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Ange's brutal axing does not sit well with this club

- ANDY DUNN

SADLY, Ange Postecoglou managed to achieve something truly noteworthy towards the end of his 39 days in charge of Nottingham Forest.

Among 30,495 people, he looked alone. And after the final whistle, he WAS alone, the stands almost empty and no one on the field to console him.

No one consoled him, even though everyone knew.

When Evangelos Marinakis left his throne during the second half of this Forest defeat, everyone knew.

When the home side capitulated in a few dreadful second-half minutes, everyone knew.

When Forest missed a collection of presentable chances, everyone knew.

When there was a deathly silence after Josh Acheampong's opener, everyone knew.

Everyone knew that Postecoglou's 39th day as manager of this great club would be his last.

Fittingly, confirmation came in a 39-word statement, published barely 20 minutes after the final whistle.

This was a very modern sacking yet a very old-school sacking. Modern in the sense that less than six weeks is hardly a reasonable period to be judged on, old-school in that Marinakis is not interested in employment niceties.