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Manager Sack Odds SLASHED As Pressure Grows

Nottingham Forest's start to the season has been far from ideal.

Despite an encouraging opening-day dismissal of Brentford under Nuno Espirito Santo and a decent-enough point away from home against Crystal Palace, differences between the Portuguese manager and the boardroom saw him relieved of his duties, despite guiding Forest into an unprecedented European campaign for this season after finishing 7th in the Premier League.

In his place came Ange Postecoglou, an appointment that divided opinion amongst Forest fans but overall left them excited at the potential of free-flowing, gloves-off football with the club's impressive crop of summer recruits.

Since Ange Postecoglu was hired, Nottingham Forest’s chance of relegation have risen from 10% to 43%.

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However, that has not materialised with the Australian becoming the first Forest manager in 100 years to not win a single one of his first seven matches in charge. The team's awful recent form has left them teetering towards the bottom of the Premier League table, with many calling for the former Tottenham and Celtic manager to be dismissed from his post despite having only been in the job for around a month.

The bookies agree with these claims, with recent broken news that his position could already be in serious doubt seeing Postecoglou's odds of being the next Premier League manager to be sacked slashed overnight, with the 60-year-old now the leading favourite to be the next one dismissed.

Ange Leads the Sack Race

Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest:

0 Wins
0 Clean Sheets
7 Matches

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Even though Ange Postecoglou only took the Nottingham Forest job on a matter of weeks ago, he is already the leading contender to be the next Premier League manager dismissed from their position.

His time in charge of the club has been met with a volatile reaction from The Reds' fans, with chants of "Sacked in the morning" bellowing out around The City Ground after a resounding 3-2 Europa League loss at home to FC Midtjylland - the sourest match of his time in charge so far.

Other results include a 1-0 home loss to Sunderland and a 2-0 loss on the road to Newcastle United in the last game before the international break. After a run of 7 games under Ange, wherein Forest have yet to won a game, fans are now calling for the Australian's departure in the international break - the same period on the calendar wherein Nuno Santo was sacked last month.

The bookies have put Ange Postecoglou as the betting favourite to be sacked in the Premier League "sack race" with odds of just 1.50, implying a 71% chance of his departure and returning just £15 from a £10 stake.

He leads Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim in this charge, who faces odds of 4.00 to be the next man sacked, implying just a 25% chance in comparison to Postecoglou.