Ange Postecoglou cut a solitary figure as he stood apart from his players and applauded the Nottingham Forest fans perched high in the Leazes End. His team had just extended their winless run to seven games under his charge yet as the Australian turned on his heel and strode towards the tunnel scratching his head, it seemed a little early for goodbyes.
True, with talks with Forest’s board scheduled for this week, the manager’s future by the Trent seems as opaque as a fog on the Tyne, but it would surely be faintly ridiculous to sack him now, barely a month after succeeding Nuno Espírito Santo.
