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Pressured manager the Forest head coach offered an emotional defence regarding his track record as he vowed to claim honors at Nottingham Forest if given time

The experienced manager is being questioned following his inability to win a single one of his opening seven games following his appointment instead of the former manager recently

The club has been considering available choices over the pause in fixtures, including former Burnley manager the defensive specialist among the names considered as an alternative although the current manager only being appointed for barely over a month

Forest faces Chelsea on Saturday while Postecoglou presented a lengthy address at his pre-match press conference, with the team occupying 17th position in the top division

"Some look at the weeds but I look at the development occurring," he stated, "I'm truly optimistic because I possess a group of young players eager to transform"

He also confirmed he did not speak to owner Evangelos Marinakis during the international break

"I refuse to spend my time on what people think" he continued

"I just don't fit, not only in this role, across the board" he explained

Prior Management Role

"I took over the North London club and received instructions by the chairman at the time 'this organization must secure silverware'"

"He commented 'we endeavored to bring winners in, Jose [Mourinho] and the Italian tactician and it hasn't worked, we require an alternative method'"

"I was a bit taken aback by that since I consider myself as successful"

Explaining His Results

"We finished fifth in my initial campaign" he noted

"On each occasion Harry Kane put the ball in I often thought he had remained one more year as it would have proven useful to retain him post our top-five position"

"However strangely that campaign has vanished from the record books" he asserted

Future Focus

"Therefore, we arrive at the existing circumstances where there remains an alternative narrative to tell, that possibly I'm no a failed manager who got lucky to secure this position"

"but perhaps I'm a manager who if provided patience, the narrative consistently concludes the same"

"At all my previous clubs, the outcome is identical - through my leadership and a trophy"

The manager secured continental honors in May - Tottenham's first trophy after a long drought and their first European trophy after forty-one years

Previous Scottish champion also promised, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would continue his track record of claiming honors at each club he's coached