Oliver Glasner warns Nottingham Forest need change after Brentford defeat

"It's now time not to make compromises, it's now time to show a clear way and everybody has to follow. And if they don't want to follow, then I guess then the sixth manager will come in." Oliver Glasner said that after Nottingham Forest's 0-2 defeat at Brentford in Brentford vs Nottingham Forest, and the warning was obvious enough. Forest have had five different managers since the start of last season, have taken just one win from their opening nine league matches, and Glasner is still only just under four months into a three-year contract at the City Ground.

Glasner's warning after Brentford

The manager's comments went beyond the result itself. He said, "Today is completely clear, we have to change something, a few things," before adding, "I have to change a few things, and I will change a few things, 100%."

That is a club already in a fragile place. Forest are 19th in the Premier League with six points from nine games, and the new boss has not been given much time to settle before the pressure starts to build around him too.

Forest's finishing problem

The defeat at Brentford also fit a pattern Forest have spent much of this season trying to explain away. They have the fourth-highest expected goals total in the Premier League this season, with 14.33, yet they are the division's lowest scorers with six goals.

Glasner said, "We are making too many mistakes in our defence and we are not ruthless enough, good enough, in finishing. That's the truth." He also added, "It's so obvious... We are slow, making the same mistakes, always different players."

Forest's numbers point to a side creating enough chances to stay in games, but not finishing them and not defending them well enough when they matter. Dan Ndoye has scored two of those six league goals and has played in all nine league matches, while Fabio Carvalho is out until after the international break.

Forest's next league match is at home to Manchester City on 7 November, so Glasner's call for change has very little time to sit on the table.