"That's right, Ange Postecoglou is out. His sacking was announced via terse statement from the team just minutes after Postecoglou himself had stepped off the grass at the City Ground. Pity the mid-level Forest executive who was tasked with intercepting the curmudgeonly Australian outside the dressing room and informing him that he no longer had a job. That guy probably got called some rude names, at least one of them starting with the letter "c.""
"Forest racked up a record of six losses and two draws during Postecoglou's eight games in charge, including a 3-2 loss to Danish side Midtjylland in the Europa League. Worse than the results themselves is how easy they were to see coming. Previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo spent all of last season fashioning Forest into a stout defensive unit with a vicious counter attack, which made the team wholly unsuited to practice Postecoglou's preferred style of high-line defending and hyper-aggressive attacking."
Nottingham Forest fired manager Ange Postecoglou 39 days after hiring following a 0-3 loss to Chelsea. The club announced the sacking minutes after Postecoglou left the pitch, creating an abrupt public exit. Postecoglou's eight-game spell produced six losses and two draws, including a Europa League defeat to Midtjylland. The squad's prior construction as a defensive, counterattacking unit under Nuno Espirito Santo clashed with Postecoglou's high-line, hyper-aggressive attacking approach. The tactical mismatch and predictable decline in results precipitated the dismissal and left the club considering experienced options to salvage the season.
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