ANGE POSTECOGLOU HITS BACK AT PRESSURE QUESTION AFTER CHANTS
Ange Postecoglou is under pressure at Nottingham Forest after a loss to FC Midtjylland. Get the latest on his future, fan reaction, and a preview of the crucial Newcastle United match as he fights for his first win.
In the midst of his quest for his first victory, Ange Postecoglou acknowledges that speculation regarding his future as head coach of Nottingham Forest is inevitable.
The Reds' 3-2 Europa League loss to FC Midtjylland on Thursday night marked six games without a win under the 60-year-old. This resulted in the home fans yelling at the man in the dugout, "You're getting sacked in the morning."
Currently, Postecoglou's job is not seen to be in danger. However, it has been reported that if Forest does not return from Sunday's trip to Newcastle United with a victory (2 pm kickoff), the club may reevaluate his status over the international break.
“I understand. It is a reasonable assumption, in my opinion, that a manager is constantly under pressure in modern sport. That's simply a component of our work," Postecoglou replied.
"I disagree with that. Essentially, I won something (the Europa League) even though I knew I was going to be fired from Tottenham three or four months before I was fired.
"I don't think of it." Getting this football team to advance and reach a point where it can compete for things is my obligation.
I'm not carrying out my assigned function if I start thinking about what may happen next week. That just doesn't seem useful to anyone, in my opinion.
"The setting, our training, and our style of play are all under my control. I continue to firmly believe that we are not that far away.
At Forest, Postecoglou has adopted a more offensive style of play since taking over as manager from Nuno Espirito Santo. He has lost four of his games in charge and drawn two, though, so results have not followed.
"If anyone hasn't noticed a change, I'd be shocked," the former Tottenham Hotspur manager remarked. The last five games provide ample evidence that we have fundamentally changed the way we approach things, including how we set up, how we possess the ball, how we create chances, and how aggressive we are with and without the ball. "Results to one side—and obviously that's the ultimate measure."
Naturally, that's always a work in progress, and we're still figuring out which players have acclimated to it the fastest, which ones require more time, and which ones we need to collaborate with to make changes. When switching between different playing styles, that is only normal.
If anyone had assumed that would happen overnight, I would have been shocked. However, I believe there is ample proof that the players have accepted it and that our style of play has changed. However, there is always a doubt as to whether or not that kind of change has been beneficial because the outcomes haven't happened on their own.
To win over Reds supporters who aren't convinced by his hiring, Postecoglou has a lot of work ahead of him. Many questioned if he was the best candidate for the position when he started last month, and many of them expressed their opinions when they sang Nuno's name on Thursday night.
Sending messages to fans bothers me. They adore their football team and are clearly dissatisfied with both last night's performance and the current state of affairs," Postecoglou continued.
"The only thing I can do is carry out my duty to lead the squad to turn our fortunes around. The supporters would undoubtedly be happy with everything if we did it.
Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Bakwa, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, and Jesus were the players whom Forest expected to be in the starting lineup.
AWONIYI DOUBLE LEAVES NOTTINGHAM FOREST ON THE VERGE OF PREMIER LEAGUE SAFETY
Nottingham Forest moved closer to safety with a 3-1 win over Chelsea, while West Ham fell into the relegation zone after Spurs won.
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Nottingham Forest came out of the weekend looking pretty safe after pulling off an impressive 3-1 win at Chelsea. They’re almost clear of the relegation mess. Tottenham’s big away win at Aston Villa shook things up too, and now West Ham are back in the bottom three, running out of time faster than ever.
Forest have stepped up just when they needed to, leaving West Ham and Tottenham behind with a string of solid performances. Honestly, no one saw this coming, especially since Vitor Pereira shuffled his lineup with eight changes, fresh off a Europa League win against Aston Villa.
Even so, Forest were ahead within 90 seconds, thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s quick strike. By the 15th minute, Igor Jesus calmly buried a penalty after Malo Gusto’s reckless foul in the box. Chelsea had a chance to get back in it, but Cole Palmer wasted a penalty right before the break after a scary head collision involving Jesse Derry.
Awoniyi doubled down and scored again early in the second half, pushing Forest six points ahead of West Ham with just three games left.
West Ham’s weekend started badly; they looked flat and lost to Brentford. Things got worse Sunday night when Tottenham pulled off their first back-to-back Premier League wins since August 2025, beating a heavily rotated Aston Villa side 2-1.
Forest is now out of West Ham’s reach, or almost. Tottenham’s still close enough for Nuno Espirito Santo’s team to worry, but with three tough games coming up, Spurs could stay up even without another win, unless West Ham digs deep and pulls off something unexpected before their home finale against Leeds.
Right now, Forest can practically taste safety. Spurs finally see a way out after weeks of struggle. As for West Ham, they’re left hoping for a miracle, a last-minute twist to dodge the drop.
CESC FABREGAS CONFIRMS INTEREST IN PREMIER LEAGUE RETURN AMID CHELSEA'S MANAGER SEARCH
As Chelsea searches for a new manager, Cesc Fabregas breaks his silence on his future at Como and his Premier League ambitions.
Cesc Fabregas recalls exactly how a conversation with Jose Mourinho prompted him to join Chelsea, despite having the opportunity to return to Arsenal.
After winning six trophies in just three seasons, the Spanish World Cup winner left Barcelona for the second time in 2014. That summer, Fabregas made a move back to the Premier League, signing with Chelsea for about €33 million.
He already knew English football well. Fabregas had arrived at Arsenal as a 16-year-old from Barcelona in 2003 and made 212 Premier League appearances for them. When he decided to leave Barcelona, Manchester City also wanted him, but Chelsea convinced him, mostly thanks to Mourinho.
Talking with talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings on YouTube, Fabregas laid out how it all happened. “Honestly, when I made up my mind to leave Barcelona, my first thought was just to go back to Arsenal. They had this buyback clause; they had two weeks to use it after I told them I was leaving. They knew about it but didn’t take it. That surprised me a little, but in the end, I had to think about my career. I was 27, at the peak of my career, and I wanted to continue performing and winning trophies. City and Chelsea were both options.
“But when Mourinho spoke to me, that was it. He showed me his plans for the team and told me about Diego Costa, Courtois, and Filipe Luis and how, with those guys, we’d win the league. He was right, by the way. We won both the Premier League and the Carling Cup.”
Fabregas wasted no time winning over Chelsea fans. On his debut at Burnley, he set up two goals, including a stunning assist for Andre Schurrle. He finished his first season at Chelsea with five goals and 24 assists, along with Premier League and League Cup medals.
Things dipped the next season. Fabregas got just 15 goal contributions, and Chelsea slipped all the way to tenth. But when Antonio Conte took charge in 2016-17, they bounced back, and Fabregas picked up another league title.
He added an FA Cup win in 2018, his second, after his earlier one with Arsenal, and left for Monaco a few months later. His last Chelsea match came in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest. When he got subbed off, he couldn’t hold back tears.
Chelsea supporters still sing about him; that “Oh, Fabregas is magic...” chant sticks around. And with his name in the conversation for a possible return, maybe they haven’t seen the last of him yet.
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