Ange Postecoglou did not hold back when he was asked, yet again, about his Nottingham Forest future.
The Australian has been under pressure at the City Ground almost since he arrived through the door to replace Nuno Espirito Santo - himself a former Tottenham head coach.
Forest have failed to win any of their seven games in all competitions since Postecoglou took over and the pressure is on the new manager to turn things around, or face the chop for the second time in four months.
Postecoglou was sacked by Tottenham in the summer, despite having guided them to their first trophy in 17 years by lifting the Europa League crown. Spurs had finished 17th in the Premier League, however, leading to then chairman Daniel Levy wielding the axe.
Now, with the pressure on at Forest, Postecoglou has launched a staunch defence, not only of his time in north London, but of his current position at the City Ground.
Here's every word from what was a quite extraordinary rant about Tottenham and his current situation during his Nottingham Forest press conference ahead of the weekend's game with Chelsea.
I don't fit
"I guess from my perspective I just don't fit, not here, just in general," he started. "If you look at things through the prism that I am a failed manager who is lucky to get this job, I know you're smirking at me, but that's what's been said, then of course these first five weeks looks like this guy is under pressure. But there is an alternative story...
"I came to the Premier League two years ago and I took over at Tottenham, I was told by the chairman [Daniel Levy] that this club has to win a trophy. He said we've 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 winner.
"I took over Spurs who finished eighth. Massive club, but no European football, and one that 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 go, 'I wish he stayed just one more year'. It would have been handy to have him after finishing fifth.
"But somehow that [first] year has disappeared from the record books. It was even used as a reason for me losing my job because even Tottenham decided to exclude the first ten games. Yet the first ten games here [at Forest] are important apparently.
We needed a trophy
"But anyway, we finished fifth. I got them back into European football, which is where a club like Tottenham should be. Then I was in [post-season] meetings and was told we need a trophy because it will mean everything to the football club. That's fine.
"We win a trophy. We shed the tag of being 'Spursy'. [We get] Champions League football, which brings some rewards and the opportunity to bring greater players. But all I have heard since I finished at Tottenham is that we finished 17th last year.
"So if you look at it through the prism of finishing 17th, then I am a failed manager who is lucky to get another opportunity. But again, if I have to explain why we finished 17th, it's really basic. It doesn't have to be too in-depth.
Party time
"Just look at the last five or six teamsheets of last season to see what I prioritised [the Europa League], and who was on the bench. And the last game against Brighton, the players were out partying for two days, which I sanctioned because I felt they deserved to. So yes we finished 17th. But if people think that's a reflection of me and my coaching then again, I think they are looking at it through the prism of I just don't fit.
"So we get to the current space [at Forest] where there is a different story to tell, that maybe I am not a failed manager who was lucky to get this job and instead maybe I am a manager who, if you give him time, the story always ends the same. At all my previous clubs, [it ends] with me and a trophy."