This is the price of instability. Nottingham Forest appear lost and the latest change direction might serve to make matters worse before they find a way out of a maze they have created for themselves.
Bournemouth, up to second, battered them for 45 minutes, went two up and coasted in. The first went in directly from a corner which should have been a goal kick but make no mistake this was no fluke.
The scoreline flattered Forest, now winless in eight Premier League games and firmly ensconced in the relegation zone.