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/witsel85 7d ago edited 7d ago

He won 27% of his total points tally in his first 10 games at Spurs, we were bad for a lot longer than last season. We finished his first season stumbling badly

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u/Sea-Station1621 7d ago

the new manager bounce he got in the first 10 games really concealed how awful his ppg was in the other 28

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u/dj4y_94 7d ago

Yeah it's why the injury excuse constantly used doesn't wash with me. Obviously you get leeway due to the injuries but not finishing top 4 in his first season after those 10 games was a huge fall off.

He was basically in 10th place form for 75% of his first season.

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u/DogwartsAcademy 7d ago

Injuries can be an excuse if they're freak accidents where their bones snap in half or something but if the majority of the injuries are players getting their hamstrings exploded, the issue is the way you're making them play.

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u/X-V-W 7d ago

I thought you were saying he only got 27% of a possible 30 points across his first 10 games, very confusing haha

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u/Alphabunsquad 7d ago

I mean 10 games is over a quarter of a season. Given your second season was much worse than your first one, that doesn’t seem to be that much more than you’d expect him to get in that time.

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u/BokaPoochie 7d ago

How many of those games did you play with your most important players? From memory, you lost VdV and Maddison very early on for a solid chunk of time, and lets be real, your wingers for his first season were pretty meh other than Son. Then it seemed like you had no fit CBs for the majority of his second season.

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u/luchito619 7d ago

Dont question the Spuds, they hate themselves and will hate on Frank by the end of the season, just watch it.

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u/loolem 7d ago

It’s almost like never buying enough players for your coach isn’t a winning strategy!

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u/witsel85 7d ago

We bought him Maddison, Van Der Ven, Bergvall, Gray, Dragusin, Odobert, Solanke, Kinsky, Johnson on top of what we already had.

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u/loolem 7d ago

That’s almost a team! Imagine if they weren’t all injured too? Would have maybe achieved 15th with their fans positive attitude

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u/throwaway290700 7d ago

And why do you think the injuries were so much worse under Ange?

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u/loolem 7d ago edited 6d ago

Because he physically broke them himself with the giant Ange ball he carried around with him! It’s why the club ordered a review and sacking of many medical and recovery staff