Postecoglou's coaching stint at Forest was short, but not Premier League's shortest

Ange Postecoglou has been sacked by Nottingham Forest aft conscionable 39 days and 5 Premier League matches successful complaint pursuing a 3-0 location nonaccomplishment to Chelsea.

Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis saw capable an hr into the contention astatine the City Ground and took conscionable 19 minutes aft full-time to denote the extremity of Postecoglou's reign.

Postecoglou's dire spell successful complaint aft taking implicit connected September 9, made him the 10th imperishable manager to past little than 100 days arsenic a imperishable manager during the Premier League era.

Here, ESPN instrumentality a look astatine each the managers who failed to marque a affirmative interaction successful the aboriginal days of their reign.

Nathan Jones, Southampton - 84 days

Welsh manager Nathan Jones near Luton to win Ralph Hasenhuttl connected the southbound seashore successful November 2022 but, for the 2nd clip aft his miserable 10 months astatine Stoke City successful 2019, it proved an unsuccessful spell distant from Kenilworth Road.

While successful complaint of Southampton, Jones secured fell to 9 defeats successful 14 games and near Saints seeking a 3rd brag of the season.

Quique Sánchez Flores, Watford - 85 days

Watford's managerial merry-go-round nether the Pozzo family's ownership stands retired among Premier League clubs and Sánchez Flores has taken 2 rides, serving for 44 games betwixt June 2015 and May 2016 but lone a twelve -- with 2 wins -- connected his instrumentality 3 years later.

Bob Bradley, Swansea City - 85 days

The archetypal American to negociate successful the Premier League, Bradley lasted from October to December of 2016 -- though, dissimilar Reed, helium made it done Christmas earlier being axed connected Dec. 27.

Bradley took 8 points from 11 games and near Swansea 19th successful the table, having besides struggled nether Francesco Guidolin, but they yet recovered their antheral arsenic Paul Clement secured top-flight survival.

Frank De Boer, Crystal Palace - 77 days

Lasting 2 days longer than Meulensteen, erstwhile Netherlands planetary Frank De Boer took complaint astatine Selhurst Park successful the summertime of 2017.

After conscionable 4 games of the 2017-18 play -- the lowest magnitude of games a imperishable manager has ever been successful complaint for -- De Boer was dismissed without yielding a azygous constituent oregon goal.

Rene Meulensteen, Fulham - 75 days

After a 12-year play successful assorted coaching roles with Manchester United, Meulensteen replaced chap Dutchman Martin Jol arsenic manager of Fulham successful December of the 2013-14 season.

Meulensteen failed to spot retired the season, arsenic his broadside slipped to the bottommost of the array aft losing 9 of his 13 games successful charge.

Javi Gracia, Leeds United - 69 days

Gracia lasted 69 days successful complaint of Leeds United earlier being replaced by Allardyce. Garcia took implicit successful Elland Road pursuing the sacking of Jesse Marsch successful their tumultuous 2022-23 season.

The Spanish manager managed conscionable 12 games successful each competitions earlier his reign was chopped short. He ended his tenure with 3 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws.

Les Reed, Charlton Athletic - 40 days

After suffering 8 defeats successful 12 games successful 2006, Les Reed took implicit astatine Charlton but failed to amended matters for the southbound London club.

Reed picked up conscionable 4 points successful 7 games, suffered a League Cup exit against Wycombe Wanderers and was sacked connected Christmas Eve.

Sam Allardyce, Leeds United - 30 days

In 2022-23 Sam Allardyce took implicit his eighth antithetic nine successful the Premier League erstwhile helium became the manager of Leeds United connected May 3, 2023. The erstwhile England manager was brought successful to Elland ...