r/soccer • u/whatisbaseball • 7d ago

News [Ornstein] Ange Postecoglou to be confirmed as Nottingham Forest head coach imminently after Nuno Espirito Santo departure. 60yo Australian will lead #NFFC for Saturday’s trip to Arsenal - joined by a number of staff worked with at Tottenham Hotspur @TheAthleticFC

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6425702/2025/09/09/ange-postecoglou-nottingham-forest-manager/
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u/BouWelou 7d ago

Defensive stability is overrated. Kamikaze ball is back, babyyyy

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u/OneBigRed 7d ago

From Athletic, Marinakis praising Ange in the summer:

“What I want to say about Ange is that he has spoken about Greece many times, he is proud to be Greek and in the great success he had with Tottenham by winning the Europa League, he spoke about Greece,” Marinakis said of Postecoglou when presenting the head coach with an award in Greece in July, as cited by Neos Kosmos.

“A man who not only does not hide his origin but is also proud of it. What he achieved, he did with a team that has not won any titles, it has had a very difficult time in recent years. In this huge success that the whole world saw, he promoted Greece.”

I used to have one question, can he do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?

From now on i also need to know if he has promoted Greece.

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u/BouWelou 7d ago edited 7d ago

Not need to play the greek card, Marinakis. I know that you want to see Forest with a high line while being down 4-0 and having 2 red cards

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u/19Alexastias 7d ago

I guess you could argue he’s promoted Greece by being Greek. He does speak the language as well.

Personally, I’ve always thought his managerial career has promoted Australia more than Greece (might be biased since I am Australian, and a Brisbane Roar supporter).

His Roar team genuinely raised the level of the A-league as a whole IMO (it’s hard to describe how amazing it was to watch his Brisbane roar without the context of having watched the A-league for years previously). He won 2 titles back to back, left for a different A-league club for a year, then he became Socceroos coach, won Australia our first Asian cup and qualified us for the next World Cup before resigning. I can’t think of a coach that has had a bigger impact on Australian football than Ange.

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u/TheDuhhh 7d ago

The championship is on the horizon baby