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Under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou presented an emotional justification about his career as he vowed to claim trophies for the team allowed sufficient opportunity

The experienced manager is being questioned after failing to triumph in any of his first seven matches following his appointment instead of the former manager recently

Nottingham Forest were assessing potential alternatives throughout the break, including former Burnley manager the experienced tactician one of the candidates evaluated as a potential replacement although the current manager having been in charge for less than six weeks

Forest faces Chelsea on Saturday and Postecoglou gave an extended speech in his match preview 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'm truly optimistic since I work with a team of developing footballers ready to evolve"

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

"I refuse to spend my energy on what people think" he added

"I just don't fit, not here, across the board" he clarified

Tottenham Experience

"I assumed control of Tottenham and received instructions by the chairman back then 'this team must secure silverware'"

"He commented 'we've tried to hire successful managers, Jose [Mourinho] and Antonio [Conte] and it hasn't worked, we need an alternative method'"

"I felt somewhat insulted by that as I view myself as successful"

Defending His Record

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

"Every time Harry Kane found the net I'd wish he'd just stayed for another season because it would have been useful to keep his services following our fifth-place finish"

"But somehow that campaign has been erased from the record books" he asserted

Looking Forward

"So, we get to the present situation in which there exists an alternative narrative to present, that possibly I'm no an unsuccessful coach who was lucky to get this job"

"but perhaps I am a coach that when allowed opportunity, the tale invariably finishes the same"

"At all my previous clubs, it ends the same - alongside me celebrating success"

Postecoglou won the Europa League last spring - the club's initial honor for 17 years plus their first UEFA honor in over four decades

The ex-Celtic boss likewise vowed, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would persist with his track record of securing silverware throughout his managerial career