Defiant Postecoglou gives five-minute monologue at news conference

Ange Postecoglou, the under-fire boss, vehemently defended his legacy by promising to eventually win silverware at Nottingham Forest.

Since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo last month, the 60-year-old has struggled to win any of his first seven games.

Despite Postecoglou having only been in charge for 38 days, Forest have been considering their options over the international break, with Sean Dyche one of the names being considered a potential replacement.

On Saturday, they host Chelsea, and Postecoglou, who is 17th in the Premier League, delivered a five-minute monologue at his pre-game press conference.

Some people look at the weeds, but I focus on what is growing. He said, “I’m really excited because I have a group of young players ready to change,” as well as confirming that he had not spoken with owner Evangelos Marinakis during the international break.

I don’t waste my time analyzing what other people think.

“I just don’t fit, not here, just in general,” I said. This guy must be under pressure, right? If you look at it through the lens of “I’m a failed manager who’s lucky to get this job.” You could examine the alternative story.

The chairman at the time said that this club must win a trophy when I took over Tottenham.

He said, “We’ve tried to bring winners in, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte], but it hasn’t worked; we need something different.” Because I consider myself to be successful, I was slightly offended by that.

“My first year, we finished fifth. I wish Harry Kane had just stayed one more year because having him if he had scored after finishing fifth would have been handy.

Postecoglou explained why he felt the perception of him was flawed after winning the Europa League in May, which was Tottenham’s first trophy in 17 years and their first European silverware in 41 years.

The former Celtic boss added that he had promised to keep winning trophies wherever he went, if given the chance.

He continued, “I attended meetings, and people who are still there are at those meetings, where I was told that winning a trophy is important for this football club.” That is acceptable.

A trophy is won by us. We officially dropped the label of “Spursy” [promising but never coming off as a winner], but since I’ve only been at Tottenham, we finished 17th last year.

So, yes, I’m a failed manager who is fortunate to have another opportunity if you look at it from the perspective of we finished 17th.

“But again, it doesn’t need to be overly in-depth if I have to explain why we finished 17th.” Just take a look at the league’s final five or six team sheets from last year to determine which ones I placed first, both on the bench and in the action.

The players were out partying for two days before the final game, which I sanctioned because I felt they deserved it.

“Yes, we came in 17th place. I believe people are viewing it through the lens of “I just don’t fit” if they believe that is a reflection of me and my coaching.

So we enter the present moment, where there is a different story to tell, such as that if you give a manager time, the story always ends.