Ange Postecoglou's FIERY Press Conference Amidst Early Sack Rumours

Ange Postecoglou Doesn't Hold Back In Latest Press Antics

Rumours of another managerial change, rumours of discontent in the dugout, rumours of an addiction to Wotsits, the international break at Nottingham Forest has certainly had it all, in true club fashion.

Amidst heavy pressure from a discontented array of supporters, Ange Postecoglou took questions from the press ahead of his Nottingham Forest side's clash with Chelsea in the early kick-off of the Premier League tomorrow night.

After a terrible start to life in the City Ground dugout, where his side have failed to win a single one of the opening seven the Australian has been in charge for and has included embarrassing results against the likes of FC Midtyjlland, who defeated Forest in their first European match at the City Ground in 30 years.

None of this phased Ange, though, who took the opportunity to defend himself when quizzed on the pressure surrounding him at Forest right now.

"The Story Always Ends The Same"

BREAKING: Ange Postecoglou risks immediate sacking as Nottingham Forest identify four potential replacementshttps://t.co/pE04KgHR0Y

— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) October 17, 2025

Ange Postecoglou has never been one to shy away from an opportunity to talk straight when under the microscope of the press. Today was no different.

When he was quizzed on Forest's current run of form and the early pressure he is experiencing in charge of the club, the former Tottenham manager provided a passionate speech that lasted more than five minutes:

"If you look at it through the prism of ‘I'm a failed manager who’s lucky to get this job' then of course this first five weeks, it looks like [I'm] under pressure, but there’s an alternative story you can look at.

me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me https://t.co/TQS2m5JfS1

— Callum Castel (@CallumCastel7) October 17, 2025

“I came into the Premier League two years ago, I took over Tottenham, Spursy Tottenham, I was told by [Daniel Levy], ‘This club has to win a trophy, we tried to bring winners in, Jose [Mourinho], Antonio [Conte], and it hasn’t worked, we need something different’.

“I was slightly offended by that because I see myself as a winner.

“I took over a Spurs that had finished eighth, [a] massive club but no European football, [they] can’t go two years without European football. We finished fifth in my first year and every time Harry Kane scores a goal [for Bayern after leaving Spurs] I wished he just stayed one more year… it would have been handy to have him after finishing fifth.

“But somehow that year has disappeared from the record books, in fact it was used as a reason for me losing my job because even Tottenham decided to exclude the first ten games, because they were an anomaly, apparently… although the first ten games here are very important, apparently.

“But anyway, we finished fifth, I got them back into European football where a club like Tottenham should be, and I was in meetings and was told winning a trophy is everything for this football club. That’s fine.

If nothing else, Ange Postecoglou has bullet-proof self confidence. pic.twitter.com/tkjT7b8VKE

— HLTCO (@HLTCO) October 17, 2025

“So we win a trophy, we shed the tag of being 'Spursy', we get Champions League football which brings some rewards, the opportunity to bring in better players.

“But all I've heard since I left Tottenham is that we finished 17th last year... so if you look at it through that prism, then yeah, I‘m a failed manager who was lucky to get another opportunity.

“But if I have to explain why we finished 17th, it’s very basic, it doesn't have to be too in-depth - just have a look at the last five or six teams sheets in the league last year and see what I prioritised, see who was on the bench and who was playing…

"And the last game against Brighton the players were out partying for two days [before], which I sanctioned because I felt they deserved it.

“So we get to the current space [at Forest], and there’s a different story to tell… that maybe I’m not a failed manager who was lucky to get this job, and instead maybe I’m a manager who, if you give them time, the story always ends the same, at all my previous clubs it ends the same - with me and a trophy."