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The word hubris emerged in Greece and had something distinctly egotistical about it, even if it was less a farce than a Greek tragedy that originated from a pair of men born in Greece and briefly mated in Nottingham.
Perhaps Ange PostecoglouHis heritage was a factor in his appointment nottingham forestMany others immediately realized that this was a stylistic mismatch between the manager and the team. Evangelos Marinakis, whose choice Nuno Espirito Santo As Forest’s previous manager met with an understandably mixed reception but proved inspired, parachuted in a kind of compatriot after one of the strangest dismissals and then, 39 days later, put in a performance that was both one of the most predictable and cruel.
Postecoglu Lasted only 39 days in the forestThis was the shortest reign of any alleged permanent manager to date. Premier LeagueSome caregivers stayed for a long time. His tenure was shorter than that of Forest’s iconic manager Brian Clough’s infamously brief tenure at Leeds in 1975; In fact, less time than Liz Truss spent as Prime Minister. she was finished with a saladIf such a term can be applied, next summer’s World Cup will be longer than the Postecoglou era. If such a term can be used, Clough’s 6700-day tenure at Forest was 171 times longer than the Postecoglou era.
And those 39 days actually included an international break. Perhaps the surprise was not that he was fired, but that it did not happen sooner. It was an egregious failure all around and if Postecoglou cannot be blamed for wanting a quick return to management, he made a mistake in his club selection. marinakis displayed arrogant arrogance Firing the first manager to take Forest to Europe in 30 years and replacing him with the manager who had orchestrated one of the most spectacular feats of underachievement in Premier League history, including winning the Europa League the previous season. Taking Tottenham to 17th place,
Memories don’t fade so quickly; Nor Nuno’s unexpected exploits. It was instructive that the Forest fans who seemed to support Marinakis, along with the Premier League, PGMOL and many other outsiders, reached breaking point: they changed their choice of manager. They chanted “Dismissed in the morning”. During the defeat to MidtjyllandIndeed Postecoglou was dismissed after about 20 minutes in the next home match, a 3–0 defeat to Chelsea.
There were warning signs when Marinakis left his seat in the City Ground stand during the second half. So, too, in the performance, the now familiar combination of lack of emotion and cheap concessions. Forrest scored 18 goals in eight matches under the Australian; He had neither a pre-season to work with players nor any signings of his own, but both the number and manner of goals scored supported the theory that his team was weak defensively.
Nuno doesn’t have the best teams, but then Postecoglou was the anti-Nuno. The Portuguese prospered with a smaller share of possession, fewer blocks and devastating counter-attacks; It was a formula that took Wolves to seventh place and, in each case, represented their highest point for decades. Each was facilitated by good players, but also required a blueprint to be expertly executed.
Perhaps the plumping for Postecoglou indicated that Marinakis wanted a more ambitious style of play; Certainly the team was armed with over £100 million of signings in the summer. Certainly, the Australians had little opportunity to implement their ideas. But he had one point and one goal to show for it in five league games. Postecoglou has only secured one point from his last eight top-flight matches, two from 12, including Tottenham. He got one win out of 17. It’s the kind of record that makes a third Premier League post absolutely unbelievable.
On the last day of his reign, Postecoglu said: “I’m a serial winner”. He left Forest with a 0 percent win rate. And if that was a bit harsh, if they perhaps deserved to beat Burnley or Sunderland, Real Betis or Swansea, few managers spend as much time as Postecoglou talking about their achievements. She believes she has been misunderstood, but she and Forrest have misunderstood each other.
His statement of his dismissal was 39 words long – one for each day – and cited “a series of disappointing results and performances”. It might have been wise to eliminate the mistake quickly rather than take more risks, but Forest cannot rectify their early mistake: firing Nuno, which in turn appears to have resulted in bringing in Edu, who soon fell out with the manager.
so the ghost is there sean dycheWhich could make up for the shortfall in Postecoglou’s side, but would also see a downgrade on Nuno and the second dramatic change in approach in as many months.
If so, it would underline the feeling that Marinakis and Edu have created a mess. Postecoglou is partly the cause, partly the symptom, a man whose efforts to promote his own merits did not reach the desired audience. “The story always ends the same way…me with a trophy,” he said Friday. This is not a story. He did not even win a trophy as a forest manager. He did not win a single game.