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  1. Eli Junior Kroupi celebrates with his team-mates after scoring for Bournemouth against Nottingham Forest.

  2. Sean Dyche standing on the Nottingham Forest pitch with his arms folded. He is wearing a blue, short-sleeved football shirt. The empty stand, which is out of focus, can be seen g=behind him

  3. Sutton's predictions: Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest

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    Sean Dyche is a sensible appointment by Nottingham Forest but the way his predecessor Ange Postecoglou was treated by their fans makes me think he is better off out of there.

    Dyche is more of a Nuno Espirito Santo figure than an Ange in terms of how he will set his side up, but Forest's aim now is to stay in the Premier League and Dyche has already shown he can keep teams up.

    This is a tough start for him, though. Bournemouth should have beaten Crystal Palace last week but they are still third and are flying at the moment.

    The Cherries always create chances, especially at home, and I don't feel as if Forest will be able to hold out.

    Sutton's prediction: 1-0

    Read the full predictions and have your say here

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  12. 🎧 A perfect start

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    It could not have gone much better for Sean Dyche in his first game in charge of Nottingham Forest - a 2-0 win over Porto in the Europa League and a first clean sheet in 21 matches.

    In the latest episode of Shut Up And Show More Football, BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray and David Jackson reflected back on a memorable European night and what Dyche's arrival could mean for Forest going forward.

    Fray said: "If he was going to plan out a first game, he'd have an unbeaten team on top of the Portuguese league on a European night under the lights at City Ground and beat them, to inflict their first defeat of the season, get a couple of penalties on the way, have a bit of drama with VAR and keep a clean sheet for the first time in 21 matches.

    "It panned out perfectly for him."

    Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds

    Listen to Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest on Sunday from 14:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 on BBC Sounds

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  16. 'Don't lose this moment' - Dyche on Mull of Kintyre

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    Sean Dyche says he "didn't want to lose this moment" when he was taking in the atmosphere before his first match in charge against Porto in the Europa League on Thursday night.

    The new Nottingham Forest boss could be seen at the edge of his technical area observing and listening to the reception from fans as he came out when they started signing their version of Mull of Kintyre.

    Dyche came through the Forest youth system, but never made a first team appearance and had hoped he could experience the famous City Ground atmosphere.

    "During my career, particularly as a player, I didn't always do that [take in the atmosphere]," he told BBC Radio Nottingham

    "The knife edge of success and failure gets to you and you are willing games to go through. You don't want to make a mistake, you want to play well.

    "I stood there [before Porto game] and I thought, right, I was 16 walking along the Trent one day and all I wanted to do was put the shirt on.

    "And then one day I am manager, so I thought 'don't lose this moment'. You never know in football how long it lasts and I thought 'don't lose this moment'.

    "I was looking around and thinking 'there it is, have that'."

    Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds

    You can also hear from Morgan Gibbs-White's thoughts after the win

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  20. 'I don't look at price tags' - Dyche on assessing his Forest squad

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    Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche feels there are players in his squad who need to "develop into the truth and the reality of the Premier League".

    The 54-year-old was appointed as Forest's new head coach on Tuesday and has already got his first win under his belt after the Reds beat Porto in the Europa League on Thursday.

    Dyche has not had a lot of time to get to know a squad that has gone through significant changes since they were promoted into the Premier League in 2022, and when asked if this was the best squad he has worked with, he responded: "I don't know yet.

    "It's like I have said, once things are on a piece of paper, [just] because you have spent some money then [all of a sudden] they're all brilliant. I don't know yet.

    "On first impressions, it's a good squad. I've worked with some very underrated players, very good players who cost next to nothing who have delivered in the Premier League for many years.

    "I don't look at price tags, I look at right in front of me; at what they are doing, what they know, what do they learn, how can they learn, how can they adapt to the truth of the Premier League? The Premier League is not just about quality. Every player in the Premier League has a form of quality, if you imagine technical quality.

    "But what about the nuts and bolts of a player? What about understanding the Premier League? What about shape? What about discipline? What about getting into the right passing lanes very quickly? What about seeing the picture? They are the hardest things to coach and that often takes time. It takes maturation from playing in the Premier League.

    "We think we have got quality and I must make that clear, but there are players who need to develop into the truth and the reality of the Premier League and I think that takes time."

    Forest go to Bournemouth on Sunday hoping to get a first league win since their opening match of the campaign.

    On the injury front, Dyche said: "Dilane Bakwa is going to be a bit longer, unfortunately.

    "With Woody [Chris Wood], we are still waiting on news. It is settling, but how quick it can settle, we are waiting on more news on that. We will wait to see how [Oleksandr] Zinchenko is after coming off. That one is going to be touch and go, I think."

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