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Embattled coach Ange Postecoglou delivered a passionate justification regarding his track record as he vowed to claim silverware for the team allowed sufficient opportunity

The 60-year-old is under pressure having been unable to secure victory in a single one of his first seven matches since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo in September

Nottingham Forest were reviewing potential alternatives over the pause in fixtures, including former Burnley manager Sean Dyche among the names considered as an alternative even though Postecoglou only being appointed for less than six weeks

Forest faces Chelsea on Saturday while Postecoglou presented a five-minute monologue at his pre-match news conference, with the team occupying 17th position in England's top flight

"Some look on the negatives yet I notice at the progress being made," he said, "I am really excited as I have a squad of emerging talents eager to transform"

The manager additionally revealed he did not speak with the chairman the Forest proprietor over the recent pause

"I am not wasting my focus regarding external perceptions" he emphasized

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

Prior Management Role

"I became manager of the North London club and received instructions by the leadership back then 'this team must secure honors'"

"He stated 'we endeavored to bring winners in, the Portuguese coach and the Italian tactician yet it proved unsuccessful, we need an alternative method'"

"I felt somewhat insulted by that because I see myself as a winner"

Defending His Record

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

"Every time the England captain found the net I often thought he would have continued one more year because it would have been useful to keep his services post our top-five position"

"Yet somehow that season has disappeared from the record books" he argued

Future Focus

"So, we get to the current space in which there exists a different story to present, that perhaps I'm no a failed manager who was fortunate to obtain this role"

"but perhaps I'm a manager that when allowed opportunity, the narrative consistently concludes similarly"

"Throughout my coaching career, the outcome is identical - alongside me celebrating success"

He claimed continental honors this year - Tottenham's first trophy after a long drought along with their initial continental trophy after forty-one years

Former Celtic manager also promised, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would maintain his record of winning trophies throughout his managerial career