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Under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou presented an emotional defence regarding his track record while promising to claim silverware for the team if given time

The veteran coach is under pressure after failing to triumph in none of his initial seven fixtures after taking over from the former manager last month

The club has been reviewing available choices throughout the break, with ex-Burnley boss the defensive specialist among the names evaluated to possibly take over although the current manager just taking over for less than six weeks

Forest faces Chelsea this weekend and Postecoglou presented a lengthy address at his pre-match press conference, as Forest sitting 17th in England's top flight

"Some look on the negatives while I observe at what is growing," he said, "I am really excited since I work with a group of young players eager to transform"

Postecoglou likewise stated he hadn't communicated with the club's owner Evangelos Marinakis over the recent pause

"I refuse to spend my focus regarding external perceptions" he added

"I genuinely don't match, not here, across the board" he explained

Previous Club History

"I became manager of Spurs and received instructions by the chairman at the time 'this organization must secure honors'"

"He said 'we endeavored to appoint proven winners, Jose [Mourinho] and Antonio [Conte] yet it proved unsuccessful, we require an alternative method'"

"I was a bit taken aback by those words as I view myself as a winner"

Justifying His Performance

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

"On each occasion Harry Kane put the ball in I would hope he'd just stayed one more year as it would have proven useful to keep his services following our fifth-place finish"

"But somehow that season has vanished from the record books" he contended

Looking Forward

"Therefore, we arrive at the existing circumstances in which there exists another perspective to share, that possibly I'm no an unsuccessful coach who got lucky to get this job"

"but perhaps I'm a manager that if you give them time, the narrative consistently concludes similarly"

"With every team I've managed, the result is consistent - alongside me holding silverware"

Postecoglou won the Europa League last spring - their first piece of silverware after a long drought along with their initial continental trophy in over four decades

The ex-Celtic boss additionally committed, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would persist with his history of securing silverware everywhere he has managed