Defiant Postecoglou determined to get Forest back on track after Newcastle defeat
Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - October 5, 2025 Nottingham Forest manager Ange Postecoglou looks dejected after the match REUTERS/Scott Heppell
NEWCASTLE, England :Nottingham Forest boss Ange Postecoglou believes he can turn around their fortunes after a 2-0 Premier League defeat to Newcastle United on Sunday heaped further pressure on the Australian who is less than a month into the job.
Sacked despite winning the Europa League with Tottenham Hotspur last season, Postecoglou took over at Forest on September 9 and has failed to win any of his first seven games in charge.
"Nothing surprises me in football. We have gone through this period where it is three-and-a-half weeks since I've come in and things haven't gone the way we'd have loved, but it doesn't deter me," the 60-year-old told Sky Sports.
"We have a couple of weeks of work with some of the lads in the international break, we will turn the fortunes around."
The coach was given a vote of confidence by his goalkeeper Matz Sels, who excelled between the posts but could not prevent his side from sliding to another defeat.
"I think we've done well in all the games under the new manager," the Belgian said. "Football is moments and you need to take them to finish the game, and we haven't taken them these last few weeks."
The two-week breaks during the season for international football are often seen as an ideal time for struggling clubs to change coaches, but Postecoglou sounded a note of defiance to anyone who thinks he should be replaced.
"We just have to get the results now and we have two weeks to get it right. If people want to assess me three-and-a-half weeks in, there is nothing I can say that will change that," he said.
"What I have seen and felt in this period is that we are heading in the direction I want us to. The results will come -in the meantime it is a struggle and a fight, and there is nothing wrong with that."
