Ange Postecoglou sacking demanded by furious Nottingham Forest fans as Chelsea defeat adds to woes

They went into Saturday's clash with Chelsea in desperate need of three points to lift some of the doom and gloom mood around the club.

But the Blues ran out 3-0 winners, with Josh Acheampong, Pedro Neto and Reece James scoring in the second half.

The result means Forest remain in 17th, having won just one of their eight Premier League matches this term.

And supporters of the club have had enough, with many taking to social media to call for Postecoglou to be relieved of his duties immediately.

"Forest have to sack Ange he's a terrible manager and only God knows the reason why he was hired," fumed one user.

A second hit out by saying: "Ange Postecoglou needs to go. Sack him before the @NFFC vs @ChelseaFC [game] ends. It was absolute fun watching Forrest last season, now look at us, we are getting regulated without a doubt."

A third opined: "Bro, sack Ange. There's still time to save the season."

Another wrote: "Surely, Ange gets the sack after this game. There’s no way he should be escaping this."

And a fifth raged: "Sack Ange tomorrow I beg."

Several names have emerged as potential candidates to take over from Postecoglou, should Forest decide to wield the axe.

Sean Dyche is the frontrunner for the job, though his defensive style of play could count against him.

Forest are big admirers of Fulham boss Marco Silva, who is widely expected to leave the Cottagers at the end of the season.

Brendan Rodgers, who is currently at Celtic, could be tempted by a return to the Premier League.

And former Manchester United managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Erik ten Hag could both come under consideration as well.

Speaking before the match against Chelsea, meanwhile, Postecoglou insisted he was capable of turning Forest's form around.

“What I consistently say, and I was mocked and ridiculed for it last year, is: if you let the story play out, I’ll tell you how it finishes,” Postecoglou said.

“But I don’t hold that decision in my hands.

“I said last year [while in charge at Tottenham] in my second year I always win things, right?

"And what’s the key to that? That I’m there in my second year, because it takes a bit of time.

"But the story always ends the same: you leave me here, let me do my job, it’ll end the same … with a trophy.

"If I don’t and I’m removed, well, what can I do about it? I can’t win in this situation in terms of trying to convince people.

"You either see what you see or you don’t; either way it doesn’t affect me.”

He added: “I’d like to think that when they made this decision they didn’t look at me and see a failed manager who is lucky to be in a job.

"I think they probably appointed me because they saw something in me that they felt I could deliver at this football club. Now, has that changed in five weeks?

“I can’t answer that question but I’d be surprised because that would probably mean there probably wasn’t a hell of a lot of conviction in it to start with.

"All the interaction and feedback I’ve had with the people at the club, not just the owner but everybody else, they want us to win, they want us to get the results and I understand that.”