colin hazleden has more.es, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done — whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans — picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he's done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they've never actually had before. that's how far you've got to go back, how special it has been. and that is why there's been the delay, because one win in 13, not even won since bonfire night, that would have done for most managers long ago. but the owner evangelos marinakis has held on until tonight to pull the trigger, in the wake of defeat h

colin hazleden has more. yes, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done — whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans — picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he's done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they've never actually had before. that's how far you've got to go back, how special it has been. and that is why there's been the delay, because one win in 13, not even won since bonfire night, that would have done for most managers long ago. but the owner, evangelos marinakis, has held on until tonight to pull the trigger, in the wake of defe

colin hazleden has more.

colin hazleden has more.ere are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done — whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move

colin hazleden reports. are moments affable institution when boards new —— and know exactly what is needed to be done, whether managers since the advice or they should move on to make the way for the next person through the doors. that has not been obvious here at nottingham forest, the reason is the connection he has built with the club and with friends. picking them up in the championship, it them to the premier league and getting them to stay there against the odds the he has given whole generations of finds a connection and experience they have never had before. that's how far you have to go back, how special it has been, and that's why there has been the delay. 0ne been, and that's why there has been the delay. one win in 13, not having one since bonfire night would have done for other managers long ago, but the board held on to put the sugarin but the board held on to put the sugar in the wake of defeat here against spurs, and now it is about what their decision means. we are sure that new manager will

colin hazleden reports.oper has built with the club and with friends. picking them up in the championship, taking them to the premier league and getting them to stay there against the odds the he has given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they have never had before. that's how far you have to go back, how special it has been, and that's why there has been the delay. one win in 13, not having won since bonfire night would have done for other managers long ago, but the board held on to put the decision in the wake of defeat here against spurs, and now it is about what their decision means. we are sure that new manager will be a nuno espirito santo, the man who worked miracles at wolves, getting them into european comepetition in two seasons running but he will represent a change of tone. you can expect less training ground closeness to the players and a more olympian view of how players should be managed, it will be interesting to see whether he can build a relationship with the supporters