Ange Postecoglou singles out three Nottingham Forest stars vs Burnley in ‘not easy’ claim

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Nottingham Forest produced their best display under Ange Postecoglou against Burnley, albeit without showing a clinical edge to win the game.

Forest drew with Burnley to give Postecoglou his first point as Forest head coach, but the win eluded the Reds after taking the lead early on.

Clearly, Forest fans are still concerned about Postecoglou’s tactics as the Reds looked somewhat weak at the back, but the attacking display was strong enough for the away side to score at least another goal at Turf Moor.

It’s the attacking side that Postecoglou seems most concerned by, though, singling out three of his forward stars who still need time to adapt to the Premier League.

Ange Postecoglou claims Forest’s attacking talents need time

Postecoglou was brave against Burnley, starting new signings Dan Ndoye and Dilane Bakwa in a front three and leaving regular starter Callum Hudson-Odoi on the bench.

However, the two summer signings failed to impact the game going forward, while Igor Jesus and Arnaud Kalimuendo were quiet when coming on from the bench.

On his attacking talents, Postecoglou told BBC Sport: “A lot of our new players come from a different league and it’s not easy. Players like Igor, Bakwa, Ndoye. There’s a lot of guys out there finding their feet out there.”

It’s a fair comment from the head coach, and perhaps explains why Nuno Espírito Santo only seemed to trust Ndoye from the off at the start of the season.

This feeling may not be echoed in the changing room, though, as goalscorer Neco Williams thought the Reds did more than enough in the attacking areas to secure all three points.

Neco Williams rues missed Nottingham Forest chances vs Burnley

When Williams gave Forest the lead just over a minute into proceedings, it looked as if the Reds could be in for a goal glut at Turf Moor.

It wasn’t to be, though, but Williams does believe that his teammates created enough on the day to win the game.

He said after the game: “We created a lot of chances, we couldn’t put it to bed. Dominated for most of the game, shown glimpses of what’s to come, but the end product wasn’t there.

“[…]It was very important to get the first goal, but the thing that killed us today was that end product.”

Postecoglou criticised Forest’s lack of a clinical edge against Swansea, so with a similar issue appearing against Burnley, too, the Forest boss will know exactly what he needs to work on.