Talking Reds: a Nottingham Forest podcast

Today we bring you a special episode based entirely around the financial side of football and the implications that different outcomes could have on Nottingham Forest whenit comes to Financial Fair Play within the game. Of course all Forest fans are well aware that falling foul of the rules can pose significant headaches – losing 4 points under PSR rules nearly cost us our Premier League place a y...

Recent form hasn’t been our friend and Forest needed a turning point, a moment, a sign that they are well and truly still in this fight. It wasn’t pretty and in fairness they were holding on at the end but that little flick from our magic Murillo to equalise and grab the point on the road may well be the defining moment of the run-in. Three games to go and it’s in our hands. We will chew the fat o...

Nights like last night make you want to turn off your phone, hide under the duvet and sulk like five year old that’s lost his favourite dinosaur. Feelings of despair andconfusion are easy to succumb to. Losing your mind a little comes a bit too easy and all sense of balance and objectivity goes out the window. It’s all too easy to fold and meltdown but now is the time more than ever for clear head...

Our aim has always been to give a voice to as many people from the Forest fan base as possible and our special One With series is a great way for us to do just that. Our guest today is a huge Forest fan with a larger than life social media personality. Well-known across X for his blunt but humorous posts and random facts on life and the world -  he’s the man who will constantly remind you that ALL...

It was a great day up until 4.32pm yesterday. We’d congregated at a lovely pub in St John’s Wood, the drinks were flowing and the food was great! Spirits were highand the nerves had turned into genuine belief… Then Rico Lewis scored within two minutes for City and the damp squib of a first half killed the party and it then seemed that in spite of a much better second half, it just wasn’t gonna be...

All eyesturn to the FA Cup and Wembley this weekend as it’s semi-final time for CrystalPalace, Aston Villa, Manchester City and of course the super Nottingham Forest. Coming up,we’ll preview what’s in store for Forest as a sea of red awaits them with fanstravelling from all over to be part of a sell-out Forest side of the stadium. Isthis a free-hit or too good an opportunity for silverware to igno...

Let’s be honest it wasn’t fun watching everyone else play before us – mainly because the wins they collectively achieved between them dropped Forest into sixth placeahead of kick-off at Spurs and the pressure to win was intensified to the max as, for many, it looked as though the slip-up was on! But no. On no no no…. Once again, following a set-back Nottingham Forest laid down their credentials bo...

Increased heart rates, bitten nails and furrowed brows – all of that and more are bound to be evident across the Forest fan base as this gameweek gets underway in justabout an hours’ time. And with Forest bringing up the rear with their kick-off at Spurs not until Monday night, the blood pressure and nerves are all focussed on what those teams around us might do and what points they might gain and...

We continue our special guest series today with a Forest fan who has forged a brilliant career in broadcast journalism and now finds himself at the media giant News UK where you can regularly hear him delivering news, sports and reporting on Talk TV, Times Radio, Virgin Radio and of course TalkSPORT! As ever, we’re going to find out more about our guest, get his views on Nuno and the incredible se...

Someone once said “it’s a funny old game” well, that’s as maybe but I’m not laughing and I’m sure no Forest fans are this evening. Defeat is never fun as a football fan,especially when there’s so much at stake and it’s the business end of the season…!But look, we need to stay focussed and we will stay positive – even if it isincredibly hard to do so. Anadded-time error from Mr Dependable, Murillo,...

An away defeat and all of a sudden many in the fanbase are on squeaky bum time… But this is a Forest team that has shown time and time again that writing them off is for fools and the spirit and togetherness in this group has overcome adversity on more than one occasion to prove they are the real deal. Everton visit the City Ground on Saturday and The Reds can help their cause no end by putting th...

Now then we all love a bit of a sing-a-long I’m sure, and there’s nothing better than brilliant lyrics over the top of a proper catchy tune, turned up to 11 and belted out for all to hear. Actually you know what – there is one thing betterand that’s when you have all of that and then add on top that the songs in question are all about our beloved Nottingham Forest and magnificent players. And over...

Defeat is never a nice feeling and thankfully this season us Forest fans have hardly had to experience having our weekend trashed as the losses have been few and farbetween. Forest may come away from Villa Park this game week empty-handed (and let’s be honest when the mad five minutes kicked in we were all thinking of Bournemouthand Newcastle away right?) but the spirit and much improved second ha...

It’s nearly a whole year since we came together to create Talking Reds and its been a quite unbelievable ride with a whole host of fabulous guests and contributors joiningus on over 80 episodes throughout this incredible Premier League season for Nottingham Forest. All the way back at the start, there was one person who quite literally was the ‘dream guest’ for Greg personally and today that dream...

Quite simply, we’re running out of things to say. And what can you say when you get to witness a special goal like that, under the lights at a packed out City Groundagainst one of the giants of world football. And not just the goal. The togetherness. The work ethic. The defensive masterclass (again). The Captain’s performance, rattling more big names and living rent free in the mind of yet another...

Twenty three years outside of the top flight and not a lot to shout about meant life as a Nottingham Forest fan was pretty dismal. The club of miracles had seemingly seenit’s final resurrection long ago and days in the sun were for fans of other teams. But then the magic dust fell again on the city of rebels and in the space of just a few seasons Forest have come out of nowhere to get promoted bac...

It’s true that all Forest fans want their players to feature and do well when on international duty whilst at the same time feeling perfectly content if they hardly get a kick and stay out of the way of potential injuries! It’s a double edged sword and whilst Morga Gibbs-White will be feeling disappointed at zero minutes for England, Reds fans will be breathing a sigh of relief – especially as 18-...

To support World Down Syndrome Day, we are really excited to bring you a very special edition of our The One With Series today. All of you will of course remember the fabulousepisode we did recently with Helen and Joseph from Warriors United and how much Nottingham Forest has been doing to enrich the lives of those young people and ensurethat they are celebrated and never overlooked and our guest...

We are delighted to resume our special guest series today and are thrilled to welcome someone into the hotseat who has built up his own YouTube channel that isdefinitely one for true football fans. He’s a Nottingham Forest fan and has followed The Reds for many years but now travels around the UK and Europe to visit and catalogue matches at stadiums well-known and also those grounds andclubs that...

You might be forgiven for just feeling a little bit nervous that an away day at Premier League struggles, Ipswich Town, might just be the banana skin Forest didn’t need having clawed back to decent form in recent games at home. Having just squeezed a home win with a penalty and then needing more spot-kicks to eliminate them in the FA Cup we all expected this to be a tight affair but in truth it wa...

After a couple of home games against teams directly around them in the table, Nottingham Forest travel away to Ipswich on Saturday with hopes to rectify recent wobbles on the road and secure important three points in the hunt for ChampionsLeague Football. Most would agree that Forest definitely looked back to their solid best when taking 4 points off Arsenal and Man City and back-to-back clean she...

With recent slip-ups on the road, the snipping had already started as the ‘I told you so’s were whispered from many corners of the football world. Write this team off at yourperil. They’ve shown it time and time again and once more on display yesterday was that (say it with me) BOUNCE BACK ABILITY that makes the gap to 6th place 5 points. We’re excited to look back on all the talking points and he...

It’s March 6th and Nottingham Forest are 3rd in the Premier League and into the FA Cup quarter finals and they welcome reigning Premier League Champions, Manchester City to The City Ground for the early 12.30 kick-off on Saturday as both teams will look to strike first and strike hard for those three points. Can Forest finally get the win over the Cityzens and will this season that has been full o...

There’s doing it the hard way and then there’s doing it the Forest way. Resting players and squad rotation is always a factor still at this stage of the FA Cup andwith top four aspirations it was no surprise to see 6 changes for The Reds last night in the hope that they could get the job done against an Ipswich side that also reflected more of its bench than regular starters. Inevitably, and in sp...

We turn our attention back to the FA Cup as we look ahead to Monday night’s 5th round tie at The City Ground when Forest will host Premier League Ipswich Town. We all know that the trip to Exeter in round 4 was anything but straightforward asForest made a team of changes – so where is Nuno at now in terms of cup verses league priorities and what sort of personnel will he deem suitable against a te...