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Under-fire manager the Forest head coach delivered a passionate justification of his legacy while promising to win trophies at Nottingham Forest provided with patience

The experienced manager is being questioned following his inability to secure victory in a single one of his first seven matches after taking over from the former manager recently

The club has been assessing available choices throughout the break, including former Burnley manager Sean Dyche one of the candidates evaluated as an alternative even though Postecoglou only being appointed for barely over a month

Forest faces the London club this weekend with the manager gave a five-minute monologue in his match preview press conference, with Forest occupying 17th position in the Premier League

"Many observers concentrate on the negatives yet I notice at what is growing," he declared, "I am really excited as I have a group of young players willing to change"

Postecoglou likewise stated there was no discussion with the chairman the Greek businessman throughout the break

"I am not wasting my time on what people think" he added

"I genuinely don't match, not just at Forest, across the board" he clarified

Tottenham Experience

"I assumed control of Spurs and was informed by the leadership during that period 'this organization must secure silverware'"

"He stated 'we endeavored to appoint proven winners, Jose [Mourinho] and the Italian tactician but it didn't succeed, we need an alternative method'"

"I was a bit taken aback by that statement as I view myself as a winner"

Explaining His Results

"We secured fifth place during my debut season" he recalled

"On each occasion the England captain put the ball in I often thought he would have continued one more year since it could have been handy to retain him following our fifth-place finish"

"However strangely that campaign has disappeared from historical accounts" he asserted

Future Focus

"Thus, we reach the current space in which there exists another perspective to present, that possibly I'm not an unsuccessful coach who was lucky to secure this position"

"but possibly I'm a manager that if you give them time, the tale invariably finishes the same"

"With every team I've managed, the outcome is identical - with me holding silverware"

The manager secured the Europa League last spring - their first piece of silverware in nearly two decades along with their initial continental honor for 41

Former Celtic manager likewise vowed, if given time, he would persist with his history of securing silverware throughout his managerial career