🔗 Share this article

Under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou offered a heartfelt explanation of his legacy as he vowed to claim trophies for the team allowed sufficient opportunity

The 60-year-old faces scrutiny after failing to triumph in a single one of his opening seven games following his appointment instead of the former manager in September

Forest have been considering their options over the pause in fixtures, with ex-Burnley boss Sean Dyche one of the candidates reviewed as a potential replacement even though Postecoglou only being appointed for less than six weeks

They host the Blues this weekend with the manager presented a five-minute monologue in his match preview press conference, with the team sitting 17th in the Premier League

"Many observers concentrate on the negatives while I observe at the development occurring," he said, "I am really excited since I work with a squad of emerging talents ready to evolve"

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

"I don't intend to use my focus on what people think" he added

"I genuinely don't match, not just at Forest, just in general" he elaborated

Tottenham Experience

"I took over Spurs and was told by the leadership at the time 'this team must secure a trophy'"

"He commented 'we endeavored to bring winners in, the Portuguese coach and the former Chelsea boss but it didn't succeed, we must have a different approach'"

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

Justifying His Performance

"We ended up in fifth position my first year" he recalled

"On each occasion Harry Kane scored a goal I often thought he would have continued for additional time since it could have been beneficial to retain him following our fifth-place finish"

"Yet somehow that year has disappeared from the record books" he asserted

Moving Ahead

"Therefore, we arrive at the current space where there remains an alternative narrative to present, that maybe I'm not an unsuccessful coach who was lucky to get this job"

"but maybe I am a coach who if provided patience, the story always ends the same"

"With every team I've managed, it ends the same - with me and a trophy"

Postecoglou won European silverware last spring - the club's initial honor after a long drought and their first European trophy for 41

The ex-Celtic boss also promised, if given time, he would maintain his record of claiming honors at each club he's coached