Steven Reid, anyone?
Knows the club, loves the club, young, fresh. Served his apprenticeship under experienced managers.
Signed a new contract with Forest after they brought in Cooper! Would imagine there would be a fair bit of compensation needed paying to Forest to be able to get Reid - who seems quite happy where he is at the moment!
The Forest supporters love Reid! They have nothing but positives to say about him!
Let’s be honest, no half decent, forward thinking, attack minded manager who is currently out of a job, is going to take the Millwall gig, when he knows how much he’ll be shackled, financially. Fixing certain positions can mean a change of player, and sometimes that can cost a million pounds or more, to get the right player in that the manager wants! That is not going to happen at Millwall, until the chairman and the board pay clubs the asking amount for players they’re interested in, instead of insulting them with ridiculous low offers. Either the price can be met, or it can’t! If it can’t then move on!
If Berylson had had the balls to get rid of Rowett in the summer, maybe Barrett could have been the stop gap until Steve Cooper became available. Yes, he was hated by the Swansea fans, and the football wasn’t good there towards the end of his tenure, but sometimes things just click at a new club, for the manager
and the team! When Cooper became Forest manager, they were in the relegation zone and only heading one way. With the same team that was struggling under Hughton, Cooper changed tactics and gave the players a belief. Now, a few months on, they are four points behind Huddersfield who sit in 6th place, with a game in hand over them, and they’re seven points above us!
We need to find a Steve Cooper type manager (preferably one that’s more attractive on the eyes), from the lower leagues! Someone who can do to us what Cooper did for Forest, only on a much smaller budget! These managers are out there, but Berylson has to first see the problem, before he can start to fix it!