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Under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou offered an emotional defence regarding his track record as he vowed to secure silverware with the club if given time

The veteran coach is being questioned having been unable to triumph in any of his initial seven fixtures since replacing the former manager last month

Nottingham Forest were considering available choices throughout the break, and former Clarets coach Sean Dyche a potential option considered as a potential replacement despite Postecoglou only being appointed for just 38 days

The team welcomes Chelsea in their next match with the manager gave a five-minute monologue during his pre-game media briefing, with Forest 17th in the top division

"Certain people focus on the problems yet I notice at the progress being made," he said, "I'm genuinely enthusiastic as I have a squad of emerging talents eager to transform"

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

"I am not wasting my focus on what people think" he added

"I genuinely don't match, not only in this role, throughout football" he explained

Tottenham Experience

"I became manager of the North London club and received instructions by the leadership back then 'this club has to win a trophy'"

"He commented 'we've tried to bring winners in, the Special One and the former Chelsea boss and it hasn't worked, we need something different'"

"I felt somewhat insulted by those words since I consider myself as a winner"

Justifying His Performance

"We secured fifth place during my debut season" he noted

"Every time the England captain scored a goal I would hope he would have continued for additional time because it would have been handy to have him following our fifth-place finish"

"However strangely that campaign has vanished from the record books" he argued

Moving Ahead

"So, we get to the existing circumstances where there's another perspective to tell, that possibly I'm no a disappointing tactician who was lucky to secure this position"

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

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

The manager secured European silverware last spring - Tottenham's first trophy in nearly two decades along with their initial continental trophy in over four decades

Former Celtic manager likewise vowed, provided with patience, he would persist with his record of claiming honors at each club he's coached