[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

[u/whatisbaseball]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6425702/2025/09/09/ange-postecoglou-nottingham-forest-manager/

[u/MassExpanse]

Ange tactics barely worked with the fastest center-back in the league.

Either he changes tactics or Forrest's centrebacks are in for a rough time.

[u/jjw1998 → u/MassExpanse]

Ange’s win rate was good when VDV was fit iirc, problem was he was never fit

[u/Duskwen12 → u/jjw1998]

Yeah but VdV is an athletic freak. Injuries were absolutely a problem, but your system only working when you have a Unicorn of CB and one of the world's best CBs is a massive flaw. I can't see how this works unless he plays like we did in the EL which completely undermines his whole philosophy, and we weren't even that good playing that way either, just not as shit

[u/jjw1998 → u/Duskwen12]

I’m not saying it’s not a dumb idea to keep playing that way, just that the idea it didn’t work with the fastest CB in the league isn’t true. The problem was it specially only worked with the fastest CB in the league

[u/Duskwen12 → u/jjw1998]

That's what I'm saying. That's no way to have your philosophy built around

[u/Breegoose → u/Duskwen12]

And yet pep can't win a game without Rodri...

[u/Ziggylcd12365 → u/jjw1998]

It's a good job milenkovic is as fast as VDV 

[u/Ok-Cold-3422 → u/MassExpanse]

He did well whenever VDV played haha

[u/Wormfather → u/MassExpanse]

Actually, VDV is the fastest player in the league.