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Under-fire coach the Forest head coach offered an emotional defence about his career while promising to win trophies with the club allowed sufficient opportunity

The 60-year-old faces scrutiny following his inability to win any of his opening seven games after taking over from the previous boss recently

Forest have been considering potential alternatives during the international break, with ex-Burnley boss Sean Dyche among the names reviewed to possibly take over even though Postecoglou just taking over for less than six weeks

The team welcomes the Blues this weekend and Postecoglou gave a five-minute monologue at his pre-match press conference, with the team sitting 17th in England's top flight

"Some look on the problems yet I notice at the development occurring," he declared, "I'm truly optimistic because I possess a squad of emerging talents eager to transform"

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

"I don't intend to use my focus on what people think" he continued

"I just don't fit, not just at Forest, just in general" he elaborated

Previous Club History

"I took over Tottenham and was informed by the leadership at the time 'this team needs to claim honors'"

"He stated 'we've tried to hire successful managers, the Special One and the Italian tactician yet it proved unsuccessful, we need an alternative method'"

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

Justifying His Performance

"We ended up in fifth position in my initial campaign" he recalled

"Every time the star striker put the ball in I often thought he had remained for additional time since it could have been beneficial to have him post our top-five position"

"Yet somehow that season has disappeared from historical accounts" he asserted

Moving Ahead

"Thus, we reach the present situation where there remains a different story to share, that maybe I'm not a disappointing tactician who was lucky to get this job"

"but possibly I'm a leader that if you give them time, the story always ends identically"

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

He claimed the Europa League in May - their first piece of silverware after a long drought along with their initial continental trophy in over four decades

The ex-Celtic boss additionally committed, provided with patience, he would persist with his history of securing silverware everywhere he has managed