fond memories, now I’ve never seen so much togetherness and we let out our emotions of hurt for 23 years. I was at the last premier league game vs Leicester in 1999 and I’ve been waiting for us to take our chance again in this tough division. Last time we never got that chance due to selling Campbell and van Hooijdonk going on strike, plus losing cooper, gemmil and stone on top of that later on made us lose out what could’ve been a better season. As long we stick to methods by staying on the same page as one another, from the owners, the board, manager, players and the fans. We are finally premier league!!
Watching this again in May 2024. Forest survived again to go to a 3rd season in the Premiership. But without the genius that was Steve Cooper..... I love that man. His achievement from bottom of the Championship to promotion is quite unbelievable.
That was excellent piece of work and great watching. Great montage to go over again and again and in my opinion covers the past season nicely. COYR!!
Awww thanks. Although you should see what I am working at the moment :)) Got a bit carried away with my latest video.
Buzzin!! COYR!!! beautiful!
Man, I can't put into words how proud I am of this AMAZING team!!! Still wish we could have kept hold of Brice Samba those, he would of been immense for us in the Prem
Forest Are Magic ☆☆ ☘
The best video I've ever watched!!!! Absolutely unbelievable 😍 thank you!!! Youuuuuu redssssssssss
I also cried with happiness love this club you reds
Goosebumps throughout, what an incredible show of the ups and downs of our past season and years of misfortune, great video from start to finish and what an experience at Wembley non of us will ever forget, thank you👏🏼
absolutely fantastic video mate
Brilliant
its so sad we sold johnson. Cooper really is now a hero of nottingham. 20 years of hurt come to and end
Brilliant, loved this - proper well edited. Please do more - I've been through every video on TH-cam a dozen times!😂😂
This is my first Forest one. The only video I have planned and working on is very different. It is a bit more... well, academic. I really want to go into how Cooper turned it out at Forest so quickly: His involvement with the original blueprint he is copying, why he left Swansea and how he copied every aspect of the blueprint to get the same quick turn around as the original. I fear it might be a let down now lol
Ha ha, don't worry, we want so much Forest content these days we'll watch anything!🤣
But that sounds really good - looking forward to seeing it👍
@@Steve-qy6yk Haha. Well, I was thinking I will put time stamps on it so people could skip bits. But at least I might have an audience who vaguely care about the content lol
That's a good idea. Chuck a load of goals and fans going nuts and everyone will watch it then😄
Well, I have done another one but perhaps very different this time and this is a really long (believe it or not it is the reduced version, lol)
It is a long video but I really want to show the blueprint that Cooper is copying at Forest. I particularly wanted to show his involvement in its development; how closely it mirrors the original; and how an understanding of the original can provide a better understanding of how things now work at Forest.
th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
Remember when gibbs white helped give us the promotion and then joined us and became one of our top prem players 👌
Brilliant video
What an incredible story.
Great vid thanks cant wait for next season U Reds
Here after the Liverpool win. What a team!
Not a Forest fan but , what a magnificent job he’s done . Tbh as a Newcastle fan I was happy when Forest appointed Chris Hughton , we appointed him when we got relegated & he got us up 1st time of asking and was doing a decent job back in PL when Mike Ashley sacked him & appointed Pardew so Pardew had a job to re- pay gambling debts to one of Ashley mates . I was sure Hughton would get Forest up but as you Foest fans know it looked dire . Enter Mr Cooper , what a job he’s done , of the 3 promoted clubs Forest are my tip to comfortably stay up . Good luck apart from Saturday :)
We will stay up thanks for your support guys
absolute class video this 🔴⚪
Goosebumps!!
Class Video 👍 ⭐️🌳⭐️
Awsome video!,
(Other than Brian Clough) Steve Cooper is the best thing that has ever happened to Forest, and I hope that Steve Cooper stays for as long as he can as currently I think he is doing a great job with Forest in the Premier League. COME ON YOU REDS!!!!
The atmosphere at Wembley was great insane, Huddersfield had nothing on us. COYR!!!!!
Always return to this
Loved every second of this video. I’m a Sunderland supporter, never realised how you lot made it to the premier league with such a season turnaround. We did the same sort of turn with Alex Neil. Godspeed lads, I want to meet youse in the premier league next season.
I do wonder how this championship side would of done in the prem I think they would do wonders what a season this was for all Forest fans
now its time to push on and give copper the funds to compete with the rest ....................................... brilliant manager
I think the owner but I also don't think he will be looking for lots of money to spend. He is a Scout at heart and seems to prefer a more moneyball approach than spending lots of money.
Congrats to Forest. Finally back where they belong
I get emotional every single time i watch the season though. Tattoo booked in a week from today. Will never ever forget the roller coaster of emotions this season has put me through and for a big win at Wembley to take us back to the Premier league... god i love my city and nottingham forest. Cooper you are one in a million mate ⚪️🔴🌳
I miss how good the feelings were back then
Song is Mull of Kintire Instrumental by geoffers47
Here again ❤
I so wished we would have been able to have kept hold of Djed Spence he would have been amazing for us
Loving this great vlog mate. Well compiled. Out of a mater of interest what's the version of Mull of Kintyre called?
I really wanted to use Mull of Kintyre so I literally just searched "Mull of Kintyre Instrumental" on TH-cam, listened to the different variations and settled on this one:
th-cam.com/video/XD9tH6ljuoA/w-d-xo.html
@@carlybishop6160 cheers will look into that.
In Steve we believe……
I want him at Burnley just hope we get him
What is the music in the compilation? Really suits it well, asking for a friend 😁
It’s Mull of Kintyre, a song by Wings, instrumental version from geoffers4.
My team my pride. Nottingham born and bleed Trent side
One of the clips used at the start is from when cooper was in charge
I know there are actually a few. Call it a poetic licence lol
So... Question. Would that team, for argument's sake if we had made it our primary goal to buy all loanees be in the better place right now in the premiership? When you watch it back you think so, but...what do you think?
how did cafu miss?
So I could look at the league table goals and add on the cup and playoff goals or....... I could re-watch this video, lose count and re-watch again😁
Fantastic video, thank you for these memories Carly. Just one minor error - you added the wrong Boro loss. You chose the one under Cooper instead of the one under Hughton. They were very similar actually but instead of Yates's backpass it was Horvath's mistake which cost us!
Oh my God! I have just gone and looked it up! I am so sorry! They all blended together. Although, the reason I basically only have used games since January rather than between October and December was because I didn't feel like until January that the games really felt different (the big Fulham defeat comes to mind).
Apologies again though. You will have to mentally input the correct game, lol.
@@carlybishop6160 I'm not sure what you mean because I'm talking about the section about the start of the season when Hughton was in charge. All the games you selected here were before October, except that Boro game. You just needed to put the home game in rather than the away game. The rest is perfect 😁 I think I'm correct in saying you're a new Forest fan though? Seem to remember reading a comment somewhere from you saying you'd started following this season. If that's the case, I'll let you off 😉
@@timothyphoenix1081 I am sorry, I probably didn't explain myself very well. I do understand my mistake and I know that all the games are generally out of order, lol. I think they are all 2022.
But yes, I am a new fan. Since January, I think I have watched every game I could. I live in Watford and looked like a bit of a traitor. Watford were relegated on the Saturday and the Bournemouth game was on the Tuesday. So, I turned up to work in my Watford office wearing a Forest shirt and tried to pass it off as "smart casual" as per our office dress code. Lol.
@@carlybishop6160 Ooh, switching teams, that's a no-no Carly! But as you're a red now I'll let you off! Check out this link, has all the highlights of every league game in order:
th-cam.com/video/qvoQ6b75q2k/w-d-xo.html
BTW, the issue wasn't that you put the games out of order, it's just that you had a game managed by Cooper in the section about Hughton's time as manager. But thanks for your work once again.
@@timothyphoenix1081 Haha. Well, I do believe in supporting your home team and have been to several Watford games this season but I always say that Watford is my home team and Forest is my guilty pleasure lol. And I find myself far more emotionally attached to Forest than any other team. I have watched every game (available), listened to every podcast, video, etc, which I just don't have any interest in other than for Forest.
I probably became a fan very differently to everyone else though. I only really got into football more recently. I used to keep an eye on it but never watched religiously until this season. However, as someone who is a bit of an academic with an interest in politics, psychology and sports science, I had done a lot of research into the science in the sport after the Euros. I had already been watching as many games as I just had loved watching Forest play from about January and it seemed vaguely familiar even if I couldn't work out why. I also didnt know anything about Steve Cooper but in March (can't believe it took me so long to work it out), I suddenly recognised the blueprint he was copying. It is one I had studied in so much detailed. I wont bore you too much with the specifics but I had always wondered what would happen if you replicated that blueprint in a club setting. Would you get the fast turn around like the original? Forest were still 20 points behind Bournemouth but the gap was closing. Now, I not only adored watching them play but it became a fascinating case study of something I had been wondering for months and thought I would have to wait for years for the answer. So, they very quickly went from just a team I loved watching to my favourite team by a long mile.
So, now I am 100% addicted and feel very guilty for adandoning my home team in such a way. Only a couple of people know me well, get my fascination.
Even as a lad from Germany, someone who is about five or six hundred miles away from Nottingham and cannot really be considered as a Forest fan (particularly because I'm sympathetic to Notts County as well and I want them to get back to the EFL asap, the proximity of City Ground and Meadow Lane virtually just seperated by the River Trent is impressive), I was seriously shedding two little tears when I saw this stunning video of last season, I just couldn't hide my emotions. I mean, I grew up with Forest in the Premiership as a kid with players such as Des Walker, Steve Stone or Stan Collymore, even if I'm too young to have witnessed the glorious nights in Europe with Brian Clough, but it's obvious that this club is full of history and has totally loyal supporters. And what an incredible story this season was, catching up from last place to the trophy in Wembley after Steve Cooper took over. What an achievement without being loaded with money coming in from Saudi Arabia, other billionaires from the middle east or businessmen from the US like the Glazer family who just come to use a football club as an asset. I'm so glad about the fact that this legend of a club is back in the first tier, the supporters had to suffer for such a long time and first of all, I'm happy for those who did not leave NFFC alone in all these Championship years and even in League One. I wonder if Ebby, this mental guy in his Forest leather jacket from Duisburg, Germany, is still in good health and among you after all these decades he attended the club?
Hi, Ebby is still indeed at every game, home and away.
I wonder if Richie Laryea will ever start a game..
They got play offs after being 6 points off with Thirty-Eight games left, with squad which was half prem loans. Big wow
I think you have missed the point. It was only 6 points off but if you lose 6 out of your first 7 games why on Earth would you expect them to suddenly to catch up those points? If you can't get more than 1 point in 21 that is a massive jump. Historically, the best that anyone has ever done being that far behind is 14th, not 4th with promotion. And you could argue about the loan players but then why couldn't they win a game in the first 7 games? The squad was the same, with the only exceptions being Cook and Surridge who came in during the January window. Plus, it is more than that and the long 23 year wait. Fans are excited as there have also been a change in culture and feel at the club. Something that can't be readily demonstrated in this video. I hope to show it in my next as I want to look at this last year in a different light; looking the blueprint and the methodology.
What will happen to NFFC vs MU?
Get this man in charge of Wales !!!!
CITY GROUND
THE MIST ROLLING IN FROM THE SEA
MY DESIRE
IS ALWAYS TO BE HERE OOHHHH CITY GROUND
CIIITYYY GROUND THE MIST ROLLING IN FROM THE TRENT,
MY DESIRE
IS ALWAYS TO BE HERE
OHHH CIITY GROUUND
YOUYY REDDS
Incredible fair play, Stevie cooper what a man!
The Boro and Cardiff games were bad both home and away, not sure what went wrong in all four
Everyone has an off game. That is life.
Can this guy take over the England team when the world cup is done with .
Ummm... not sure if this is a serious question or not. He can't even if he wanted to. Gareth's contract has just been extended until December 2024. And looking at the history and digging into Gareth's "negotiations" his new contract last year (particularly that odd end date which I am starting to think I am the only who understands the significance), I think Gareth will leave in August 2026 and he will choose his successor. I also think he will have them lined up already, just like how he was lined up in 2013. However, with that I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Cooper is that chosen successor as he is only candidate who matches the criteria. Not only because of his history and track record (especially at Forest) but I believe it is the method in which he turned Forest around is actually more crucial. And ironically, the only thing is missing from the current criteria is Premier League experience.
Sorry for the long reply. It is something I have researched a hell of a lot and have found fascinating and actually why I find Steve Cooper so fascinating as he has answered a question that I thought I would have to wait 5 years or so to be answered.
I am putting a video together to explain what I mean. I think it will take me a month or so though as it will be so heavily researched and I want to get it right.
I mentioned in my previous long essay of a comment that I was putting another video together about the overlap between Forest and the England set up. It has literally taken me weeks but I am finally done if you are interested. I am just so sorry it is so long!
th-cam.com/video/vcVpELXN68U/w-d-xo.html
So what’s the opinion on keeping or trying to be keeping of Davis grabban yates garner ? Not sure grabs is gonna be any use at all. I don’t think Davis is a prem striker. Yates has improved massively this season under coops don’t want max Lowe at all , the link with that striker from New York looks like a good un though. Let samba go if he’s being unreasonable. Looks like Tottenham getting spence. Is laryea good enough for prem ? Didn’t seem good enough for championship to be honest.
The boro loss was under cooper but you made it sounds like it was hughton
Call it poetic license.
Actually, I just got my 2 Middlesbrough games mixed up. Sorry
The manager looks a bit like the lead singer from Heaven 17
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Over 29,000 every home game
Buy odds on Nottingham remaining in the premier league put high stakes so that you make lots of cash
We should of kept samba
You couldn't he didn't want to be with you, he's playing with Lens Champions League instead plus he became a French National team player
@@blackinton2526 im pretty sure he was just home sick. He would have stuck with the club if not for that. Farmers leagues like the french league isn't as impressive as playing in the premier league
Playing with Lens and fighting for the league title and in the Champions League is more attractive than Nottingham one would only go to Nottingham and other non top 6 PL teams because they give high wages with PL TV MONEY@@dbz9393
My new Nottingham Forest anthem for next season:
th-cam.com/video/Nu95a_RiH54/w-d-xo.html
Strange looking man