Steve Cooper says Nottingham Forest’s task at Chelsea on Saturday isn’t made any simpler by the London membership’s latest struggles.
Forest head to Stamford Bridge on the lookout for the three factors that would just about safe their Premier League standing and can fancy their probabilities, regardless of their dreadful away file.
Chelsea ended a nine-game winless run at Bournemouth final week, however they haven’t received any of their final 5 league dwelling matches.
Cooper says he doesn’t take any discover of the issues Frank Lampard is enduring.
“We’re taking part in Chelsea away so that’s at all times going to be a tricky sport at any time of the season, you take a look at the squad they’ve, the modifications they will make, the crew they will begin with, they’ve gamers everywhere in the pitch who could make a distinction and we have now to be prepared for that,” he stated.
“I by no means pay any consideration to any context round a crew we play in opposition to aside from them being at their finest as a result of I at all times assume you need to put together for that.
“That’s what we’ll be doing. We need to go there with our greatest intentions of getting a end result we actually want and need.
“We now have acquired to know what it takes from our guys to do nicely and try to minimise the strengths they’ve as a result of there’s a lot.”
Forest will give Serge Aurier each probability to be match after he limped off in Monday evening’s win over Southampton with a knock.
“Serge walked off and we’re doing the whole lot we will to see if he’s obtainable,” he stated.
“Possibly in a unique time of the season and if Neco (Williams) was match it is perhaps a unique scenario, however we’re going to give him the whole lot we have now to be obtainable. However that is perhaps contact and go.
“(Gustavo) Scarpa is again in full coaching now so he received’t be far off being obtainable. (Emmanuel) Dennis has been injured, he picked up a knock in coaching earlier than Southampton and he’s nonetheless not obtainable.
“Nonetheless a little bit of a combined bag, it’s undoubtedly been worse however not one thing we’re listening to.”
