Nuno Espirito Santo has implemented a number of positive adjustments since taking over at Nottingham Forest, one of which is particularly clever in training.
Steve Cooper was despised by a number of Nottingham Forest fans when he departed the club following a disastrous run of results at the City Ground.
Interestingly, Cooper is not well-liked at his current club, Leicester City, with some fans yelling ‘this is embarrassing’ at him following a Carabao Cup performance.
He had plenty of good experiences in Nottingham, but things became stale, and his style of play put a number of fans to sleep.
Nuno Espirito Santo is now in charge, and he’s been a welcome change.
Interestingly, when he was appointed, he quickly implemented one modification behind the scenes that makes perfect sense.
Nuno Espirito Santo has advocated for a training modification.
Nuno Espirito Santo has always been highly precise in his management career, with even little tactical changes often working wonders for him throughout his time at Wolves.
Even in his brief time at Nottingham Forest, he set up the team against Liverpool and purposefully kept possession in higher places to avoid the press, which was genius.
Interestingly, Martin Keown has already commended Nuno for supercharging Ryan Yates and Morgan Gibbs-White this season.
One move made by the Portuguese manager shortly after taking over at Nottingham Forest is definitely working well against specific opponents.
According to John Percy, one big difference since Nuno Santo arrived in December has been to allow analysts to observe training.
Nuno is said to feel that analysts can only learn about his philosophy and game model by seeing it firsthand, rather than remotely or using drones.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s progression at Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest have evolved from a negative and one-dimensional team under Steve Cooper to one that can adjust to situations and cause issues for opposing teams on the counterattack.
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga have reached new heights under Nuno Espirito Santo and play an important role in his counter-attacking strategy in some games.
Following the Liverpool game, Robbie Mustoe praised Nuno’s ability to bring out the best in Hudson-Odoi and Elanga, who combined for the winning goal.
