He had precisely nothing to say and failed to turn up, not for the first time, at the post match press conference as he looked back on a ninth league defeat of the season with his side now five points behind Crewe who currently lie fourth from bottom.
He’s been told his job is safe, he has had the dreaded vote of confidence, and has been allowed to make extensive changes to his coaching team in the last week.
That has not impressed the fans and those
So we have no view at all from the Forest camp, heads down they trooped back onto the coach and out of
Steve Cotterill had some sympathy for his ex-Wimbledon manager, but declared it a big three points for the Clarets.
“We’re pleased with that, it was a big three points,” he said after the game. “We put a lot of hard work in there so all credit to the players for that.
“I thought we were the better side in the first half but
Talking about the injury situation he said, “We were disrupted with injuries when Jean-Louis Valois had to go off, because he does give us good balance on the left. It allowed us though to bring Ian Moore back in and he worked his socks off.
“Then we lost Micah Hyde who tweaked his hamstring in a challenge during the first half.”
He was pleased with the way we defended as we picked up our eighth clean sheet of the season. “I thought they all looked solid at the back and Tony Grant was excellent today.
“And Robbie Blake hasn’t scored in a few games but he’s had his haircut and drove here a different way and scored. Hopefully he’ll be bald next time and score another goal.”
Looking forward to a free midweek he added, “”We’ll enjoy the weekend and then look at