Some of the decisions have been clear errors, such as Willy Boly’s second yellow card of the match against Bournemouth. When his team has not upset him this season, referees have. Or the thrashing by Fulham before Christmas, with Marinakis seemingly storming out of Craven Cottage mid-match.

One television in the directors’ box at the City Ground bore the brunt when Arsenal won at Forest in January, Marinakis’s shoe put through the plasma screen in frustration. It is worth noting the final sign-off on these matters is Marinakis, whose patience on all football matters often wears thin. The post has triggered investigations from FA and Premier League. Our patience has been tested multiple times,” Forest stated on X. “We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. It was a leaner Marinakis who waited in the tunnel area for Paul Tierney after March’s defeat by Liverpool but such a turbulent relationship with officials has been constant, dating further back than the current season.ĭefeat against Everton last weekend saw three penalty decisions go against Forest, who went nuclear. A lover of fresh fish from his home town of Piraeus in the Athens urban area, he has altered his diet and the results have been dramatic. The physical change in Marinakis, 56, has been noticeable to those who know him. When it has come to throwing punches, his fight has been against refereeing and the weight of decisions against his team. The frame of Nottingham Forest’s owner has been slimmer than usual after a regime that has seen kilos shed like a boxer in training. Evangelos Marinakis could be compared to a prizefighter this season.

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