Evangelos Marinakis 'wants EFL reform' as Nottingham Forest boss sets target
Nottingham Forest are said to have written to the English Football League seeking reforms to the Championship.
Owner Evangelos Marinakis believes it is "imperative" VAR is implemented in the second tier, according to the Daily Mail. It comes after the Reds were left frustrated by a decision which went against them in Tuesday night’s crucial 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth.
The visitors felt they should have had a penalty when Sam Surridge was caught by goalkeeper Mark Travers in the first half. But instead, he was incorrectly ruled to have been offside.
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Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper insists he is not yet thinking about the possibility of being without Djed Spence in the play-offs.
Indeed, the Welshman says the Reds are not “worried” about who they could come up against in the battle to reach Wembley and secure the final promotion spot. Heading into the final round of fixtures this weekend, it will be two from Sheffield United, Luton Town, Middlesbrough and Millwall to join Forest and Huddersfield Town in the semi-finals.
Should Cooper’s side end up meeting Boro, Spence - who has been a star performer in the Garibaldi - would be ineligible to feature against his parent club. However, the Reds head coach says looking at potential solutions will not come into his thinking for naming his team to face Hull City in the last game of the regular season on Saturday.
“We’ll cross those bridges if they come. We’re not going into the Hull game thinking about who we play in the play-offs, I promise you,” Cooper said.
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Nottingham Forest are “dreaming” of more scenes like the one which greeted them before their crunch clash at Bournemouth in midweek.
Dozens of Reds fans waited outside the gates
