colin hazleden has more. yes, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he s done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they ve never actually had before. that s how far you ve got to go back, how special it has been. and that is why there s been the delay, because one win in 13, not even won since bonfire night, that would have done for most managers long ago. but the owner evangelos marinakis has held on until tonight to pull
incredible things. mainly to win the champions league. when we are here, it s a trophy you play once in a lifetime. against fluminense a, a brazilian team, to experience a lot of quality. later, liverpool take on west ham at anfield for the last place in the league cup semi finals. newcastle united manager eddie howe says he s sticking by defender kieran trippier despite the mistakes that contributed to their league cup quarterfinal defeat on penalties against chelsea. newcastle had led 1 0 going into injury time when chelsea substitute mykhailo mudryk pounced on a mistake by trippier to send the game to spot kicks. the newcastle defender then missed newcastle s second penalty in the shoot out. matt ritchie s was then saved which meant chelsea joined middlesbrough and fulham in the semi finals. trips is an incredibly strong character, as i said many times, it is a transformative signing. someone who s taken the group onto a different level. he s been the heartbeat of that. he
pressure is set to pass to the north of the uk and lots of isobars on the chart, strong winds and a cold front slipping south. a band of cloud and rain and to the sunny spells and showers, some of them are wintry over the high ground in scotland but it is the wind that will cause issues on thursday, widely a windy day with gales in places and we could see 80 mph gusts and some really rough seas around some eastern coasts and some coastal flooding, so some real disruption to travel on thursday and it stays quite windy in the run up to christmas but broadly speaking on the milder side and if you do want some snow on christmas day, i think it is really only likely over hills in the north of the uk. and that s bbc news at six. now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello there, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday. farewell to forest, with the team sliding on the stable. steve cooper has been sacked. we ll be at all the quarterfinals incl