A number of the Forest heroes who propelled them into Europe last season must have looked at the appointment over their muesli and feared for their future.
The Australian is back in management three months after being sacked by Spurs (Photo: Getty)
And if you think Postecoglou is about to come in and play a carbon copy of “Nunoball” while slowly effecting change, you’ve got another thing coming.
“As long as I’m here, that’s what we’re going to do. Even with five men, we’ll have a go.”
They stuck to Postecoglou’s trademark high press with high defensive line throughout – Angeball, it was quickly named – even after Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie had been dismissed.
It did not save him from Daniel Levy’s scythe, though, and that is how he has now ended up at Forest.
Defending deep suits personnel
Just as he did when leading Wolves from the second tier to European football, Nuno’s Forest were a defensive-minded team first and foremost.
“We saw against West Ham, when they come out and chase the game, they become a little bit open and vulnerable.”
Yet they finished seventh in the league and goalkeeper Matz Sels had the joint-most clean sheets in the Premier League – and the chart below shows just how unlikely that is.
However, their relatively low expected goals against (xGA) suggests their defensive solidity is statistically significant.
Tottenham’s approach last season was almost the polar opposite – as you can see from where they appear on that same graph.
With the ball the two teams were opposite ends of the spectrum too: no team’s goalkeeper hit more long (over 40 yards) passes than Forest’s in the Premier League at 73.7 per cent, while Tottenham were bottom of that table at 16.6 per cent.
What does that mean for Murillo and Milenkovic, the two centre-halves whose league-high clearance counts were the rock on which Nuno’s defence was built?
”It’s going to be interesting to see how Ange goes about it,” former Spurs defender Michael Dawson added.
“You have to be adaptable, in my opinion, because we know, if you’re in this industry, the only outcome is winning football matches.”
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In the Europa League final, the crowning glory of his Spurs reign, his side went long three times more than their Premier League average. They won 1-0 and claimed a precious trophy.
He may have ended up getting the sack, but perhaps there was sewn the first seed that Angeball may have more than one evolution.
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