{"id":206184,"date":"2025-10-03T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/hes-already-gone-ange-postecoglou-wont-last-until-halloween-under-evangelos-marinakis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:20:47","slug":"hes-already-gone-ange-postecoglou-wont-last-until-halloween-under-evangelos-marinakis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/hes-already-gone-ange-postecoglou-wont-last-until-halloween-under-evangelos-marinakis\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He&#8217;s already gone&#8217; &#8211; Ange Postecoglou won&#8217;t last until Halloween under Evangelos Marinakis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ange Postecoglou will be sacked by Nottingham Forest before Halloween.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to talkSPORT host and former <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113181\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/jamie-ohara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie O&#8217;Hara<\/a>, who has assessed Postecoglou&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<p>Forest were beaten 3-2 by Danish side Midtjylland in the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/europa-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> on Thursday night, continuing their winless run. <\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3517258\/nuno-espirito-santo-sacked-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postecoglou was appointed<\/a> as manager at the start of September, they have still not won a game. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3572911\/ange-postecoglou-nottingham-forest-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Australian&#8217;s nightmare start<\/a> has included four losses in six in all competitions, with defeat in Europe the most damaging so far.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113117\/nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> fans, who appear to still be frustrated about the departure of <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/nuno-espirito-santo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a>, turned on their new boss. <\/p>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3610263\/ange-postecoglou-jeered-brutal-chant-fans-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chanted &#8216;You&#8217;re getting sacked in the morning<\/a>&#8216; towards Postecoglou and boos filled the City Ground at full time.<\/p>\n<p>Reports claim the Forest manager&#8217;s job is already under threat if the Reds lose to Newcastle on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Hara believes that the treatment is part of the role and doesn&#8217;t think the ex-Spurs manager deserves any sympathy.<\/p>\n<p>And he also made the claim that he can&#8217;t see Postecoglou remaining in his job at Forest by October 31.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It [criticism] comes with the territory, you&#8217;re at a big football club,&#8221; he said on talkSPORT&#8217;s Sports Bar alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/jason-cundy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Cundy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no excuses, you can&#8217;t put a team out and play like that and then feel sorry for him, it&#8217;s his job.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3611729\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">O&#8217;Hara doesn&#8217;t think that Postecoglou has long left as Forest manager<\/figcaption>talkSPORT<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3610324\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/talksport-2022-player-stats-630a527c-46e1-43ae-9432-474fd441fc2b.png?strip=all&amp;w=768\" alt=\"Stats showing Ange Postecoglou's record as Nottingham Forest manager\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-3610324\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest&#8217;s stats under Postecoglou make for grim reading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>O&#8217;Hara later added: &#8220;I think he&#8217;s gone before Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s going to survive. They&#8217;re already singing &#8216;Sacked in the morning&#8217;, how do you come back from that?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been there six games, unbelievable stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;This can&#8217;t continue&#8217; <\/h2>\n<p>Part of the reason why O&#8217;Hara can&#8217;t see Postecoglou staying in his job much longer is Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis. <\/p>\n<p>Marinakis is renowned for his brutal and <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3417412\/evangelos-marinakis-dig-tottenham-morgan-gibbs-white-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">often unique approach<\/a> to running the club, with a broken relationship with Espirito Santo <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3538950\/ange-postecoglou-tottenham-nottingham-forest-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ultimately leading to his sacking<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3552013\/nottingham-forest-ange-postecoglou-warning-jamie-ohara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could now be set to face a similar fate<\/a> if he can not manage to turn around his woeful start in Nottingham. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3196241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/speaks-nottingham-forests-greek-co-993879574_31e06a.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Evangelos Marinakis and Nuno Espirito Santo speak on the pitch\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-3196241\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marinakis is known for his hands-on approach as Nottingham Forest owner, with Postecoglou potentially next in line for a sacking<\/figcaption>AFP<\/figure>\n<p>O&#8217;Hara believes the damage may have already been done though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marinakis isn&#8217;t going to go, is he?&#8221; he said. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edu<\/a> isn&#8217;t, so the only one is the manager, really, as this can&#8217;t continue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can&#8217;t carry on doing this. You can cling onto something, but in my opinion, he&#8217;s already gone. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see a way out of this for Nottingham Forest, unless they go and put five or six games together and all of a sudden I see a different team, I don&#8217;t see that. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he gets sacked [by Halloween]. They&#8217;ve got an owner in charge who is quite happy pull the trigger. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He isn&#8217;t going to mess about, we saw him tonight [in the stands during the defeat to Midtjylland], we saw his face.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3610369\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/2025-26-league-phase-md2-1028368783.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=100&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Evangelos Marinakis reacts during Nottingham Forest's defeat to Midtjylland\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-3610369\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marinakis is never afraid to make tough and sometimes controversial decisions<\/figcaption>Getty<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;He must be sat there thinking: &#8216;Oh my god, what a mistake I&#8217;ve made.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone&#8217;s logical thinking would be what have I done, I&#8217;ve made a mistake, so what do I do? <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you see it out and try to see it through? Or in the character that I feel like Marinakis is, he&#8217;ll be saying &#8216;See you later, gone&#8217;.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Next up for Nottingham Forest are some difficult fixtures too, giving Postecoglou no time to relax. <\/p>\n<p>They face a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113114\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle United<\/a> on Sunday before taking on <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113034\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> after the international break. <\/p>\n<p>A tough Europa League clash against <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/porto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porto<\/a> follows, before Forest come up against <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113017\/afc-bournemouth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bournemouth<\/a> at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>They are all the fixtures before Halloween and Postecoglou needs to pick up some wins if he wants to stay in his job by then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3611394\/ange-postecoglou-nottingham-forest-future-evangelos-marinakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ange Postecoglou will be sacked by Nottingham Forest before Halloween. That&#8217;s according to talkSPORT host and former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O&#8217;Hara, who has assessed Postecoglou&#8217;s future. Forest were beaten 3-2 by Danish side Midtjylland in the Europa League on Thursday night, continuing their winless run. 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