Forest’s plight has been self-inflicted but there is still more unity than in north London. <\/p>\n
Thursday’s penalty shootout win at Midtjylland earned them a Europa League quarter-final tie with Porto, edging them closer to an early-season goal of winning the competition.<\/p>\n
That was before four permanent managers this season – Nuno Espirito Santo, Postecoglou, Sean Dyche and now Vitor Pereira – which underlines the turbulent campaign at the City Ground.<\/p>\n
Nuno fell out with global sporting director Edu and owner Evangelos Marinakis, leading to his sacking, while replacement Postecoglou lasted just 39 days.<\/a><\/p>\n Dyche never won over the players in his 144-day reign, leading Marinakis to recruit ex-Wolves<\/a> boss Pereira in February,<\/a> having worked with him at Olympiacos. <\/p>\n Despite the revolving door, Marinakis retains the support of the fans – in contrast to Spurs – with the club also having frozen season ticket prices.<\/p>\n “I’m sure the ownership – they’re not stupid – will be looking at what the solutions are to the off-field problems,” said James Bogue of the Nottingham Forest<\/a> Supporters’ Trust (NFST). <\/p>\n “But nobody can argue it’s not been self-inflicted. Nuno didn’t get the new players that he wanted and it’s all fallen out from there.<\/p>\n “The lessons will – and must – be learned, that you’ve got to get everything lined up on and off the field right.”<\/p>\n Yet this campaign should have been the platform for Forest after last season’s seventh place.<\/p>\n They missed out on reaching the Champions League on the final day in May, then spent \u00a3180m in the summer to try to keep pace at the top. <\/p>\n Few have made an impact, with \u00a326m striker Arnaud Kalimuendo shipped to Frankfurt in January, and the loans of Douglas Luiz and Oleksandr Zinchenko cancelled. <\/p>\n James McAtee and Dilane Bakwa, signed for a combined \u00a360m, have made four league starts between them. <\/p>\n