At the final whistle it felt appropriate to wonder which manager would feel more downbeat. Sean Dyche after being denied a first league win in charge of Nottingham Forest after his side’s weakness at set pieces was again punished? Or Ruben Amorim, who could not celebrate his first anniversary in charge of Manchester United with a victory? Until Forest scored twice inside 102 seconds at the beginning of the second half, United appeared in control courtesy of a Casemiro header at a corner, controversially awarded after Nicolò Savona was deemed by the officials to have failed to keep a Bruno Fernandes pass in play. In the end a stunning volley by Amad Diallo earned United a deserved point. Continue reading...

For a club where time is forever in short supply, Nottingham Forest’s reversion to a no-nonsense manager may take a while yet to pay off. Still, not every opposing team will play like Bournemouth, where Forest lost 5-0 last season, and have not won since 2014. Andoni Iraola’s team climbed to second, delivering portions of the football from the gods that makes their manager one of the hottest properties in the game. After scoring directly from a corner through Marcus Tavernier – set pieces continued to haunt Forest – there was further evidence of Bournemouth’s ability to find top talent when their second came from Eli Junior Kroupi. The teenager from the Cherries sister club, Lorient, followed up last week’s double at Crystal Palace with a lashing finish. Full report to follow Continue reading...

Fulham manager has reported £13m buyout clause Silva won Greek title under Marinakis at Olympiakos Evangelos Marinakis has made Fulham’s Marco Silva his No 1 target to succeed Ange Postecoglou as Nottingham Forest head coach. The Forest owner was considering replacements before sacking Postecoglou immediately after Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by Chelsea, which extended the Australian’s winless run in charge to eight games. Sean Dyche and Roberto Mancini are among the candidates who have been sounded out. Continue reading...

At no stage did the Australian coach seem to understand the assignment he had been given at Nottingham Forest Well, the Chelsea fans were wrong anyway. Ange Postecoglou was not sacked in the morning. Instead he was sacked in the afternoon. So, another small win there for Ange, even in defeat. Not to mention further proof of the notion to which he has always seemed so fatally in thrall, that he is at any given moment the smartest guy in the room. Even when, as of Saturday afternoon, he’s no longer in the room at all. The official version seems to be that Postecoglou was fired 18 minutes after his final defeat at the City Ground. In reality he was fired in real time, a live-action televised touchline sacking, gone from the moment Evangelos Marinakis disappeared from his seat midway through the second half with the look of a gamekeeper required now to the wring the neck of a dying pheasant. Continue reading...

Forest moving fast to replace Ange Postecoglou Fulham manager Marco Silva also on shortlist Nottingham Forest have sounded out Sean Dyche and Roberto Mancini regarding their vacancy, after sacking head coach Ange Postecoglou. Evangelos Marinakis, the Forest owner, made the call to sack Postecoglou just 40 days into the job during the club’s 3-0 home to Chelsea. Continue reading...

Five months on from coming within a point of Champions League football, Nottingham Forest are in a relegation fight Hand the keys back, pack the suitcase, take down the pictures, terminate the lease. Ange Postecoglou really should have never left temporary digs for a Nottingham apartment during the international break. Football moves fast, the Australian sacked after just 40 days and eight games in charge. One hundred and sixty-four days ago, Chelsea’s previous visit to the City Ground on a sunny May afternoon, the complexion was different. At kick-off there was a contrasting kind of jeopardy in the air. It was the final game of the season, qualifying for the Champions League still a distinct possibility. Continue reading...

Nottingham Forest's Ryan Yates says the players need to take "massive responsibility" for manager Ange Postecoglou being sacked after 39 days in charge.

Nottingham Forest could turn to former Everton and Burnley boss Sean Dyche if Ange Postecoglou leaves the club.

Eddie Howe has been keen to link up with Scot at club Newcastle hope to agree compensation deal with Forest Ross Wilson is poised to fill the vacant sporting director role at Newcastle as one of English football’s longest-running pursuits finally draws to a close. Talks regarding Wilson’s departure from Nottingham Forest are advanced, with Newcastle hoping to secure a compensation deal that would permit Forest’s outgoing chief football officer poised to play an active part in the January transfer window. Recruitment aside, one of Wilson’s first tasks in the role will be attempting to persuade Sandro Tonali to sign a new, improved contract, extending the Italy midfielder’s existing deal beyond 2028. Continue reading...

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Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton and Rory Smith on the Monday Night Club to discuss Ange Postecoglou's results at Nottingham Forest, as Sutton calls fans "entitled" amid sacking calls.

Defeat at Newcastle coach’s seventh match without a win ‘You have to be up for the fight and the struggle’ Ange Postecoglou is determined to convince Nottingham Forest’s board to retain faith in his managerial philosophy when he holds talks with the club’s owner Evangelos Marinakis this week. The Australian was in defiant, almost jocular form, after Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Newcastle. It extended the former Tottenham manager’s run without a win to seven games since he succeeded Nuno Espírito Santo last month. Yet Postecoglou, who unusually started with a back five, detected signs of progress as he prepares for vital talks with City Ground directors to discuss the future. Continue reading...

Ange Postecoglou "expects" talks to be held with owner Evangelos Marinakis about his start as Nottingham Forest manager - but says he "loves a fight".

Ange Postecoglou finds himself in an awkward spot. As Midtjylland streamed forward on the counterattack to score their third goal of a sobering evening, the Nottingham Forest head coach rested both hands on his head. The scenes that followed were close to extraordinary, sections of the home support singing: “You’re getting sacked in the morning.” Then things got even more painful, the same supporters singing the name of his predecessor Nuno Espírito Santo and many turning towards Evangelos Marinakis, watching on his own private television in the directors’ box. Postecoglou insisted Forest had done their homework and understood what was always going to be a tricky assignment. Postecoglou acknowledged Midtjylland would be messy opponents but their direct “vertical football” proved Forest’s undoing, the Danish side twice scoring from set pieces before Valdemar Byskov Andreasen capped the scoring after Dario Osorio pinched possession from Callum Hudson-Odoi deep in the Danish side’s half. Chris Wood’s stoppage-time penalty proved merely a consolation. Postecoglou is now six games without victory. Continue reading...