Nottinghamshire

Millie Sian
BBC Sport journalist

Nottingham Forest boss Ange Postecoglou has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Burnley at Turf Moor (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Murillo is "still a doubt" to feature this weekend. The defender has "done some individual work" but is "still a bit sore" so a late decision will be made on his availability.

• He added: "This is the nature of the business we're in. You are always going to get some disruptions along the way, so thankfully it's not too serious. If he doesn't make tomorrow, he should definitely be right for Wednesday."

• There are no fresh injury concerns in the squad, with central midfielder Nicolas Dominguez "hopefully getting integrated into full training" next week after recovering from a knee issue.

• Igor Jesus is having his minutes managed after featuring in the Club World Cup over the summer, but the Brazilian is showing he is "such a hard worker" in training.

• Nottingham Forest "paid the ultimate price" in the final 10 to 15 minutes of their Carabao Cup match against Swansea City, but Postecoglou took comfort in seeing "plenty of evidence that the players are taking the information onboard".

• He elaborated on what he meant: "There was certainly an endeavour for us to be more aggressive with and without the ball. We created as many chances as you possibly could in a game like that, away from home. The defensive work apart from the last 15 minutes was excellent."

• The squad will be trying to "make amends" for their last two Premier League results, "get some points on the board" and "start moving in the right direction on the table" against Burnley.

• On Scott Parker's side only losing one game at Turf Moor in the past 15 months: "There aren't any easy tests in the Premier League now. Scott has done a brilliant job since taking over from Vincent [Kompany]. I love that he's tested himself overseas as well. He is a smart guy and has got them set up really well."

• On whether there is pressure on him to deliver results quickly: "There has been negativity around my arrival since I got to the Premier League - that's the constant space I'm in. It is important we win on Saturday, not to ease the pressure on me but because we have lost our last two games in the Premier League."

• It has been 10 days since Postecoglou took charge at Nottingham Forest and he has already made his own assessment of the club: "It has a very solid foundation. You can see why this club has grown steadily over the last few years - there are quality people here. It would've been a lot more challenging coming in at this point if there was some sort of disconnect between me and the existing staff."

• The players are "very united", despite there being a lot of new players in the dressing room, with all of the summer additions "adapting really well".

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BBC Radio Nottingham's Forest commentator Colin Fray speaking on the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast:

"Postecoglou will know as a new head coach coming in, the same as for any head coach, that the sooner he gets a win the better. The sooner he gets a win he gets fans onboard and very importantly, players on board with his ideas.

"For Postecoglou, specifically here at Forest, the difficulty for him is he's coming into a side that was really on the up. I know the last game under Nuno against West Ham was shocking. Take that one away, Forest have been a club growing and growing, going up, looking to take the next step. Suddenly, around the time he arrives - and I am not saying he is responsible in any way - they hit a buffer and conceded nine in three games, two games under Postecoglou and one under his predecessor.

"He has come in to a dressing room under a Nuno style. He has to get his ideas across, which are different to Nuno's. He has to get them across quickly. With it being so many away games, he doesn't get much time to work on stuff on the training pitch. He's starting now to need to convince more fans. If you are preaching something to employees in any position and it's not getting results, there will be scepticism.

"So what's his immediate aim? Win. Win a game.

"He made 10 changes against Swansea, with another couple at half time. So there were lots of things tried. What it means is he's now had a look at the vast majority of his squad. I think he's now more in a position for the Burnley game and Betis game going forward to make more sound judgments on what his starting XI for each game is going to be. He has not got far more idea about players.

"But, he needs to get his selections right, so that he wins a game, quickly."

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The latest Shut Up And Show More Football has dropped, with all the reaction to a "damaging defeat" at Swansea City.

David Jackson and Colin Fray are joined by former Nottingham Forest player James Perch to mull over what went wrong in the Carabao Cup third round and discuss Ange Postecoglou's start.

Plus former Reds midfielder Gareth Edds - who played under Ange Postecoglou for the Australia Under-20s - shares his insight on the new boss.

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Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

All season, we are inviting you to send in your questions about Nottingham Forest as part of the BBC's Ask Me Anything service, using this form.

One of the questions this week was about the plans for Forest's stadium so we put it to our reporter Nick Mashiter.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis wants to increase the City Ground capacity to 50,000.

That will have to wait for now but Forest are pushing ahead with plans to expand their home.

The proposals will see the existing Peter Taylor Stand demolished and replaced with a 10,000-seater stand, increasing the City Ground's overall capacity to around 42,000.

Full planning permission was granted by Rushcliffe Borough Council's planning committee in June, with some conditions.

These include paying just over £1m to improve local bus services, £150,000 to upgrade the A60/Cattle Market Road junction and £200,000 for cycle improvements along Lady Bay Bridge.

They must also replace Nottingham Rowing Club's Britannia boathouse, which will be demolished as part of the plans.

It ended a long wait for Forest as they had initially announced expansion plans in 2019, meaning the club had even considered leaving the City Ground

It was originally expected to cost about £94m but an estimate from earlier this year suggested this has risen to £130m while a build date is yet to be announced.

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We asked for what you learnt after Forest's 3-2 loss to Swansea and their exit from the League Cup.

Here are some of your comments:

Craig: Very poor appointment of a very poor manager who, though a trier, is totally out of his depth in a top league. Not right for Ange Postecoglou to come out and blame the players for "getting too comfortable" when team selection and subs were the root cause of throwing away a two goal lead against a mid-table Championship team.

Peter: Well, it's only two games so far for Ange, but I'm already getting the feeling his coaching ability is like having the reincarnation of Brian Clough - only in reverse. Being knocked out of one cup competition at the first attempt could be a blessing in disguise - to allow us to focus on a possible relegation battle.

Ben: An ominous start to Ange's reign. It's too early to be hitting the panic button, but certainly worrying signs. Forest played some good passages of football but lacked the clinical intent to push the game out of Swansea's reach. Some very sloppy play at times meant this team looked as un-Nuno as possible by the end.

Edward: Absolute joke. We should have won that. We needed to keep our focus but we lost it.

Bruce: Absolutely no surprise at Swansea. Sack a successful manager when the team is doing well, just before important cup and European matches. Shoot yourself in the foot and watch the new appointee blame everyone but himself. Deja vu.

Matt: I'm not a pessimistic person, and I'm most certainly not a pessimist when it comes to my beloved Forest but I'd rather not be on this 'exciting' Ange-ball rollercoaster. Especially if it's putting us back into the Championship again. It feels like a collapse at the City Ground- I hope I am wrong

Gareth Roberts
BBC Sport Wales

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After defeat at Emirates Stadium, Ange Postecoglou promised this would be the game where the first signs of his influence on the team he inherited from Nuno Espirito Santo would be visible.

He did not have time to waste, he said.

And at the very least, the Australian will have gained a greater idea of what he has at his disposal after handing first starts to talent that cost the club the best part of £120m over the summer.

He would have had every right to have been impressed with Jesus, the striker nicknamed the 'Little Frog', who jumped at the opportunity to open his account in the south Wales rain.

More importantly for Forest, Jesus' second was an example of the kind of football associated with Postecoglou's teams as a sweeping move cut the hosts open and made it easy for the striker to finish.

There were signs too of Juventus loanee Douglas Luiz's class and what the likes of Hutchinson and McAtee could provide.

But there were also signs – as if the result did not make it obvious - that the former Spurs boss has plenty of work to do.

It was Swansea who looked to have the kind of tempo 'Angeball' is meant to have, pressing hard from the front with intensity.

And although Forest could point to spurned chances from a number of players, it would be tough to say that Swansea did not earn the win.