Episodes
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
This was recorded before it was announced that Morgan...
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
Nottingham Forest head to Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday. Forest face a stern test with Chelsea third in the table after beating Brighton 4-2, a game in which Cole Palmer scored all four goals. The Reds will be looking to bounce back after they lost 1-0 at home to Fulham last time out.
Matt Davies is joined by Greg Mitchell and Pete Blackburn along with Matt Davies-Adams, who returns to the podcast to give us his view on both teams as he commentates on the hosts for Chelsea TV.
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Published 10/03/24
Matt Davies and BBC Radio Nottingham's David Jackson look ahead to upcoming games for Nottingham Forest starting with Chelsea before a potential pivotal bracket before the next international break.
We also have an in-depth discussion on Taiwo Awoniyi and his future at the club as Forest look to get him back to his best form after a long struggle with injuries. #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 10/02/24
Matt Davies is joined by Emily Anderson for today's Nottingham Forest fan Q&A as Nottinghamshire cricketer and Reds fan Luke Fletcher returns to the podcast.
Topics include Nuno's in game management, Anthony Elanga's form and making best use of Taiwo Awoniyi.
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Published 10/01/24
Nottingham Forest were beaten 1-0 by Fulham at the City Ground on Saturday as they lost their Premier League unbeaten record. There were question marks again manager Nuno Espirito Santo over his team selection and substitutes, as well as VAR and even the City Ground atmosphere.
Matt Davies is joined by Mikey Clarke, Michael Temple and former Reds defender Kelvin Wilson.
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Published 09/30/24
Today's guest is Ben Jones from the Time Out gambling support group in Nottingham. After plugging the charity on a recent podcast, we wanted to learn more about what they do as Ben tells his story of addiction which saw him end up in prison and his road to helping others today.
If you feel you need help with regards to gambling addiction go to: https://www.doubleimpact.org.uk/time-out-gambling-project
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Published 09/29/24
Nottingham Forest lost 1-0 to Fulham at the City Ground in the Premier League on Saturday after a contentious VAR intervention to award a penalty. We'll discuss that and seemingly strange tactics from Nuno in full at 8pm as Matt Davies is joined by Simon Fotheringham and Chris Aylmer.
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Published 09/28/24
Nottingham Forest face Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday at the City Ground. Ahead of the game, we spoke with Russ Goldman from the Cottage Talk podcast to get his views on the match as Russ highlighted a series of interesting parallels between the sides. #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 09/27/24
Nottingham Forest face Fulham at the City Ground on Saturday with star player Morgan Gibbs-White banned after his red card against Brighton. A Premier League panel has now ruled that was the wrong decision. We'll discuss that news and this weekend's game in full as Matt Davies is joined by Mikey Clarke, Pete Blackburn and podcast debutant Ian Finch.
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Published 09/26/24
Matt Davies is joined by Luke Fletcher on today's show. Fletch is one of county cricket's great characters who will leave Nottinghamshire this summer after 17 years with his home county. He is also a big Forest fan and season ticket holder with his young son. We discuss his cricket career and future plans, plus his love of the Reds and the season so far. #nffc #nottinghamforest
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Published 09/25/24
Matt Davies is joined by Greg Mitchell, Michael Temple and TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher to review Nottingham Forest's 2-2 draw with Brighton as the Reds made it five games unbeaten in the Premier League.
Morgan Gibbs-White's red card and referee Rob Jones' part in it will be discussed as well as Matz Sels' role in the second Brighton goal. We also discuss Forest's central defensive pairing and ask where Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo rank in the league.
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Published 09/23/24
Nottingham Forest drew 2-2 with Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday to make it five games unbeaten at the start of the Premier League season. There was plenty of drama as Morgan Gibbs-White was controversially sent-off by Rob Jones. Forest battled back from 2-1 with Matz Sels in the spotlights as Ramon Sosa scored off the bench.
Matt Davies is joined by Emily Anderson and Chris Aylmer from Forest All Over to discuss the game in full from 4.30pm.
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Published 09/22/24