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Nottingham Forest are up to third in the Premier League after beating West Ham 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. Meanwhile, Edu Gaspar is leaving his position as a director of Arsenal ahead of a potential move to work for Evangelos Marinakis overseeing Forest, Olympiacos and Rio Ave.
Matt Davies is joined by Emily Anderson, Mikey Clarke and former Reds midfielder David Prutton to discuss the game, the Edu news and ask if this has all the ingredients of a special season for Forest. #nffc...
Published 11/04/24
Nottingham Forest were 3-0 winners against West Ham United at the City Ground as they moved up to third in the Premier League with goals from Chris Wood, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ola Aina. We'll discuss the game in full as Matt Davies is joined by Chris Aylmer and former Reds midfielder Lewis McGugan.
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Published 11/02/24
Matt Davies is joined by Mark Carlaw from The West Ham Way to gives us opposition view of Saturday's game against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. We discuss the form of key players, Julen Lopetegui's start as manager and which Forest players can hurt the Hammers.
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Published 11/01/24
Nottingham Forest will be looking for their third Premier League win in a row when they take on an inconsistent West Ham United at the City Ground on Saturday. Matt Davies is joined by Ian Finch, Mikey Clarke and Pete Blackburn to preview the game in full.
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Published 10/31/24
Matt Davies is joined by Nottingham Forest fan and chief football writer for the i paper, Daniel Storey. We discuss the reasons behind the Reds' transformation this season as they currently seventh in the Premier League. We also look at if the blueprint is in place for sustained success and address the latest fine issued to the club after the touchline scuffle against Chelsea.
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Published 10/30/24
Nottingham Forest ended the weekend in seventh place in the Premier League after their 3-1 win at Leicester City on Friday night. We'll discuss key aspects from the game and look at the bigger picture as Matt Davies is joined by Michael Temple and TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher.
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Published 10/28/24
Nottingham Forest beat Leicester City 3-1 in the Premier League to go fifth as Chris Wood scored twice to continue his incredible form under Nuno Espirito Santo with Ryan Yates getting the first goal. We'll discuss the game in full from 10.15pm as Matt Davies is joined by Mark Sutherns and former Reds midfielder Lewis McGugan (on his birthday). #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/25/24
Matt Davies is joined by Leicestershire Live's Jordan Blackwell to give the Leicester City viewpoint ahead of facing Nottingham Forest. We discuss Leicester's start to the season, how fans view former Reds manager Steve Cooper and what their tactical set up will be.
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Published 10/25/24
Matt Davies is joined by Pete Blackburn and a late arriving Michael Temple to preview Nottingham Forest's trip to Leicester City in the Premier League on Friday night. We'll discuss team selection around Morgan Gibbs-White, James Ward-Prowse and Jota Silva as well as Forest facing a Steve Cooper team for the first time he left Forest. We'll also discuss the bans for Evangelos Marinakis, Nuno and Morgan Gibbs-White after the FA released the reports into incidents involving the trio. #NFFC...
Published 10/24/24
Seb Hutchinson returns to the show after commentating on Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace for Sky Sports. We discuss key players in the game including Nikola Milenkovic, Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood, plus ask how high Forest can finish in the Premier League this season. #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/23/24
Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace means they will go fifth in the Premier League if they beat Leicester City on Friday night. Matt Davies is joined by Greg Mitchell, Emily Anderson and former Reds defender Kelvin Wilson to discuss the first home win of the season in full.
We'll discuss Chris Wood getting his 20th Premier League goal for the club in 50 games, a rock solid defence and another top performance from Matz Sels. We also discuss the prospects of Forest having a...
Published 10/22/24
Nottingham Forest beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at the City Ground in this week's Monday Night Football in the Premier League to go eighth in the table after Chris Wood got the only goal. Matt Davies is joined by Mark Sutherns, Pete Blackburn and Simon Fotheringham to discuss the win in full.
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Published 10/21/24
Matt Davies is joined by Matt Watts from a A Team Called Palace podcast to discuss the start to the season for Crystal Palace with Oliver Glasner's team 18th in the Premier League after failing to win any of their first seven games.
We discuss the departure of key players, Eddie Nketiah's form after he almost joined Forest and which Reds players could hurt Palace. #NFFC #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/20/24
Nottingham Forest midfielder Ryan Yates joins us to discuss his fine form this season, going up against World Cup winners at Chelsea and Liverpool, angering opposition fans, the noise around Monday night's Premier League game against Crystal Palace after FA sanctions against Morgan Gibbs-White, Nuno Espirito Santo and Evangelos Marinakis and more. #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/19/24
Nottingham Forest finally return to Premier League action on Monday night when they take on Crystal Palace at the City Ground. Matt Davies is joined by Michael Temple, Pete Blackburn and the Copa Club's Nathan Joyes.
We discuss the game in full including fitness worries for Matz Sels and Morgan Gibbs-White and we pitch for our favoured starting XIs as Forest look to pick up their first home win since April. #NFFC #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/18/24
Podcast viewers and listeners often ask us to examine the performances of Matz Sels in depth at Nottingham Forest as he occasionally comes under scrutiny for goals, as well as earning praise for his saves, as he did in the draw against Chelsea.
With that in mind we spend an hour looking at key incidents in Sels' Reds career, as well as reviewing his deputy Carlos Miguel after joining in the summer from Corinthians. Matt Davies is joined by Harrogate Town and former Bristol Rovers goalkeeper...
Published 10/17/24
The international break is over but Nottingham Forest only have four more Premier League games before the next one! Could those next four games decide the direction the season with three at home against Crystal Palace, West Ham and Newcastle United while the Reds also go to Steve Cooper's Leicester City.
Matt Davies is joined by Greg Mitchell, Michael Temple and Reds legend Garry Birtles to discuss improving home form, last week's FA fine of £750,000 for the post Everton tweet, training...
Published 10/14/24
Nottingham Forest have been fined £750,000 for their tweet after defeat to Everton at the end of the 2023/24 Premier League season. Forest lost the game 2-0 but were furious after three penalty appeals were rejected by referee Anthony Taylor and VAR Stuart Attwell, now famously tweeting 'Three extremely poor decisions - three penalties not given - which we simply cannot accept. We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. Our patience has been...
Published 10/11/24
Henry Winter, one of the most respected football journalists in the country, returns to Forest Focus to discuss Nottingham Forest's strong start the season after he was at Stamford Bridge for the draw against Chelsea. We discuss the players who impressed him, Forest's ambitions for the season, his respect for Nuno Espirito Santo and the Premier League being on the brink of civil war after this week's Manchester City court ruling.
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Published 10/10/24
Nottingham Forest are sweating on the fitness of goalkeeper Matz Sels after he withdrew from the Belgium squad with an adductor injury ahead of their Nations Leagues games. There is better news when it comes to Morgan Gibbs-White though after his injury against Chelsea, while Ola Aina has been linked with Roma.
We'll discuss all that and hear from Reds fans in our latest phone-in as Matt Davies is joined by Mark Sutherns and Mikey Clarke from 7pm. #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/09/24
Nottingham Forest produced a great performance at Stamford Bridge as they drew 1-1 with Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Chris Wood gave Forest the lead before Noni Madueke equalised. James Ward-Prowse was sent off after 77 minutes but the Reds held on despite 13 minutes of added time and might have won it through Jota Silva or Neco Williams. At the other end, Matz Sels was outstanding.
Matt Davies will be joined by Mark Sutherns, Paul Morley and Ruby Naylor to discuss the...
Published 10/08/24
On today's show we look at Rio Ave, the third club owned by Evangelos Marinakis after he bought 80 percent of the Portuguese top flight team with a vow to invest in a small but proud club which saw the start of current Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo's managerial career.
We welcome Albert from the Long Ball Futebol Podcast to discuss his visits to watch the team, its history and the early impressions made by the Marinakis regime. We also discuss the form of three players with...
Published 10/08/24
Matt Davies is joined by David Prutton, Michael Temple and Pete Blackburn to discuss all the big talking points from Nottingham Forest's 1-1 draw at Chelsea including James Ward-Prowse's sending off and the great performance from Matz Sels. We'll take stock on the season so far ahead of another international break.
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Published 10/07/24
Matt Davies is joined by Chelsea fan Harry Daniels (AKA FPL Harry) to give the opposition view this week as Nottingham Forest go to Stamford Bridge on Sunday. We discuss the brilliance of Cole Palmer, teams strengths and weaknesses under Enzo Maresca and Harry gives us his predicted XI. #NFFC #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/04/24