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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Save this article for later<\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n Got it<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Premier League with 4K on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n Every match, live & on demand.<\/p>\n Stream now<\/a><\/p>\n Ange Postecoglou is adamant his European coaching career is not over despite his \u201cbrutal\u201d sacking from Nottingham Forest in October.<\/p>\n The Europa League winning<\/a> manager believes the lessons learnt from his two years at Tottenham Hotspur and his 39-day stint at Forest<\/a> have left him fired up for a new role although where he could land remains unclear.<\/p>\n Postecoglou is certain that he won\u2019t take a mid-season role again as his style requires a pre-season to implement.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t really know what it looks like,\u201d Postecoglou told SEN\u2019s Gerard Whateley on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Editor’s pick \u201cI\u2019ve got an idea and I think part of it is going to be making sure that the people I work with are ready for what I\u2019m going to deliver and that they understand me as a person and the kind of football [I coach], and I see the ambition in them.<\/p>\n \u201cI know whatever it is going to be, I have this thing in my head that this will be the best one I\u2019ve done yet, because the recent experiences, maybe I needed them.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t always be flying high and successful. Sometimes you need to cop a couple of whacks.<\/p>\n \u201cI still feel like what I do still has an impact at this level.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not done yet, mate! There\u2019s still a bit to do.\u201d<\/p>\n The former Socceroos, South Melbourne and Melbourne Victory boss also revealed the details of his post-match sacking as Forest boss in October, when he was fired immediately after a 3-0 loss to Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t told the story, but it was brutal. I was sacked straight after the game,\u201d Postecoglou told SEN.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in the coaches\u2019 room, I knew it was coming, I knew it could come any day, but they sacked me straight after the game. I hadn\u2019t done the presser yet, but the press knew.<\/p>\n \u201cI was walking into the corridors, I wanted to leave; otherwise, I was going to do something I\u2019d regret. I hadn\u2019t spoken to the assistant coaches, who I knew were also probably going to be sacked, and I needed to talk to them.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m doing this while walking through press and people who are all looking at me. I wanted to get out of there. All the roads were blocked.<\/p>\n \u201cI spoke to [wife] Georgia for a bit, and after half an hour, the roads opened. I got stuck at the traffic lights for 15 minutes, I had Chelsea fans giving it to me, Forest fans weren\u2019t much kinder, and then I had little kids coming up and asking for a selfie.<\/p>\n \u201cI paid my penance. I paid a heavy price.<\/p>\n \u201cIt may have affected me at a different stage of my life, but I\u2019ve had 28 unbelievable years. Things I could never have dreamed of as a kid. I had a bad couple of months, really, who cares?\u201d<\/p>\n Spurs have fallen on hard times since firing Postecoglou and they are just one point above the relegation zone amid rumours current coach Igor Tudor could follow Postecoglou\u2019s replacement Thomas Frank<\/a> in being fired from the role.<\/p>\n \u201cI still have a really strong attachment to the club,\u201d Postecoglou told SEN.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was two years and they were by no means easy years, but we invested a lot into them. Second last game we won a European trophy, which was an incredible high.<\/p>\n \u201cThe connection there will be there forever. To watch them struggle has not been easy and it\u2019s not the way I thought it would go. They\u2019re in a hell of a fight, relegation is massive for any club but for Tottenham, it\u2019s a pretty big deal.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have some fighting to do and they have the quality to get out. They need a circuit-breaker for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n News, results and expert analysis from the weekend of sport sent every Monday. Sign up for our Sport newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"Ange](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e0cc13dcdf158aae62858d36fbeba7d55a758f66.jpeg\")
Ange Postecoglou is bouncing back from his firing as Nottingham Forest coach.Getty Images<\/p>\n![\"Mary](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774412231_287_6da66020cb174c3865896288e1bf987b2328774c.jpeg\")
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Ange Postecoglou holds up the Europa League trophy.AP<\/p>\n![\"Xavi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8eb118c2153a546467cb7f0c5286b80fa9088085.jpeg\")
Xavi Simmons\u2019s reaction summed up the attitude of Spurs players, and fans following their loss to Nottingham Forest.AP<\/p>\n![\"Roy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771772598_238_4b120f01bfcad445ac4e167fbd2673f2c54d0a24.png\")
Roy Ward<\/a> is a sports writer, live blogger and breaking news journalist. He’s been writing for The Age since 2010.Connect via X<\/a> or email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 25, 2026 \u2014 12:50pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-562564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}