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Under-fire coach the Forest head coach delivered a passionate defence about his career while promising to claim honors with the club allowed sufficient opportunity

The veteran coach is being questioned following his inability to win a single one of his first seven matches since replacing the previous boss last month

Nottingham Forest were assessing their options throughout the break, with ex-Burnley boss the defensive specialist one of the candidates considered to possibly take over even though Postecoglou only being appointed for barely over a month

Forest faces the Blues on Saturday and Postecoglou presented a lengthy address during his pre-game media briefing, with Forest sitting 17th in the Premier League

"Many observers concentrate on the negatives but I look at what is growing," he said, "I'm genuinely enthusiastic as I have a team of developing footballers ready to evolve"

The manager additionally revealed there was no discussion with the club's owner Evangelos Marinakis throughout the break

"I am not wasting my energy about others' opinions" he emphasized

"I simply don't conform, not here, throughout football" he explained

Previous Club History

"I became manager of Tottenham and was informed by the leadership during that period 'this club has to win a trophy'"

"He stated 'we attempted to appoint proven winners, the Portuguese coach and the Italian tactician and it hasn't worked, we need a different approach'"

"I was slightly offended by those words since I consider myself as triumphant"

Explaining His Results

"We ended up in fifth position in my initial campaign" he noted

"Whenever the star striker put the ball in I often thought he'd just stayed for another season since it could have been handy to retain him post our top-five position"

"But somehow that campaign has been erased from historical accounts" he asserted

Future Focus

"Thus, we reach the present situation where there remains another perspective to share, that possibly I'm no a disappointing tactician who was fortunate to obtain this role"

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

"At all my previous clubs, the result is consistent - through my leadership celebrating success"

Postecoglou won the Europa League this year - Tottenham's first trophy for 17 years plus their first UEFA honor for 41

Previous Scottish champion additionally committed, provided with patience, he would persist with his history of winning trophies everywhere he has managed