Gossip: Forest keen on midfielders Hinshelwood & Garnerpublished at 07:36 GMT
07:36 GMT
Nottingham Forest have identified Brighton's 20-year-old English midfielder Jack Hinshelwood among a number of possible January transfer targets. (Mail), external
Meanwhile, Everton boss David Moyes wants to hang on to English midfielder James Garner amid interest from Forest, Manchester United and Aston Villa in the 24-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season. (Talksport), external
'An amazing kind of relationship' - Woan on Dychepublished at 15:56 GMT 25 November
15:56 GMT 25 November
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Former Nottingham Forest winger and current assistant manager Ian Woan has been speaking about his history with the club's boss Sean Dyche.
Woan told the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast that their friendship is very close and "well outside the football realm", adding: "I first met him in 1990 [at Forest] when we were both in digs for six months. I then bought a house and the gaffer lived with me for five or six years. It was good times.
"Stoney [Steve Stone, fellow assistant to Dyche] also came to live with us for about a month but we couldn't have the three of us together - it was too much carnage!
"We have been best mates since then and I was his best man. It is an amazing kind of relationship. It is different now, but you never lose the fact of who the gaffer is. There is a lot of plusses and the trust there is incredible. He knows if he isn't around, he can delegate to me and Steve. The word is still getting out and he can trust it."
'We can start looking up the table'published at 08:47 GMT 25 November
08:47 GMT 25 November
Pat Riddell Fan writer
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Defeating this season's Liverpool is not quite the same as defeating the 2024-25 all-conquering Liverpool. Although this season's Nottingham Forest are not quite last campaign's swashbuckling Nottingham Forest.
But still, back-to-back wins at Anfield for the first time since 1963. Our biggest ever win at Anfield. Our first clean sheet since April.
None of these things are to be sniffed at.
Sean Dyche was brought in to fix a broken club and the remit was clear: organise the defence, stop conceding from set pieces, start scoring from set pieces, win games, keep clean sheets, score goals… a pretty basic target, but Forest were failing at all of them.
Obviously it is still early days, but the confidence Saturday's historic win brings will make a big difference. The willingness to defend with all their might, to not even concede a yellow card, to stick to the gameplan and to comfortably attack at will is precisely where we need to be - the rest will follow.
There are clearly issues to resolve - which will start on Thursday in the Europa League reunion with Malmo - but balancing the squad in league and cup, getting the new players' form and understanding up to speed, and developing the tactics are things that will come with time.
For now, we can believe that Dyche will deliver results and we can start looking up the table, rather than over our shoulder. The bottom three might only be just behind us but, as I said last week, a few wins and other results going our way will dramatically affect the table.
It is just that nobody foresaw Liverpool sliding down while we picked up momentum.
'The winning spirit we had last season is coming back' published at 12:03 GMT 24 November
12:03 GMT 24 November
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Nottingham Forest defender Murillo says a "winning spirit" is returning for the Reds.
Speaking to BBC Radio Nottingham after a stellar 3-0 win at Liverpool, the Brazilian centre-back said: "The winning spirit we had last season is coming back. I am so happy, feeling very good and it's not just me, I think it is everyone.
"Because of the work we have done in the week, maybe it has changed our minds and it has given us confidence to play well, given confidence to the fans and staff and everyone.
"When we scored the goal, we feel more confident, but sometimes we lose our minds. So we talked with each other to stay calm, keep going, and that's what we did.
"The second half was the most important part of the game. When we played well in the second half, everything went well."
