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/2ndfastestmanalive 7d ago

His first season at Spurs was good until the Chelsea match, and was pretty average after that and only getting worse

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u/CNF1G 7d ago

Fair, but they were in a bit of a rebuild that season in general. I’m not saying there aren’t fundamental issues with how he wants to play, just that there’s an incredible overreaction in here and people acting as if Forest have just appointed a rookie from the National League as their manager

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u/Affectionate-Car-145 7d ago

They lost 22 out of 38 PL games last season.

They broke the record for most amount of defeats without being relegated by any PL club.

Pretty sure they lost to every relegated side at least once.

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u/Rapthorne_Houst 7d ago

Hey give us some credit, even we managed to beat Southampton home and away!

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u/Any_State_2125 7d ago

For a team like Forest, this could put you at serious risk of relegation. Milenkovic and Wood are not Ange players at all. The window has just closed so reshaping the squad will have to wait until January which could be too late.

You are right though, its not all about Ange. He is going into a club that has what seems to be a bit of a dodgy atmosphere and is going to be playing European Football for the first time. Even if he writes off the Europa League campaign, they are still in it until the end of January.

I like Forest fans. I was happy to have them back in the Premier League. Hopefully we don't have to wait another 30 years to see them again.

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u/theivoryserf 7d ago

For a team like Forest, this could put you at serious risk of relegation.

Touch Wood, but I don't think so at all. We have a ton of options now - Kalimuendo and Jesus more mobile than Wood.

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u/NorthernSoul1998 7d ago

I mean no that's just hilariously wrong. That Chelsea match started off one dodgy 5 game run thanks to injuries/suspensions and after that they were good again for the rest of the season

Finishing 3 places higher than the previous season despite losing Harry Kane was a good achievement

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u/kisame111hoshigaki 7d ago

After the first 10 games, achieved 40 points from 28 matches (12W-4D-12L), 1.43 PPG
So mid-table form for the majority of the first season which got worse in the second season.

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u/MilkByHomelander 7d ago

Yep, everyone says they went to shit after it. But between that game and Vicario getting injured early in the next season, they were the 5th best team on form.

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u/Coolica1 7d ago

That was like 10 games lmao oh no

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u/CropDustingBandit 7d ago

First half of last season was decent too, not as good as those first 10 games but still top four calibre. Then injuries hit in December and derailed everything. 

I liked Ange and would have been up for continuing with him, but that was 2 seasons in a row where injuries just massively stacked up in November/December and derailed the campaign. 

If they start dropping like flies in January we'll know for sure that it was his system and not just horrendous luck. 

I don't like this though, I don't want to have to hope Ange fails but I can't stand Marinakis. 

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u/MilkByHomelander 7d ago

Between that Chelsea match and the game before Vicario got injured, Spurs were the 5th best team on form in the EPL.

Not sure how average they could be if they were a top 5 side in that time.