🔗 Share this article

Embattled coach the Forest head coach delivered an emotional justification regarding his track record while promising to win trophies with the club allowed sufficient opportunity

The 60-year-old faces scrutiny after failing to triumph in none of his opening seven games after taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo recently

Nottingham Forest were considering potential alternatives over the pause in fixtures, including former Burnley manager the defensive specialist one of the candidates considered as an alternative even though Postecoglou just taking over for just 38 days

The team welcomes Chelsea this weekend with the manager delivered an extended speech at his pre-match media briefing, as Forest occupying 17th position in the top division

"Certain people focus at the weeds but I look at what is growing," he stated, "I'm truly optimistic since I work with a squad of emerging talents willing to change"

Postecoglou likewise stated he hadn't communicated with the chairman the Greek businessman during the international break

"I don't intend to use my focus regarding external perceptions" he added

"I just don't fit, not here, throughout football" he elaborated

Previous Club History

"I assumed control of the North London club and received instructions from the owner during that period 'this club has to win silverware'"

"He stated 'we attempted to bring winners in, the Portuguese coach and the Italian tactician but it didn't succeed, we require something different'"

"I felt somewhat insulted by that as I view myself as triumphant"

Explaining His Results

"We finished fifth my first year" he recalled

"Every time the England captain scored a goal I'd wish he had remained one more year because it would have been handy to have him after finishing fifth"

"But somehow that year has been erased from public memory" he contended

Future Focus

"So, we get to the current space in which there exists a different story to tell, that maybe I am not a disappointing tactician who got lucky to secure this position"

"but maybe I am a coach who if provided patience, the story always ends identically"

"Throughout my coaching career, the result is consistent - alongside me celebrating success"

He claimed the Europa League this year - the club's initial honor in nearly two decades along with their initial continental trophy after forty-one years

Previous Scottish champion also promised, if given time, he would persist with his record of winning trophies at each club he's coached