'There's so many positive signs' - Postecoglou

Nottingham Forest have been unlucky and the players deserve more for their efforts, according to boss Ange Postecoglou.

The squad have quickly bought into Postecoglou's methods despite the five-game winless start, which was extended after defeat to Sunderland on Saturday.

The Europa League visit of FC Midtjylland on Thursday - the City Ground's first European game since 1996 - represents another chance to get off the mark.

Morgan Gibbs-White has been enthused by Postecoglou's philosophy and the head coach feels they could even have a 100% record.

Postecoglou said: "We've got to be fair to players. I mean, what are they going to say? They're not going to say it's rubbish and 'I hate the manager'.

"I do genuinely think they see what we're trying to do.

"More important to me is what I see in terms of the games, in terms of the training and look I get it people look at the the end result and work their way back from that so when you're not winning they just think that obviously there's something wrong.

"Then they look for things that are wrong but you know the flip side of that is I've got to give feedback to the players, analyse the game and be honest with them.

"When I analyse the games I see they're doing so many things right and in a normal course of events we could have been sitting here and I don't think anyone would begrudge us if we'd won all those games.

"Apart from the Arsenal game I don't think anyone would have said we were lucky if we had won those games.

"There's so many positive signs and I think the players, they're not silly they see that and they understand that but I want them to get the rewards for their hard work."