Nottingham Forest have sacked head coach Ange Postecoglou.
The former Tottenham boss only moved to replace Nuno Espirito Santo at City Ground on September 9 following the opening three games of the Premier League season.
During Postecoglou’s winless eight-match reign in the Forest hotseat, the club suffered six defeats and drew twice.
Four of those defeats came in the Premier League, with Postecoglou losing his first match in charge against former rivals Arsenal in a 3-0 loss, while they also lost 1-0 at home to Sunderland and 2-0 against Newcastle United, before a 3-0 defeat against Chelsea at home was the final straw for Evangelos Marinakis.
During that time, Forest were also dumped out of the Carabao Cup after a 3-2 defeat against Championship side Swansea City.
Pressure really began to mount on the Australian when Forest were beaten 3-2 at home to FC Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League, their second league phase game.
After leading Tottenham to Europa League glory last season – ending the north Londoners’ 17-year wait for major silverware – he got his personal defence of the trophy underway with a 2-2 draw on the road against Real Betis.
Despite being in the job for less than a month, a four-match losing streak against Sunderland, Midtjylland, Newcastle and Chelsea spelt the end to his latest post, as Marinakis did not hesitate to pull the plug on his time in charge.
After a poor start to the season for the team that finished in an impressive seventh place in the Premier League last campaign, they now languish just above the drop zone in 17th.
They have amassed just seven points so far, with former boss Espirito Santo picking up four of those with an opening day win over Brentford and a draw against high-flying Crystal Palace before the Portuguese was ultimately sacked following a 3-0 defeat against his new employers West Ham.
Marinakis will now look to replace his second manager of the season, with Sean Dyche now the odds-on favourite to take over at the City Ground and try and turn Forest’s fortunes around.
Forest welcome Porto on 23 October as they search for their opening win in the Europa League before facing Bournemouth away the following Sunday.