'I heard their opinion' - Postecoglou undaunted as fans turn

Ange Postecoglou remained defiant arsenic Nottingham Forest fans called for him to beryllium sacked aft hardly 3 weeks successful charge.

A damaging 3-2 Europa League conclusion by Midtjylland intends Postecoglou is winless successful his opening six games successful complaint of Forest.

He has go nan first imperishable Forest head for 100 years to neglect to triumph immoderate of his first six matches.

After Valdemar Byskov scored nan visitors' precocious 3rd extremity astatine nan City Ground, galore Forest supporters chanted "You're getting sacked successful nan morning" towards nan erstwhile Tottenham boss.

"The fans are disappointed. They are allowed to person an sentiment connected it. I heard their opinion," said a downcast Postecoglou, who was besides jeered arsenic he walked down nan passageway astatine full-time.

"Nothing surprises maine successful football. It's nan ambiance we're in. It seems that's nan measurement things are going. It's thing I tin control."

It was conscionable complete 4 months agone erstwhile Postecoglou was lifting this competition's trophy pinch Spurs, but he was dismissed 16 days later, paying nan value for a dire home campaign. Now he is struggling to get results correct astatine different club.

The first European crippled astatine nan City Ground for 29 years ended successful crushing disappointment, and nan digit of blasted was pointed astatine Postecoglou earlier nan last whistle had blown.

Rubbing it in, fans past sang successful praise of Postecoglou's predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo, who is now pinch West Ham.

Nuno guided Forest to seventh spot successful nan Premier League past play earlier being sacked arsenic his narration pinch proprietor Evangelos Marinakis collapsed down.

Defeat to Midtjylland came aft Saturday's 1-0 location nonaccomplishment to Sunderland successful nan Premier League.

These results person changed nan temper astatine Forest, pinch supporters besides turning to mobility Marinakis.

"My work is to make judge we get immoderate wins for this shot nine and advancement it," said Postecoglou.

"I would for illustration if group were optimistic successful their outlook of what I'm doing. I tin only alteration that by winning games of football.

"Irrespective, that's not going to alteration nan measurement I'm taking things on. I really judge successful nan process of what we're doing and I don't deliberation we're acold distant from being nan squad that tin eliminate nan business we're successful astatine nan infinitesimal and get nan results."

Forest spent astir £180m successful nan summer, looking to build connected past season's success, but Nuno was sacked past month aft his narration pinch Marinakis worsened.

Postecoglou replaced him connected 9 September, but Forest person grounded to prolong past season's momentum and struggled against their visitors from nan Danish Superliga.

The Australian caput coach believes his squad stay adjacent to a breakthrough.

"Yes I do, thing I saw coming changes immoderate of that," Postecoglou said. "I get nan temper astir nan spot isn't going to beryllium great, and I understand people's cognition astatine nan moment, peculiarly towards me, but it's not unfamiliar territory for me.

"I judge we are connected nan correct way and erstwhile we get done this play of uncertainty we are in, we will beryllium connected a bully path."

Chris Wood's stoppage-time punishment could not prevention Forest who earlier conceded first-half goals from Ousmane Diao and Mads Bech, either broadside of Dan Ndoye's equaliser.

Forest drew 2-2 astatine Real Betis past week and spell to Newcastle successful nan Premier League connected Sunday earlier nan world break.

Postecoglou said: "It's a really mediocre result from us. It was an important nighttime for galore reasons and [a] akin tale, america letting ourselves down successful cardinal moments and having a upland to climb.

"If you let nan opportunity to people each clip they get adjacent your goal, it's going to beryllium difficult to triumph games of football."

We cognize that Marinakis is not acrophobic to make swift changes if he feels things are not working.

At Olympiacos he sacked ex-Huddersfield head Carlos Corberan aft conscionable 48 days arsenic caput coach, while Nuno's departure came weeks aft he signed a caller three-year deal.

Now nan spotlight falls connected Postecoglou.

"I consciousness he will get other clip because he was appointed by nan owner," erstwhile Forest and West Ham striker Michail Antonio said connected TNT Sports.

"He will springiness him other clip to get his accuracy going, because correct now it feels he is struggling to get his strategies crossed to nan players."

Former Forest and Leicester leader Martin O'Neill added: "Wins are nan sanction of nan crippled - it is arsenic elemental arsenic that.

"The crowd were already against him successful galore aspects, but we are six games in, you'd hardly cognize nan sanction of nan beverage woman aft that magnitude of time."

On nan boos, O'Neill added: "You person to woody pinch each nan sound astir you. You can't let it to dictate everything, but you can't debar it."