Chris Sutton has reacted to Ange Postecoglou’s sacking.
The former Celtic Treble-winning manager was dismissed by Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis just 18 minutes after a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea.
Forest were undoubtedly the better side in the first-half, but the Premier League side failed to take any of their chances.
Chelsea then went on to score three second-half goals to secure three points and ultimately seal Ange’s fate at The City Ground.
Postecoglou was hired in September to replace Nuno Espirito Santo but lasted just 39 days in charge, winning none of his eight matches.
Ange Postecoglou is the Nottingham Forest head coach during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest at St. James's Park
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Sutton says Postecoglou ‘better off out of Forest’
Former Celtic striker and current Sky Sports pundit Chris Sutton has always stuck up for Postecoglou in the media.
And he has delivered the same sentiment in his latest post on X reacting to Ange’s sacking by Forest. Sutton simply wrote: “Ange better off out of Forest… what chance did he have?”
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Sutton wasn’t happy with Forest fans’ treatment of Postecoglou
On Monday, Sutton was speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live about Postecoglou and how he was being treated by his own fans.
Forest fans were heard chanting ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ after the side’s defeat to FC Midtjylland in the Europa League.
And that did not sit well with Sutton. He said: “This isn’t like me to hold grudges. But this is under my skin a little bit. The treatment of Ange Postecoglou from Nottingham Forest fans.
“I mean, I think that’s been absolutely shocking. Singing for their own manager to be sacked after six games. I mean, they’re better than that, aren’t they?
“I mean, when you look back to last season, had a little look, they won two out of the last nine Premier League games. This has certainly been festering for a while. But to take it out on the manager, I’ve never known anything like it.”