After Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers had seen his team thrash East Midlands opponents Nottingham Forest 4-0 to leapfrog them and move off the bottom of the Premier League, he said it had the potential to be a “season-changing game” for the Foxes.
The worry in the Forest camp is that the same could also be true for them – but in an entirely different way.
Whereas Rodgers can look forward with optimism, saying “tonight feels like the first game of the season,” for opposite number Steve Cooper it looks set to be a difficult few days.
Cooper spoke rationally and calmly about the position Forest find themselves in. “I am not thinking about my personal situation,” he said.
But the key question is not about Cooper. It is about what Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is thinking. And what his response to seeing a team he invested so much in, emotionally and financially, on their top flight return, only for them to drop to the foot of the table after eight games will be.
There is no hiding the fact Cooper is in a difficult position. (BBC)