| Cooper warns Pearson 11:28 - Feb 27 with 714 views | KeithHaynes |
Here goes -
Steve Cooper insists there is no guarantee of a new manager “bounce” when Bristol City visit the Liberty Stadium today.
The Robins have appointed Nigel Pearson as their new manager following the sacking of Dean Holden, but in one sense the recovery period has already been sparked as the managerless Robins won 3-1 at Middlesbrough in midweek.
Swans head coach Cooper knows the visitors’ caretaker coaches Paul Simpson and Keith Downing — who have both been retained — from his time with England U17s.
He says their presence is more of factor that any upturn from a new appointment above.
Pearson was a spectator at Swansea’s 1-0 win over Coventry City on Wednesday and asked about the former Leicester City and Watford boss’s impact and the bounce factor, Cooper said: “I don’t know to be honest. It’s not a science is it? We won’t be paying any attention to it.
“I actually know the coaches at Bristol City really well, I worked with them both and England, Keith Downing and Paul Simpson.
“But we’re just focused on ourselves and hopefully it’s enough to get us another positive day.”
After four wins from four at the start of this campaign, Bristol City dropped to mid-table after enduring a run of 11 defeats in 15 league games since December 1, which led to Holden’s sacking as head coach.
Pearson signed a short-term contract until the end of 2020/21 but has already expressed his desire to stay at Ashton Gate beyond this season and says his long-term aim is to build on the foundations for success.
Swansea’s immediate fate remains firmly in their own hands as they sit a point off the automatic promotion places with two games in hand on all the teams above them.
They will look to maintain that push when they entertain the Robins and while much of the pre-match focus has been on the subject of Pearson’s appointment, Cooper’s own attention has been firmly on making sure his side are ready to go again.
“They’re all massive tests. We won’t pay too much attention to them changing manager or recent results,” he said.
“Obviously we do our opposition analysis, but the focus will be on us.
“We’re at home, we’ve just had a good win and we want to make it two in a row to get momentum going again. That’ll be our only focus. It’s a good game to look forward to.” |  |
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 16:30 - Mar 1 with 471 views | onehunglow |
Steve ,mun. |  |
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 16:36 - Mar 1 with 466 views | vetchonian |
Well as the saying goes "its not how you start its how you finish"
And though we got off to a great start we couldnt finish which meant we finished losers! | |
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 17:12 - Mar 1 with 445 views | onehunglow |
Cooper warns Pearson!
I really couldn't imagine that in a million years.
Pearson is the sort of manager we should have had,instead of a cheap ingenue.
Owners again clueless. [Post edited 1 Mar 2021 17:12]
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 17:16 - Mar 1 with 439 views | theloneranger |
After the bad press the ref got when he sent off Tommy Tank's player last season, I wondered Saturday if it crossed his mind when he didn't send off the Bristol City player with Pearson in the dugout.
I say this with him being one of the most card happy refs in the Championship. I think if Holden had still been manager there would have been no hesitation, but he thought twice with Pearson's reputation. |  |
| Everyday above ground ... Is a good day! 😎 |
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 17:42 - Mar 1 with 419 views | onehunglow |
| Cooper warns Pearson on 17:16 - Mar 1 by theloneranger |
After the bad press the ref got when he sent off Tommy Tank's player last season, I wondered Saturday if it crossed his mind when he didn't send off the Bristol City player with Pearson in the dugout.
I say this with him being one of the most card happy refs in the Championship. I think if Holden had still been manager there would have been no hesitation, but he thought twice with Pearson's reputation. |
Pearson will back his players to the hilt .
This contrast with ours proven by his comments regarding tiredness.
Hey Steve, if AA is tired ,bench him.
If Woody is tired,he must have narcoplexy. | |
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 22:04 - Mar 1 with 370 views | Catullus |
I only just saw this and, with the benefit of hindsight, it turned out to be a really stupid thing to say. I'm sure Palmer was already fired up.
Was he trying to play mind games? Maybe he should just say bland things in the future, or say nothing at all. | |
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 22:55 - Mar 1 with 353 views | Fireboy2 |
| Cooper warns Pearson on 22:04 - Mar 1 by Catullus |
I only just saw this and, with the benefit of hindsight, it turned out to be a really stupid thing to say. I'm sure Palmer was already fired up.
Was he trying to play mind games? Maybe he should just say bland things in the future, or say nothing at all. |
He just doesnt seem to be learning does he. |  | | |
| Cooper warns Pearson on 01:26 - Mar 2 with 316 views | NotLoyal |
| Cooper warns Pearson on 22:55 - Mar 1 by Fireboy2 |
He just doesnt seem to be learning does he. |
He's all about learning, you would think he does. Great if you win the game tho, so daft if you don't. [Post edited 2 Mar 2021 1:26]
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| Cooper warns Pearson on 09:39 - Mar 2 with 259 views | onehunglow |
And the absolute swine celebrated his goal too.
He might have been rather miffed with Cooper during his spell,so Im guessing he had a point to prove. | |
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