Ange Postecoglou is confident that his time at Nottingham Forest will eventually yield success despite enduring a disappointing start to life as head coach of last season’s Premier League surprise packages.
Postecoglou is yet to win any of his seven games in charge since his appointment during the September international break, with Nottingham Forest currently sitting 17th in the Premier League.
The Tricky Trees have lost four of their last five Premier League games, failing to score in each defeat. And things are not getting any easier for Postecoglou’s side as they host high-flying Chelsea in their next match on Saturday.
Postecoglou’s poor start is already raising dust in the media with his job at The City Ground already under immense scrutiny. He finished 17th with Tottenham Hotspur last season, leading to his sack in the summer despite winning the Europa League.
While there are fears that the Forest hierarchy may already being thinking about cutting ties, the Australian tactician is confident that if given time, he can deliver trophies to Nottingham Forest, just like he did at Tottenham.
“If you look at it through the prism of: I’m a failed manager who is lucky to get this job,” Postecoglou said when asked if he was under pressure.
“I know you’re smirking at me, and that’s what’s being said, and I can find the print where that’s being said – then of course, it looks like this manager is under pressure.
“There is an alternative story. I came to the Premier League two years ago, I took over Tottenham – ‘Spursy Tottenham’.
“I was told by the chairman at the time: ‘This club has to win a trophy. We’ve tried to bring winners in, Jose [Mourinho] and Antonio [Conte], and it hasn’t worked, we need something different’.
“I was slightly offended by that, as I see myself as a winner.
“We finished fifth, I got them back into European football where Tottenham should be. I was in meetings, and people still at that club were in those meetings, where I was told winning a trophy is everything for a football club. That’s fine.
“We win a trophy. We shed the tag of being ‘Spursy’. It’s Champions League football, which brings some rewards, the opportunity to bring in better players. But all I’ve heard since I finished at Tottenham is I finished 17th last year.
“So if you look at it from that prism of we finished 17th, then yeah, I’m a failed manager who is lucky to get another opportunity.
“This is a different story to tell, and maybe I am not a failed manager, but one if you give time, the story always ends the same with me and a trophy.”
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