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Under-fire boss the Forest head coach offered a heartfelt explanation regarding his track record while promising to secure honors with the club provided with patience

The experienced manager is under pressure after failing to win a single one of his first seven matches after taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo in September

The club has been assessing available choices over the pause in fixtures, and former Clarets coach the defensive specialist a potential option considered as a potential replacement although the current manager only being appointed for barely over a month

They host the Blues on Saturday while Postecoglou delivered an extended speech in his match preview media briefing, with the team sitting 17th in the top division

"Some look at the weeds but I look at the development occurring," he stated, "I'm truly optimistic because I possess a team of developing footballers eager to transform"

Postecoglou likewise stated he hadn't communicated to owner the Forest proprietor during the international break

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

"I just don't fit, not just at Forest, across the board" he explained

Tottenham Experience

"I took over the North London club and was informed from the owner at the time 'this team needs to claim silverware'"

"He said 'we attempted to appoint proven winners, Jose [Mourinho] and the Italian tactician yet it proved unsuccessful, we require something different'"

"I was a bit taken aback by those words as I view myself as successful"

Explaining His Results

"We finished fifth my first year" he remembered

"Every time the England captain put the ball in I would hope he'd just stayed for another season as it would have proven handy to keep his services following our fifth-place finish"

"But somehow that season has disappeared from public memory" he asserted

Future Focus

"So, we get to the existing circumstances where there's another perspective to present, that possibly I'm no an unsuccessful coach who was fortunate to obtain this role"

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

"At all my previous clubs, the outcome is identical - with me and a trophy"

The manager secured the Europa League last spring - Tottenham's first trophy after a long drought and their first European honor for 41

The ex-Celtic boss likewise vowed, provided with patience, he would continue his history of claiming honors at each club he's coached