Boss Steve Cooper says Nottingham Forest’s tweet prior to their clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers was “not a good moment” for the club.
A few hours before Saturday’s match at Molineux, the club’s official Twitter account posted a mock-up picture of Emmanuel Dennis with three wolf pups, alongside the caption “playtime”. It was deleted shortly before kick-off, but not before it had gone viral and been shared in the Wolves players’ group chat.
Interim head coach Steve Davis said it gave the hosts “a bit more of an edge” as they secured a 1-0 win. And they got their own back by tweeting a picture of an axe embedded in a tree at full-time, with the message: “Playtime’s over.”
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Cooper admits the incident “wasn’t helpful”, but he says the matter has been dealt with internally. And he believes lessons will have been learnt from the Reds’ social media being in the spotlight over the weekend.
“I was asked about it in the press conference afterwards but I wasn’t aware of it at the time, then I was notified about what happened afterwards,” said the Welshman. “It wasn’t a good thing from the club and it wasn’t helpful.
“But it’s been dealt with. The important thing is about learning from it.
“It didn’t have an impact on the performance or the result; I’m not going to use that as an excuse. Professional players of both teams won’t need a social media post to be motivated to get a result.
“It wasn’t a good moment for us. But we need to draw a line under it, trust that the club will deal with it and move on.
“It wasn’t helpful. But at the same time, it’s done now. It won’t happen again, and we need to move on.”
Forest will look to bounce back from Saturday’s defeat when they head to Brighton and Hove Albion on Tuesday night (7.30pm kick-off). Cooper’s men are currently bottom of the Premier League table with five points from 10 games.
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