Since the start of last season, Nottingham Forest have had five different managers. A year ago, Sean Dyche was less than a fortnight into his spell as Forest's head coach. Before Dyche, there was Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou.
After Dyche came Vitor Pereira and, currently, Oliver Glasner. But following just one win from the Reds' opening nine league matches, the former Crystal Palace boss has warned that unless players heed his instructions, and results change imminently, five will become six. Speaking after Forest's 2-0 loss at Brentford on Saturday, Glasner said he felt he had made too many compromises during his tenure so far.
"It's now time not to make compromises, it's now time to show a clear way and everybody has to follow," he told the BBC's Match of the Day. "And if they don't want to follow, then I guess then the sixth manager will come in." Saturday's defeat by a Bees side who had not won any of their previous four matches means Forest are 19th in the league and head into next weekend's meeting with leaders Manchester City just a point off the bottom. In Forest's last five league games, only a 1-1 draw at Ipswich has not ended in defeat.
"Today is completely clear, we have to change something, a few things," Glasner said. "I have to change a few things, and I will change a few things, 100%. We can't continue in the same way, we have to change a few things, and that's the key." He added: "We are making too many mistakes, the defence, then we are down.
We controlled the game... We are slow, making the same mistakes, always different players." Neither side registered a shot on target until Igor Thiago notched Brentford's second goal in the 76th minute, after their first goal came from a Nikola Milenkovic own goal. Forest's sole shot on target came two minutes after the hosts went two up.
"We are making too many mistakes in our defence and we are not ruthless enough, good enough, in finishing. That's the truth," Glasner added. Forest were onto their third manager of the campaign this time last year, but their start this season compared with last has been similar.
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