“It’s a fight”: Postecoglou defiant as pressure builds at Nottingham Forest

Ange Postecoglou said he’ll sit down with Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis this week arsenic unit mounts aft different decision — but the Greek-Australian manager insists he’s up for the battle.

Postecoglou’s broadside went down 2-0 to Newcastle connected Sunday, extending his wait for a archetypal win arsenic Forest brag to 7 matches. Goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Nick Woltemade sealed the points for the location broadside and near Forest teetering conscionable supra the relegation zone.

The nonaccomplishment puts the 59-year-old successful information of an unwanted record. Hired connected September 9, Postecoglou has been successful complaint for conscionable 26 days. The shortest managerial tenure successful Premier League past stands astatine 40 days — Les Reed’s ill-fated spell astatine Charlton.

Still, Postecoglou chopped a bold fig when asked astir his information to turn things around.

“Where it ever is,” helium told Sky Sports. “It’s alright, it’s a struggle, it’s a fight. There’s thing wrong with that. That doesn’t worry me, that doesn’t deter me. That’s why I emotion what I do.

“I could person been sitting connected a sofa watching you guys. Depending who’s on, astir apt connected mute. But I similar to beryllium here. I similar to beryllium close successful the mediate of it where I tin person an effect — and I judge I will.”

The Australian’s defiance comes amid increasing unrest among Forest fans, who chanted “sacked successful the morning” during past week’s Europa League nonaccomplishment to Midtjylland — 1 of 5 defeats successful 7 games since his arrival.

Nottingham Forest Owner Mr Evangelos Marinakis, the Nottingham Forest proprietor will beryllium having words with Ange. Photo: AAP/Paul Bonser

Postecoglou said helium expects to conscionable with nine proprietor Evangelos Marinakis to sermon the team’s signifier and the absorption of the project.

“I expect to person a treatment with the proprietor and everyone other astatine the shot nine astir what we’ve embarked connected here, where we’re astatine and what we request to do,” helium said.

“If radical want to measure maine aft three and a fractional weeks where we’ve had 7 games, then there’s thing I tin bash astir that. At the aforesaid time, there’s thing wrong with things being tough — that’s okay.”

Marinakis’s determination to sack Nuno Espírito Santo and name Postecoglou was meant to awesome a caller start. Instead, Forest already has six losses from 10 matches crossed each competitions this play — a tally it took them 28 games to scope past year.

Postecoglou refuses to backmost down though.

“I’ve said a cardinal times that I bash person an enactment — I could’ve been sitting connected a sofa watching the crippled and not being successful the mediate of it,” helium said. “I’d alternatively beryllium here, overmuch alternatively beryllium here. I emotion a fight. It’s a fight, it’s a struggle — so what? That’s okay.

“If radical extracurricular oregon adjacent internally don’t think I’m the close person, it makes nary quality for me. I knew when taking connected this relation it was going to beryllium a monolithic situation with what we were trying to bash successful changing the absorption of the club. Nothing I’ve seen successful the past three-and-a-half weeks has changed that.

“I emotion the situation of taking the nine to where it needs to beryllium — and I’m very assured we’ll get there.”

Forest’s adjacent accidental to find that elusive win will travel aft the planetary interruption when they big Chelsea astatine the City Ground connected October 18.