Simon Jordan has labelled the chants towards Steve Cooper as having “an element of unfairness” with the former Crystal Palace chairman backing the manager to keep Leicester City in the Premier League.
Jordan was giving his thoughts after City supporters chanted “Cooper, sort it out!” and “This is embarrassing!” during the Carabao Cup tie at Walsall. City needed penalties to go through, setting up an away tie at Manchester United, after a goalless draw.
The performance and result came after a winless start to the Premier League season, with half-hearted boos greeting the full-time whistle for the home draw with struggling Everton last weekend. Despite not picking up a victory, City do have three points, enough to place them in 15th.
Jordan believes the reaction has been unfair and says Cooper’s tactics can keep the club up. He thinks it’s preferable to the “idealistic” approach being taken by Russell Martin at Southampton.
“The squad is good enough for 15th position, which is what they’re in,” Jordan said on talkSPORT. “There’s an element of unfairness about the response.
“If they don’t like the football, they’re perfectly entitled to voice their views. They’re perfectly entitled to cheer, so the consequence of that is that they’re perfectly entitled to boo. But I think there’s a pragmatism about Steve Cooper that may keep Leicester in the division. There’s an idealism about Southampton that may not keep them in the division.
“I’m not sure you read that much into a Carabao Cup game against an opposition that are more motivated than you are. You’ve got the Premier League managers that look at the competition and would rather rotate their squad to be able to compete in the division.
“(The boos after Everton were) because the perception of Everton is that they’re there to be bashed up because they’ve been done in recent weeks by two teams who came back. Everton are not a bad side. They haven’t been that bad.
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