'Forest owner has full backing of players'published at 15:58 BST 18 October
FT: Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea
Nottingham Forest's Ryan Yates gave TNT his reaction to Ange Postecoglou's sacking: "We are just generally disappointed with recent results. We haven't mingled enough. We have to look at ourselves individually and collectively. We owe it to the fans to do better, to get better results. It's a tough period. I am used to quite a lot of change in manager. We have to regroup as quickly as we can. We have a really together dressing room. We've got a massive Europa League game on Thursday at home and we owe it to fans and everyone connected to the club to get a result."
On what Postecoglou said in the dressing room after the game: "He was extremely disappointed with the result like us of all really. I went out to do some running and came back into the dressing room and a few of the boys said he had gone."
On who told him the news: "Not sure, a few of the staff."
On who was in the meeting with players after the announcement: "The leadership group, a few people from upstairs who make big decisions. We have a fantastic connection from the dressing room all the way up to Mr Marinakis. He values our opinions, but at the end of the day it's always his decision. We need to dust ourselves down. Whatever the club do moving forward they have the full backing of us players in the dressing room that's for sure."
On what Marinakis said in the meeting: "He wasn't there."
On what was said in meeting: "It was a collective of all the players, but some things I can't say. They have our full backing and we will do everything we can to change it round."
On if players feel they let Ange down: "I feel like we have. It's not just one individual, it's a collective. Everyone has to take responsibility, everyone has to look n the mirror. We have had tougher periods here over the years and it's another chance to stand up and be counted and give everything for the badge."
