Tony Cascarino is back, just over a year after declaring that Nottingham Forest would be the first Premier League team to fire its manager.
Once more, the TalkSPORT commentator treated the Reds with a great deal of disdain. Forest suffered its third defeat of the year as it fell to Manchester City 2-0 at the weekend.
Still, Forest’s campaign has gotten off to a good start. But given that they’ve played all six of their games on the road, seven points from six games is a respectable number.
After the break, a flashpoint in Saturday’s game became crucial. After City’s Rodri was dismissed, Forest had a great effort and pushed Ederson to make a few excellent saves.
But Cascarino didn’t see it that way. He strangely had the impression that City was still in control of the match and that they would win even if their situation worsened.
He said to TalkSPORT: “Normally, a red card would cause a side to drop to 10 players, but not in the case of Manchester City. They most likely could win that game against Forest with just 9 players. It only prevented it from going to four of five, nil, going to ten men.
Forest put in a valiant effort, and on a another day, they might have prevailed against 10 men. Afterward, Steve Cooper asserted that improving chances was still the way to go.
Cascarino makes rude remarks about Forest once more.
This pundit may consider it to be a casual remark, but it’s somewhat disrespectful. To claim that City could have defeated Forest with nine guys is basically offensive is an understatement.
Although Cascarino is a respectable pundit, his remarks on Cooper from the previous season were a little taken out of context. He essentially suggested that he wouldn’t be shocked if the club fired him if his awful play persisted.
Naturally, the club maintained its commitment, and Cooper has been in charge for two years. The team has made significant on-field progress this year, and ideally they can continue to perform well away from home.
Cascarino has a point when he praises City. However, given how the game was developing, Forest might have managed to score one or two goals at the weekend if the hosts had been reduced to nine men.
