Forest Focus

Matt Davies is joined by Mark Carlaw from the West Ham Way to give us the opposition verdict this week as Nottingham Forest welcome West Ham United to the City Ground on Sunday. We discuss the scale of West Ham's crisis after three defeats at the start of the season. Mark gives his verdict on Graham Potter, the owners, the board and rates the Hammers' chances of getting a result in this one. #NFFC...

The Europa League draw took 12pm UK time as Nottingham Forest return to European competition for the first time since 1996. Forest have drawn Porto (home), Braga (away), Ferencvaros (home), Betis (away), Midtylland (home), Sturm Graz (away), Malmo (home) and Utrecht (away). We've put the podcast out unedited as it was pretty funny as we explain how the draw works, watch the draw unfold live and th...

Nottingham Forest are set to sign Juventus defender Nicolo Savona for around 16m euros according to reports from Italy. Fabrizio Romano says the 22-year-old is poised to have a medical ahead of the transfer window closing on Monday evening. Savona is a right-back who can also play centre back and he has been called up to the Italy squad once. We tell you more about him while TNT Sports commentator...

Nottingham Forest will look to continue their promising start to the Premier League season and heap more misery on West Ham United when the two sides meet at the City Ground on Sunday. We'll preview the game in full and pick our starting XIs, as well as addressing the latest transfer news. Names on the agenda include Ibrahim Sangare, Dilane Bakwa, Joaquin Seys (Club Brugge), Victor Kristiansen (Le...

Nottingham Forest midfielder Ibrahim Sangare could make a surprise move to West Ham late in the transfer window after a loan bid was reportedly lodged. We'll discuss that news in full and the latest transfer stories as Forest are linked with numerous full-backs - Joaquin Seys (Club Brugge), Victor Kristiansen (Leicester City), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Lutsharel Geetruida (RB Leipzig) and N...

Matt Davies is joined by TNT Sports commentator and friend of the show Adam Summerton to discuss the latest Nottingham Forest news. We discuss the latest Nuno's situation as manager before moving on to transfers with just under a week to go in the window. Forest have seen a third bid for Strasbourg's Dilane Bakwa rejected while The Telegraph's John Percy has said Forest are considering moves for G...

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo is reportedly set to meet with Evangelos Marinakis and his global head of football Edu this week to try and thrash out the apparent situation between Nuno and Edu. Major questions have been raised about Nuno's future after he said his relationship with Marinakis has deteriorated amid reports he cannot work with Edu after his summer arrival. Now they ar...

Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday with Callum Hudson-Odoi on target for Forest. The game was already set to be a massive one with Palace fans set to hold a pre-match protest after Forest were allocated their place in the Europa League for breaching multi club ownership rules. That was before an explosive day for Forest on Thursday when it was reported Nun...

Nottingham Forest head to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in their second Premier League game of the season on Sunday. It is expected to be a fiercely hostile atmosphere for Forest while both managers are pretty fed up with Nuno's Forest future in doubt and Oliver Glasner sounding furious about Palace's transfer business. We'll preview the game with Matt Watts from a Team Called as Palace as...

Nottingham Forest fans were shocked this morning to read a report from Italy saying Evangelos Marinakis was considering sacking manager Nuno Espirito Santo. Those reports were dismissed by the club but Nuno than sparked further concerns when he said his relationship with Marinakis had changed in his pre-match press conference before the Premier League game at Crystal Palace. Ange Postecoglu has al...

Matt Davies is joined by French and English football expert Tom Williams to give us the lowdown on Arnauld Kalimuendo after his £26m move from Rennes to Nottingham Forest. Tom tells us about what he offers Forest and why he cost much less than Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike and Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko despite having a very similar record last season to two strikers who are of a similar age. T...

Nottingham Forest head to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace in their second Premier League game of the season on Sunday. It is expected to be a fiercely hostile atmosphere for Forest with a protest planned by Palace fans, who are reportedly may 'target the visitors' team coach' according to the Guardian, after Palace were demoted from the Europa League with Forest taking their place. We'll prev...

Douglas Luiz is poised to join Nottingham Forest from Juventus at last after weeks of reports from Italy saying the deal will take place. The Athletic's David Ornstein reports the Brazil midfielder will initially join on loan before a £26m move if an appearance clause is met. We'll discuss the deal in full and it's implications, plus tackle the latest transfer news and answer listener questions as...

Matt Davies is joined by the i paper's chief football writer Daniel Storey and Harrogate Town goalkeeper James Belshaw to discuss the latest Nottingham Forest transfer news on Douglas Luiz, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee. James also breaks down two of the goals from Sunday's 3-1 win over Brentford, plus we look at Forest's increased possession stats and ask if that is going t...

Nottingham Forest are showing the Premier League they mean business this season as they won their first match 3-1 against Brentford in emphatic fashion. Before the match new signings Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee were introduced on the pitch and Arnaud Kalimuendo has since signed from Rennes on a five year deal. Douglas Luiz could follow from Juventus while further signings could follow with i...

Nottingham Forest kicked off their Premier League season in dream fashion as they comfortably beat Brentford 3-1 at the City Ground on Sunday. Chris Wood scored twice with Dan Ndoye also on target before Brentford pulled one back from the penalty spot after a handball from Ibrahim Sangare. We'll discuss the game in full as well as the latest transfer news as Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee sign...

Matt Davies is joined by Billy Grant from the Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London podcast to give us the Brentford view ahead of their trip to the City Ground to take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday. We discuss the departures of Thomas Frank, Bryan Mbeumo and Christian Norgaard, as well as Yoane Wissa wanting to leave. Billy discusses the arrival of Jordan Henderson and Caoi...

Nottingham Forest look set to spend around £100m on new signings and maybe more as they close in on a series of transfers. Arnaud Kalimuendo is set to join from Rennes for £26m, James McAtee from Manchester City for £30m and Omari Hutchinson from Ipswich Town for £37.5m. Sky Sports have also reported that Forest are in talks with Juventus over Douglas Luiz. Meanwhile, Reds manager Nuno Espirito Sa...

Nottingham Forest are signing Rennes striker Arnaud Kalimuendo for £26m according to reports from Fabrizio Romano and The Telegraph's John Percy. The 23-year-old scored 17 goals in 33 Ligue 1 games last season. He is a France U21 international who came through the PSG academy. We take a quick look at the player and what he could offer before addressing the other transfer news of the day from John...

Ahead of the 2025/26 Premier League season, Matt Davies sat down with our regular opposition fan guests and a few new faces to discuss their team's chances. We'll discuss summer transfers, season expectations and ask where will their team finish in the table. In part two, we'll hear from our regulars covering Leeds United, Newcastle United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle...

Ahead of the 2025/26 Premier League season, Matt Davies sat down with our regular opposition fan guests and a few new faces to discuss their team's chances. We'll discuss summer transfers, season expectations and ask where will their team finish in the table. In part one, we'll hear from our regulars covering Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton an...

Matt Davies is joined by Seb Hutchinson as he prepares to commentate on Nottingham Forest's Premier League opener against Brentford on Sunday for Sky Sports. We'll preview that game and discuss the CAS verdict which saw Nottingham Forest play in the Europa League at the expense of Crystal Palace. We also talk transfers as Forest look set to sign James McAtee from Manchester City and assess the sta...

Nottingham Forest are officially in the Europa League after Crystal Palace lost their appeal against demotion to the Conference League at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We'll discuss the verdict and it's implications as well as give our annual Reds predictions on where they will finish in the Premier League, top scorer, player of the season and more. We'll also discuss the latest transfer new...

Nottingham Forest drew 0-0 Saudi Arabian side Al Qadsiah in their final pre-season friendly at the City Ground to make it five goalless draws out of seven friendlies. We'll discuss the game in full as well as the latest transfer news. Ben Jacobs and Alex Crook of talkSport say Forest are keen on Ipswich left-back Leif Davis while The Sun have claimed the Reds are keen to sign Ademola Lookman from...

Matt Davies is joined by Dan Cook, Pete Blackburn and, at the start of the show, Mark Sutherns as we answered listener questions on all things Nottingham Forest. Topics on the agenda include reports from Italy that Ibrahim Sangare could join Juventus with Douglas Luiz going the other way. We also address the possibility of another striker joining and say what our top priority signing would be righ...