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Steve Cooper defends Jesse Lingard's slow start as Nottingham Forest fall to opening day defeat away to Newcastle United Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper defended Jesse Lingard despite loss The marquee signing appeared to take a peripheral role at St James Park Forest lost 2-0 to Newcastle United in their first Premier League game since 1999
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Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper would not be drawn into criticising Jesse Lingard, but his use of the word ‘glimpses’ revealed how peripheral his marquee signing really was during a disappointing debut.
Cooper, whose side resisted well for an hour at Newcastle but ended up well beaten at 2-0, preferred to bemoan his team’s performance rather than focus on Lingard, who arrived on a free transfer with wages of £120,000-per-week this summer.
‘I haven’t got
