"If people want to assess me three and a half weeks into the job, there's nothing I can say or do that will change that. But what I have seen and felt in this period is that we are heading in the direction I want us to. The results will come. In the meantime it is a struggle and a fight and there is nothing wrong with that."
"I see it as an exciting opportunity. You have to be up for the fight and the struggle. I'd be silly to be sitting here at the age of 60 if I lacked self-belief or fight. Even in the schoolyard I picked fights with people that beat me up. Why does everyone want everything neatly packaged? The attitude today seems to be that as soon as something goes wrong, you change it."
Ange Postecoglou aims to convince Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis and the board to retain faith in his managerial philosophy during talks this week. Postecoglou has a seven-game winless run since succeeding Nuno Espirito Santo. He started the Newcastle match with an unusual back five and detected signs of progress despite the 2-0 defeat. Postecoglou emphasized self-belief, a readiness for struggle, and a long record of fighting for objectives. He criticized the Premier League tendency to single out one manager as under pressure and warned against hasty changes when results falter. Postecoglou accepted that altering Forest's playing style would be challenging.
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