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BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray believes Nottingham Forest's quiet end to the winter transfer window - in contrast to those of previous seasons - shows how much progression the club has made in recent months.

On the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast, Fray said: "Deadline day was a lot quieter than the past few have been, which I guess shows where Forest are as a club because they have moved on.

"They're not in a situation where they're desperately needing to add players to stave off the threat of relegation or, in the case of the first season back [in the Premier League], to continue that rebuild.

"They're now in a position where their squad has done very well and they're quite relaxed about whether or not they can bring anyone else in. If they are to bring anybody else in, as Nuno said throughout the month, they have to be to improve Forest and have the character to fit into the dressing room.

"And when Forest have got players who are playing as well as they are at the moment, you're fishing in quite a small pool in terms of the players you can attract - and that pool is a very expensive pool.

"To get a player who was going to improve them and be able to fit in, given how well they're playing this season, was basically going to cost them too much money and put them at risk of PSR issues again."

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On the latest episode of BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast, David Jackson and Colin Fray discuss a far from normal week at the City Ground, with Nottingham Forest's 7-0 thrashing of Brighton followed by a relatively quiet transfer deadline day.

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Now that transfers are done and dusted, we know who has what for the final push this season.

I have Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea finishing in the top four, so that leaves two positions in the top six up for grabs.

I am so torn as to who will fill them because Newcastle and Aston Villa are going to face a serious challenge from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth.

It would be so nice to see Forest and Bournemouth do it and it would be deserved because they have performed so well this season and have adopted a brilliant style.

Everyone wants to watch teams play out from the back and play 'beautiful football' but really, it is juts about finding a style that suits your players and winning games. That is what I have enjoyed about Forest because they don't mind playing from the back, but they also don't mind being direct.

By playing on the defensive and thriving on counter attacks, they have been an enjoyable watch. But looking at their xG in games, they have to be clinical in order to win games. That is working for them at the moment. Whether that is luck, or something that is being coached on the training pitch and being pulled off in games we don't know. But they will have to keep it up.

I am going to be bold and predict Bournemouth to finish fifth, just slightly above Forest.

Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Katie Stafford