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Topics: Ange Postecoglou, Nottingham Forest, Premier League
Josh Lawless
Topics: Ange Postecoglou, Nottingham Forest, Premier League
Ange Postecoglou was involved in a heated conversation with a journalist after suffering a fifth defeat in seven games since becoming Nottingham Forest manager.
Following a 3-2 Europa League defeat to Danish side FC Midtjylland on Thursday, where Forest fans sang "You're getting sacked in the morning" to their own manager, the East Midlands outfit travelled to Newcastle for a crucial fixture on Sunday.
But Postecoglou's woes continued as Forest suffered a 2-0 loss after goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Nick Woltemade, with pressure continuining to pile on the former Spurs manager.
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Forest are 17th in the Premier League after a dire run of form which has seen them fail to win since the opening weekend of the season.
Owner Evangelos Marinakis has previous of an early manager sacking after dismissing Carlos Corberan after 11 games at Olympiakos.
Postecoglou fielded questions about his future in the post-press conference but when asked if will turn things around if given the time to, the 60-year-old flipped it on the reporter and quizzed him on his parents in a bizarre response.
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"No it's a lost cause," Postecoglou said sarcastically.
"I mean, seriously. What's wrong with something being hard. Seriously, what's wrong with that?
"Why do we want everything just delivered nicely packaged? I'm sure your parents had a struggle in life, right? And they didn't give up. You may have even been a lost cause at some point but they didn't give up on you, right? I'm not having a go at you, please don't take it away.
"It seems to be these days as soon as something goes wrong, well that's it - change it or break it up. Everything that needs something fixed is invariably going to go through a tough time.
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"This is not unfamiliar territory for me."
Going into the Newcastle game, it was reported that Postecoglou's future was hanging in the balance and in the event of another negative result, Forest would decide during the international break whether to persist with the Australian.
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Postecoglou has remained unworried about his future but admitted that he is set to hold discussions with the club's top brass in the international break.
"I expect to have a discussion with the owner and everyone else at the football club about what we've embarked on here, where we're at and what we need to do for sure," Postecoglou stated.
"If people want to make an assessment of me after three and a half weeks, which we've had six or seven games in a row, then there's nothing I can do about that."
After the international break, Forest take on Chelsea, Porto in the Europa League and then face a trip to high-flying Bournemouth.