Forest flirting with another misstep? Potter link raises eyebrows as Postecoglou sweats

Nottingham Forest are at a crossroads again, and if you believe the whispers, Graham Potter is being lined up while Ange Postecoglou searches for his first win at The City Ground. Bold? Maybe. Wise? That’s another matter entirely.

Postecoglou under the microscope

Postecoglou arrived in September after Evangelos Marinakis showed Nuno Espirito Santo the door, with Nuno heading to West Ham. The Australian has yet to land a victory in his opening run, and the mood turned notably sour after a Europa League loss to Midtjylland, where travelling fans taunted that his job wouldn’t last the night. He remains in post, but the clock is ticking loudly.

Potter in the frame — and why it’s a risky pivot

According to TEAMtalk, Forest have discussed appointing Potter, recently dismissed by West Ham, as a surprise contender to take the reins. On paper, you can see the appeal: a coach with clear principles, schooled in structure and development. In practice, the timing looks awkward for a side scrapping near the bottom.

Potter’s best work came at Brighton, a club that hums because every cog turns the same way. West Ham was a different beast — struggling, impatient, and unforgiving — and it didn’t click for him. Forest right now are closer to the latter than the former, and that’s the crux of it. Appointing Potter today could be a bigger gamble than backing Postecoglou to finally impose his ideas.

The City Ground’s reality check

Forest need clarity and points, not another reset. Postecoglou’s philosophy asks for patience and precision; Forest’s fixtures demand grit and results. That’s not to say he’s blameless — far from it — but ripping up the plan and handing it to another philosophy-first manager mid-crisis feels like changing tyres at full speed on the M1.

Supporters want to believe, but they also want evidence. Right now, all they’ve seen is toil without payoff. Switching to Potter won’t instantly win hearts or matches; it could further muddy an already murky picture.

What Marinakis must decide

Is Postecoglou a misjudgment? He might be. Yet if Forest decide to act, the replacement needs to be a survival specialist, not another long-term architect asked to paper over short-term cracks. That’s why the Potter chatter jars. He’ll thrive when the scaffolding is sound; this job is more hard hat than hard drive.

The call is simple in theory and brutal in reality: either back Postecoglou through the storm and give him the runway to land a first win, or pivot to a manager built for trench warfare. Anything in between risks wasting time Forest don’t have.

If you’re tracking market moves around Forest’s next step, you’ll find plenty of action across the best betting sites, but on the pitch the only odds that matter are the ones the team create for themselves. The next decision from the board could define the season — and possibly the project.