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Pressured boss Ange Postecoglou delivered a passionate justification regarding his track record as he vowed to secure trophies at Nottingham Forest if given time

The 60-year-old is under pressure after failing to secure victory in none of his first seven matches after taking over from the previous boss recently

The club has been assessing potential alternatives throughout the break, with ex-Burnley boss the experienced tactician among the names evaluated as an alternative even though Postecoglou having been in charge for barely over a month

Forest faces the Blues on Saturday with the manager delivered an extended speech in his match preview news conference, with Forest sitting 17th in the Premier League

"Certain people focus on the problems yet I notice at what is growing," he said, "I'm genuinely enthusiastic because I possess a squad of emerging talents eager to transform"

The manager additionally revealed he hadn't communicated with the chairman Evangelos Marinakis throughout the break

"I refuse to spend my time about others' opinions" he continued

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

Tottenham Experience

"I became manager of Tottenham and received instructions from the owner back then 'this team has to win honors'"

"He said 'we attempted to bring winners in, Jose [Mourinho] and the former Chelsea boss but it didn't succeed, we require a different approach'"

"I was slightly offended by that statement as I view myself as successful"

Justifying His Performance

"We secured fifth place my first year" he noted

"Every time the star striker scored a goal I would hope he'd just stayed one more year since it could have been useful to have him post our top-five position"

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

Future Focus

"Therefore, we arrive at the existing circumstances where there's a different story to share, that possibly I'm no an unsuccessful coach who got lucky to get this job"

"but possibly I am a coach who if provided patience, the tale invariably finishes the same"

"With every team I've managed, it ends the same - with me and a trophy"

He claimed continental honors last spring - Tottenham's first trophy in nearly two decades plus their first UEFA honor after forty-one years

Former Celtic manager also promised, allowed sufficient opportunity, he would continue his record of securing silverware throughout his managerial career