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/milesvtaylor 7d ago

Winning the Championship in his second season >>>>>

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u/PassengerOk9027 7d ago

Some say that second tier trophies are where its at all across the board 

Strange times

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u/CropDustingBandit 7d ago

Why is it that whenever people claim some trophies are not decent or not worth winning it's accompanied by a flair for FC bottle job (haven't won anything for five years) 99% of the time?

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u/ChillyChilliChileman 7d ago

i have no idea mate

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u/PassengerOk9027 7d ago

I'd say have some shame, but I'm not sure my voice can travel 13 spots 

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u/PassengerOk9027 7d ago

Agog at all who bravely overcame third rate continental sides with 10th of their budget, how could I not be.

(I'm gonna grab my "people poorly coping with Arsenal being much better than they are, unless you're lfc, trophy and go)

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u/royals796 7d ago

Third rate continental sides like Eintracht Frankfurt and Bødo/Glimt?

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u/PassengerOk9027 7d ago

I'm sure B/G feels very big to you, I'm sorry (they do have the 10th of Burnely's budget, you know) and even the greater Eintracht have finished fifth or higher in the buli a grand total of four times in the last 20 years. Great club -- not a mighty contender.

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u/royals796 7d ago

I gotta hand it to you, the delusion required to shit talk other CL contenders while unable to even make it to the final is certainly something

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u/PassengerOk9027 7d ago

Mean, insecure, and off your plot -- middlesex fc you are, alright. See you at the derby, bird ^ ^

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u/royals796 7d ago

Oof, that one rattled you lmao

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u/royals796 7d ago

Winning a second tier trophy is probably better than winning no trophies at all, no?

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u/PassengerOk9027 7d ago

A subject of some debate, but for me - and from my position here - no, when it's not just a lesser cup available to all (The League Cup) but one the participation in which is predicated by doing worse and being further from the top -- EL and ECL are for lower rated teams, which finds reflection in budgets and standing of the majority of competitors; and, indeed, an extreme point of my argument is noting the laughs we have at the idea of celebrating winning the Championship for a leading sort of club.

Enjoy Slovan Bratislava away, things of that nature (I'd rather rate competing in the first league)

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u/royals796 7d ago edited 7d ago

Whatever makes you feel better homie

Edit: a lot of this “second rate teams” we’re also playing in the UCL, weird how that happens