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Nonsense! The dark horse of the Premier League has become a relegation team. The new coach has 0 wins in one month since he took office.

11:58am, 11 October 2025Football

Last season, the biggest dark horse in the Premier League was Nottingham Forest. This team, which barely avoided relegation in the 23-24 season, soared to seventh place in the 24-25 season and directly qualified for the European competition. But this season, Nottingham Forest's performance has plummeted, and it is now ranked 17th in the Premier League, only 1 point above the relegation zone.

The fall of Nottingham Forest all stemmed from the team management's messing around. In the new season, they got rid of meritorious coach Nuno and invited former Tottenham coach Postkoglu. As a result, the Australian led the team for a month, without a win in 7 games, and the fans were already chanting the slogan "Dismissal".

Last season, the rise of Nottingham Forest was unexpected. This team, which had just completed the task of relegation, actually occupied the top three positions in the league for most of the league. However, at the end of the season, Nuno and his team failed to maintain their qualification for the Champions League, and the final ranking fell to 7th. From this moment on, gaps began to appear between him and his boss Marinakis.

This summer, sports director Edu joined Nottingham Forest from Arsenal and became the last straw for Nuno. In the transfer market, boss Marinakis believed more in Edu's professionalism and snubbed Nuno. When registering for the Europa League, Nuno directly excluded Omari Hutchinson, who set a club transfer record and spent 43.4 million euros to sign, from the Europa League squad, and the former Gunners Zinchenko, who signed at the buzzer on the deadline, was also not selected.

Prior to this, Nuno publicly stated that his relationship with his boss Marinakis had "changed" and the two were no longer close. It is reported that Marinakis believes that Nuno has no ambition and is no longer part of his grand plan. Coupled with the team's poor start to the season, Nuno was eventually fired by Nottingham Forest. Subsequently, Marinakis directly invited former Tottenham coach Postkoglu.

After the Australian joined Nottingham Forest, he led the team for a month and only achieved 2 draws and 5 losses in 7 games, directly diving into the relegation zone in the Premier League. After losing 2-3 to Midtjylland in the Europa League, the chants of "You're going to be fired tomorrow morning" rang out from the home fans' stands, and the Australians stood on the edge of the cliff for an instant. Three days later, the team lost 0-2 to Newcastle - nine games without a win in all competitions. However, according to the "Daily Mail", boss Marinakis will not let Postkoglu get out of class in the short term.

In the eight and a half years since he took charge of Nottingham Forest, Marinakis has only chosen "unemployed" coaches and has never directly poached competitors. There are currently very few candidates who are unemployed and meet the requirements of "five major leagues + European war experience". According to reports, Marinakis has always been an admirer of Fulham coach Marco Silva, and the two worked together at Olympiacos (2015-16 season). It's just that now you have to pay a high compensation to poach Silva; and the Portuguese's contract will expire next summer and he will be exempt from signing it. Postkoglu knows in his heart that his performance in leading the team must rebound, otherwise he will be unemployed in the Premier League.

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