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Pressured coach the Forest head coach offered a heartfelt defence of his legacy while promising to win silverware for the team if given time

The 60-year-old is being questioned after failing to triumph in a single one of his first seven matches after taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo recently

The club has been assessing potential alternatives over the pause in fixtures, with ex-Burnley boss the defensive specialist among the names evaluated as a potential replacement even though Postecoglou only being appointed for just 38 days

They host Chelsea on Saturday with the manager delivered a five-minute monologue in his match preview news conference, with Forest 17th in the Premier League

"Certain people focus on the problems while I observe at the progress being made," he declared, "I'm truly optimistic since I work with a squad of emerging talents eager to transform"

Postecoglou likewise stated he hadn't communicated with the chairman Evangelos Marinakis during the international break

"I refuse to spend my focus about others' opinions" he continued

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

Previous Club History

"I became manager of Spurs and was informed by the chairman back then 'this organization needs to claim silverware'"

"He said 'we endeavored to bring winners in, the Special One and the Italian tactician yet it proved unsuccessful, we must have an alternative method'"

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

Explaining His Results

"We secured fifth place in my initial campaign" he noted

"On each occasion the star striker scored a goal I often thought he would have continued one more year because it would have been useful to have him post our top-five position"

"However strangely that year has been erased from historical accounts" he asserted

Moving Ahead

"Therefore, we arrive at the current space in which there exists another perspective to tell, that perhaps I'm not a disappointing tactician who was fortunate to get this job"

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

"With every team I've managed, the outcome is identical - through my leadership holding silverware"

He claimed European silverware in May - Tottenham's first trophy in nearly two decades along with their initial continental honor for 41

Previous Scottish champion additionally committed, if given time, he would persist with his history of winning trophies throughout his managerial career