Martin O’Neill was back at the City Ground a couple of weeks ago.

The 73-year-old took his seat for what was billed as Nottingham Forest’s big night – a return to European football, a stage they had conquered during his glittering playing career.

But by half-time of the Europa League game against Danish club Midtjylland, O’Neill found himself shaking his head in disbelief.

“It was this fantastic occasion, the mood was great and the atmosphere was brilliant, so for them to be calling for Ange [Postecoglou’s] head by half-time, you think, ‘something’s not right here,'” O’Neill tells The i Paper .

“Ridiculous. We all know short-termism is so prevalent in football now but six games [as it was at the time] is no time at all. No manager in the world would expect that to happen.”

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