'Clubs can sometimes panic – and quickly'
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Chief football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions on all things Premier League.
Dan asked: There was a time in football (barely one or two seasons ago) where everyone including managers said "judge the team after 10 games". With the situation at Nottingham Forest and everyone having meltdowns over Liverpool, that seems to have gone out of the window. Why?
Phil answered: The days of managers getting two or three seasons before their work is assessed went out of the window a long time ago. The fear of relegation, and the financial implications, holds clubs in its icy grip so decisions are taken much more quickly.
The penalties for failure are so high these days, that clubs can sometimes panic - and quickly.
I think Forest was a situation where the relationship between owner Evangelos Marinakis and manager Nuno Espirito Santo had broken down irretrievably - such a shame after getting into Europe.
Marinakis then made a mistake in going for Ange Postecoglou, simply because it meant Forest going straight from A to Z in terms of approach. You could not get a more different style than Postecoglou's all-out attack from Nuno's counter-attacking approach, although Postecoglou was hardly given a chance to instigate his changes before Forest fans decided he was not for them.
Now Forest are back to the more conservative, pragmatic approach of Sean Dyche so let's see how that works.