The due diligence already completed towards Postecoglou’s possible replacement provides a clear indication of the jeopardy the Australian faces.<\/p>\n
It would be hard for any manager to change the direction of travel in these circumstances.<\/p>\n
Of course, Postecoglou will back himself to turn it around. That’s his nature.<\/p>\n
Similarly, owner Marinakis wants him to succeed, having backed Postecoglou’s track record of winning silverware as one of the key factors in why he appointed him in the first place.<\/p>\n
Indeed, prior to their previous Premier League outing against Newcastle, that resulted in a 2-0 loss, well-placed sources told BBC Sport that Postecoglou still maintained the immediate backing of the Forest owner, though there was a recognition that the result and manner of performance at St James’ Park would have a key influence on how Marinakis viewed his manager’s future moving forward.<\/p>\n
Likewise, there is a feeling Postecoglou has not been helped by refereeing decisions during his reign.<\/p>\n
For instance, during the Europa League defeat by FC Midtjylland – that saw supporters turn on Postecoglou – earlier this month, there was a feeling as many as 14 key decisions went against Forest.<\/p>\n
But with that said, the internal scrutiny on Postecoglou is intense.<\/p>\n
Postecoglou is expected to have the chance to give the Forest hierarchy something to think about against Chelsea this weekend.<\/p>\n
Victory could see the under-fire coach take the first step towards what appears an unlikely road to recovery at Forest.<\/p>\n
Lose the game, then the writing is already on the wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The due diligence already completed towards Postecoglou’s possible replacement provides a clear indication of the jeopardy the Australian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-219800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}