Ange Postecoglou a 'big threat' for Nottingham Forest as Jamie O'Hara slams appointment
Ange Postecoglou took cost of Nottingham Forest for the primary time on Saturday as they had been overwhelmed 3-0 by Arsenal within the Premier League
Jamie O'Hara has labelled Nottingham Forest's determination to rent Ange Postecoglou as head coach a 'large threat'.
The ex-Tottenham Hotspur supervisor's debut on the helm of the Reds didn't go as deliberate, with a 3-0 loss to Arsenal. Regardless of the setback, Postecoglou is assured that Wednesday's Carabao Cup conflict towards Swansea Metropolis will mark the start of his offensive philosophy taking root within the squad.
Nonetheless, former Spurs participant O'Hara is sceptical, voicing his doubts on Sky Sports activities concerning the new strategy succeeding on the Metropolis Floor.
"No, it received't work. Completely not,” he informed Sky Sports activities. “The one method it's going to work at Nottingham Forest is that if he's learnt from his big errors tactically that he performed at Tottenham.
"It was a catastrophe at Tottenham. The soccer ultimately was tepid; it was terrible to observe.
"Alright, we received the Europa League, however that’s as a result of we performed a horrible Man United aspect and managed to beat the perfect of a foul bunch. We completed seventeenth.
Reflecting on Forest's earlier id below Nuno Espirito Santo, O'Hara remarked, "He's gone in at Nottingham Forest, who had been a extremely steady soccer membership, that they had an id and also you knew what you had been getting. Nuno Espirito Santo had them organised, laborious to beat, hit you on the counterattack, however he would additionally change it up. They may go and assault and play some first rate soccer."
Nuno was given the boot final week following a backstage disagreement with world head of soccer, Edu. The Portuguese supervisor additionally hinted at a shift in his relationship with proprietor Evangelos Marinakis.
"I'm amazed at this determination from Marinakis to deliver him in,” O’Hara mentioned. “I don't know why it's occurred. I don't know what's occurred between them and why they've all fallen out, however this can be a big threat. A large threat bringing in Postecoglou. Large threat. I don't assume he deserves the job at Nottingham Forest.
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"The one cause I can assume is Marinakis believes he's bought a squad of gamers that may play attacking soccer. Nuno was a special kind of supervisor – he was organised and resilient, after which they'd go and assault.
"I feel he desires to observe this model of soccer that everybody appears to need as of late. He thinks that Ange Postecoglou goes to deliver that. However Nottingham Forest aren’t Man Metropolis – they should defend. They’ve to be laborious to beat.
"In the event you assume Ange Postecoglou goes to return in and also you're going to play this superb soccer… I watched it final season at Tottenham and it was horrible. It was all over.”