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Under-fire boss the Forest head coach offered a heartfelt explanation regarding his track record while promising to secure trophies for the team if given time

The experienced manager is being questioned after failing to triumph in a single one of his initial seven fixtures since replacing the former manager recently

Forest have been assessing potential alternatives over the pause in fixtures, and former Clarets coach the defensive specialist among the names reviewed to possibly take over even though Postecoglou having been in charge for barely over a month

They host the London club in their next match while Postecoglou delivered a five-minute monologue at his pre-match press conference, with the team sitting 17th in England's top flight

"Some look on the negatives while I observe at the progress being made," he stated, "I'm genuinely enthusiastic since I work with a group of young players willing to change"

The manager additionally revealed he did not speak with the chairman Evangelos Marinakis throughout the break

"I refuse to spend my time regarding external perceptions" he added

"I simply don't conform, not just at Forest, just in general" he clarified

Previous Club History

"I became manager of the North London club and was informed by the leadership during that period 'this team needs to claim a trophy'"

"He said 'we endeavored to appoint proven winners, the Portuguese coach and Antonio [Conte] and it hasn't worked, we must have a different approach'"

"I was slightly offended by those words as I view myself as successful"

Explaining His Results

"We ended up in fifth position my first year" he recalled

"Whenever the England captain scored a goal I often thought he would have continued for another season since it could have been handy to keep his services post our top-five position"

"But somehow that year has vanished from public memory" he asserted

Moving Ahead

"Thus, we reach the present situation where there remains another perspective to present, that possibly I am not an unsuccessful coach who was lucky to get this job"

"but perhaps I'm a manager that when allowed opportunity, the story always ends identically"

"At all my previous clubs, it ends the same - alongside me and a trophy"

He claimed European silverware in May - the club's initial honor in nearly two decades and their first European honor after forty-one years

The ex-Celtic boss additionally committed, if given time, he would persist with his record of winning trophies throughout his managerial career