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Under-fire manager the Forest head coach offered a heartfelt explanation of his legacy and committed to claim silverware for the team allowed sufficient opportunity

The veteran coach is being questioned following his inability to triumph in none of his initial seven fixtures following his appointment instead of Nuno Espirito Santo in September

Nottingham Forest were reviewing available choices throughout the break, and former Clarets coach the experienced tactician a potential option considered as an alternative although the current manager only being appointed for less than six weeks

Forest faces Chelsea on Saturday and Postecoglou gave a five-minute monologue at his pre-match media briefing, with the team occupying 17th position in the Premier League

"Many observers concentrate on the problems yet I notice at what is growing," he said, "I'm truly optimistic as I have a team of developing footballers eager to transform"

Postecoglou likewise stated he did not speak to owner Evangelos Marinakis over the recent pause

"I don't intend to use my focus regarding external perceptions" he emphasized

"I simply don't conform, not just at Forest, throughout football" he elaborated

Tottenham Experience

"I became manager of Tottenham and was informed from the owner back then 'this organization needs to claim silverware'"

"He said 'we endeavored to appoint proven winners, Jose [Mourinho] and the Italian tactician but it didn't succeed, we must have something different'"

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

Defending His Record

"We finished fifth in my initial campaign" he remembered

"On each occasion Harry Kane scored a goal I often thought he had remained for additional time since it could have been handy to keep his services following our fifth-place finish"

"However strangely that campaign has been erased from the record books" he asserted

Future Focus

"Thus, we reach the present situation where there remains an alternative narrative to present, that perhaps I'm not an unsuccessful coach who was fortunate to secure this position"

"but maybe I am a coach that when allowed opportunity, the narrative consistently concludes identically"

"With every team I've managed, it ends the same - through my leadership celebrating success"

Postecoglou won European silverware last spring - the club's initial honor for 17 years and their first European honor in over four decades

Former Celtic manager also promised, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would persist with his history of securing silverware everywhere he has managed