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Under-fire manager the Forest head coach delivered a passionate explanation regarding his track record while promising to claim honors with the club provided with patience

The veteran coach is being questioned having been unable to win any of his opening seven games since replacing the previous boss in September

The club has been considering available choices during the international break, and former Clarets coach the experienced tactician one of the candidates evaluated as a potential replacement despite Postecoglou only being appointed for less than six weeks

They host Chelsea this weekend and Postecoglou delivered an extended speech during his pre-game news conference, with Forest occupying 17th position in the Premier League

"Many observers concentrate at the weeds but I look at what is growing," he stated, "I am really excited because I possess a group of young players willing to change"

The manager additionally revealed there was no discussion to owner the Forest proprietor during the international break

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

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

Prior Management Role

"I became manager of the North London club and received instructions by the chairman during that period 'this team needs to claim honors'"

"He stated 'we attempted to bring winners in, Jose [Mourinho] and Antonio [Conte] and it hasn't worked, we require an alternative method'"

"I was slightly offended by those words as I view myself as successful"

Defending His Record

"We finished fifth in my initial campaign" he recalled

"On each occasion Harry Kane put the ball in I would hope he'd just stayed for another season because it would have been beneficial to have him after finishing fifth"

"However strangely that season has vanished from public memory" he asserted

Looking Forward

"Therefore, we arrive at the current space where there's an alternative narrative to share, that possibly I am not a failed manager who was fortunate to get this job"

"but possibly I'm a leader who if provided patience, the tale invariably finishes the same"

"Throughout my coaching career, it ends the same - alongside me and a trophy"

Postecoglou won the Europa League last spring - the club's initial honor in nearly two decades and their first European honor after forty-one years

The ex-Celtic boss likewise vowed, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would continue his track record of securing silverware at each club he's coached