Alex McLeish lasted seven matches as Nottingham Forest manager. Ange Postecoglou will not break that record, but make no mistake: this is situation critical. Postecoglou promises to win in his second season. He should be more concerned about his second month in Nottingham.

The City Ground has been many things since Forest were promoted back to the Premier League: joyous, visceral, chaotic, proud, worried, nervous, demanding, riotous and raucous. It had never been toxic before, not when Steve Cooper was losing nor when Nuno Espirito Santo suffered a stick early patch after his first home win. That changed on Thursday evening.

After FC Midtjylland’s third goal, the chant started in the Lower Bridgford end that Postecoglou would be sacked in the morning. It progressed quickly to “On the pis

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