It was supposed to be a glorious return to Europe at the City Ground which started with such hope and excitement. It ended with Nottingham Forest fans chanting against their new manager, who was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur in June, and singing in praise of his predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo. The question before Valdemar Byskov rolled in Midtjylland's late third was one Forest had not expected to be facing so soon - when does a problem become a crisis?
It was supposed to be a glorious return to Europe at the City Ground which started with such hope and excitement.
It ended with Nottingham Forest fans chanting against their new manager, who was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur in June, and singing in praise of his predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo.
The question before Valdemar Byskov rolled in Midtjylland's late third was one Forest had not expected to be facing so soon - when does a problem become a crisis?
It was swiftly answered as the home fans turned on Ange Postecoglou and called for his dismissal.
Club owner Evangelos Marinakis, whose relationship breakdown with Nuno led to the change of coach, would not have expected calls for such drastic action so early in Australian Postecoglou's reign.
Postecoglou was only appointed on 9 September and has had limited time on the training ground with his new side.
There have been brief glimpses of the quick, snappy football Postecoglou wants from his team, but during Thursday's Europa League defeat there was little for the simmering City Ground faithful to hold on to.
A trip to Newcastle awaits on Sunday in the Premier League before the sanctuary of the international break.
Given this evidence, Postecoglou must quickly find a way to recover from his wretched start or Forest fans may soon be seeing another new face in the dugout.
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