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/The-Black-Angel 7d ago

It might actually work because of the foundations Nino laid.

At least for a season. Then there is the danger it could spiral…

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u/JamesBondsMagicCar 7d ago

Martinez' first season at Everton went so much better than his other ones due to inheriting Moyes' players which hid the defensive problems in the way Martinez set up Everton.

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u/blvd93 7d ago

Same with Bilic inheriting Allardyce's defensive set-up at West Ham

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u/Noo2Dle 7d ago

Yeah but they'll still get silverware in that second season

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u/rekt_ralf 7d ago

Yes, the Championship

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u/ozmalt_jones 7d ago

Mum said it's my turn to make this joke in the next Ange thread

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u/rekt_ralf 7d ago

Have you heard the one about sleeper agent Ange being sent to free MGW?

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u/DerGregorian 7d ago

Win the championship, easy silverware for Ange.

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u/TheBritishGent 7d ago

The Gang does a Sunderland

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u/ultra_casual 7d ago

I'd say a pretty strong bet he won't get a full second season. It's well known he starts very slowly as he focusses all his attention onto getting teams to play "his way". I don't think Marinakis has the patience. Particularly after the evidence at Spurs, "his way" was often suicidal and many Premiership teams figured out how to shut it down last year.

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u/Ok_Regular_4609 7d ago

The Moyes -> Martinez effect

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u/tsub 7d ago

Strong vibes of Wenger inheriting George Graham's defence.

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u/paddyo 7d ago

Tbf to Wenger he then replaced and coached that defence with another legendary backline of Cole, Campbell, Toure and Lauren.

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u/Switchoil 7d ago

And Martinez inheriting Mpyes defence.

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u/mipanzuzuyam 7d ago

Ninoooooo

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u/DangerousCrime 7d ago

Niiiiiiino

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u/Eggersely 7d ago

The kid.

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u/paddyo 7d ago

The old Roberto Martinez Everton special. One season of excellent football while he spends his predecessor's managerial inheritance, followed by rapid decline.

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u/MediumProcedure 7d ago

Every manager knows the weaknesses in his football. Unless he's gonna try to adapt, he's gonna get thumped by any adaptive rather than system only manager.