Forest's best Premier League XI?published at 12:31 GMT
12:31 GMT
Over the past week, we have been asking you to send in the best Premier League XI your club could have put together.
We know football existed before 1992 but as a Leeds United fan asked our experts on the club to name theirs - using the Ask Me Anything form on the Whites - we stuck with their parameters.
Here's the effort of BBC Sport's Forest fan writer Pat Riddell.
Your Forest Premier League XIpublished at 16:43 GMT 17 November
16:43 GMT 17 November
We have, roughly, run the numbers and here is the XI your submissions have produced.
Three fifths of Nottingham Forest's watertight defence from last season has been joined by club legend Stuart Pearce and penalty-saving expert Mark Crossley in a backline that should prove tough to breach.
In midfield, do not expect Morgan Gibbs-White to play rigidly on the left, but he needed fitting in alongside a combative and destructive pairing of Roy Keane and Elliot Anderson.
Up front, Stan Collymore was a shoo-in but finding a partner proved tricky. Chris Wood's heroics in 2024-25 no doubt helped sway the vote.
Maybe get Brian Clough in charge of this bunch - or Nuno Espirito Santo? - and watch them shoot up the league.
'Know how to use the noise and scrutiny'published at 12:56 GMT 17 November
12:56 GMT 17 November
Nicola Pearson BBC Sport journalist
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The statistics might say playing at home is an advantage - but what happens when it is not?
So far this season, 53% of Premier League matches have been won by the home team - the highest ever rate in a single campaign.
On the flip side, just 26% have been won by the away team - the lowest rate since 2010-11.
However, this has not been the case for all teams.
For some, being on the road has been more favourable. Tottenham are perhaps the most contrasting example having the joint-most points away from home with 13, but the second-worst in front of their own fans with just five points.
In the second part of her chat with BBC Sport, performance psychologist Marie Cartwright explained: "With crowds when playing away from home, there is a reduced scrutiny as a whole for away teams in that those crowds expect the home team to be the ones in charge. The players feel less judged. The pressure is on the other side.
"Another reason could come down to something in psychology I like to call simplification of the task. The team has a better collective identity when they are away.
"The human brain still goes back to the cavemen days. We have to, as a collective, fight for something. We have to protect our name. It goes back to that hunter-gatherer-against-danger mentality.
"When players are in front of a home crowd, there can be a bit of playing up to the individuality.
"I really do believe that collective identity has a strong enough influence because it amplifies the purpose and the belonging - let's belong together, let's be stronger together."
The focus might be on the players' performances being impacted by being home or away, but what about the managers?
Wolves, West Ham and Nottingham Forest make up three of the bottom four for their home records so far this term, and all have changed their manager in recent weeks.
"100% managers and coaches can be affected, and sometimes even more so because there is so much riding on that one person," Cartwright said.
"The decision-making is the main thing. The crowd is chanting - 'take this player off, do this' - and it can lead to rushed decisions, particularly when the noise becomes relentless.
"Then there is the emotional regulation and touchline behaviour. A manager is pacing up and down, mirroring the stress state, and players see that. It can lead to mimicking and players feeling that stress too."
The impact on teams psychologically playing home or away is apparent, so how can they make the most from these different conditions?
"Our brains are wired to think negatively - it's a protection mechanism," Cartwright said.
"So when it comes to performing home and away, those players and managers who deal with it best are those who know how to use the noise and scrutiny and move on quickly from it - an ability to have a reset routine and regulate their emotions in these pressurised situations."
Stadium or state of mind? Psychologist on home advantagepublished at 15:28 GMT 16 November
15:28 GMT 16 November
Nicola Pearson BBC Sport journalist
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"Home advantage gives you an advantage."
It is a quote - among many - attributed to the famous former England manager Sir Bobby Robson - a simple, yet fair reflection of a historical format of football.
For as long as teams have played in leagues, games taking place home and away has been the norm, with the idea that playing at home will be to the benefit of that team.
But what is the impact of playing at your own ground in front of your own fans?
In the first part of her chat with BBC Sport, performance psychologist Marie Cartwright explained: "Home impact can be viewed in two ways. Sometimes it does have a positive impact, and what happens is there is an elevated motivation.
"What that means is the crowd energy increases adrenaline and that creates a momentum in effort and intensity in the players. It is also a familiar environment for the players, so that means it reduces the cognitive load. They don't have to think as much about anything else other than their play because they know the pitch, they know the routines, they feel settled.
"However, there are a couple of potential negative impacts as well, with the potential intensification in pressure in the home fans, most times, expecting dominance from the home team. That can lead to mistakes from players feeling bigger to them.
"There can then be what we call a threat state. The players might perceive consequences as high, so they feel they might be facing more criticism when they are at home."
While those who watch football know there are more factors than just where the match is being to take into consideration, the statistics do suggest the influence is there.
Since the Premier League started, the home win percentage has outweighed the away win percentage in all bar one season - the Covid-hit 2020-21 campaign in which fans were largely not allowed admission saw a 38% home win rate compared to 40% away win rate.
So how a team handles this additional crowd pressure seems to be a key factor.
"In psychology, there is something called the challenge and threat theory," Cartwright said.
"In reality what that means is a 'challenge state' can push the player into thinking, 'I've got this, I've got the resources to cope with this'. That leads to better decision making and quicker reactions.
"The threat state, on the other hand, players might think the consequences outweigh their ability to cope. In any match context, that can mean they have a narrow sense of focus, the focus is not quite the same, so the play becomes slower because of overthinking."
"It can also be called 'red brain or blue brain' - with red brain being the one with fear-based dialogue and internal negative self-talk, while blue brain is the cool, calm and collected one that can handle its emotions.
"What sits in the middle of these is distraction. How a player responds to distraction and filters out the noise, like the crowd, can impact which of these mindsets they move into and ultimately how the team performs."
Read more from Marie in part two of her chat about why teams some teams play better away from home and how it impacts managers - that will be on this page early next week.
Beasant? Van Hooijdonk? Elanga? Your Forest Premier League XIspublished at 09:42 GMT 15 November
09:42 GMT 15 November
Here's another clutch of selections for your best Premier League XI.
See what you make of them.
Craig: 5-3-2. Navas, Aina, Walker, Milenkovic, Murillo, Pearce, Keane, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Collymore, Van Hooijdonk. Love to see Psycho in a wing-back position with Aina on right. Could Collymore and Van Hooijdonk play together?
Matthew: 4-4-2. Henderson, Pearce, Walker, Milenkovic, Williams, Keane, Anderson, Bohinen, Clough, Collymore, Elanga. Mixture of old and new. Intelligence, skill and pace.
Mark: 4-4-2. Crossley (if only Samba!), Pearce, Walker, Milenkovic, Aina, Keane, Clough, Anderson, Woan, Collymore, Van Hooijdonk - despite his strike, he was brilliant at free-kicks! Solid defence for sure with a mix of creative ability and combative midfield with quite a few goals too. Collymore is the best striker we've had in the Premier League era.
Terry: 4-2-3-1. Crossley, Williams, Walker, Murillo, Pearce, Anderson, Keane, Stone, Gibbs-White, Roy, Collymore. Walker and Psycho with Williams and Murillo. No goals conceded and with Anderson and Keane holding, no-one is getting through. Then MGW, Stone and Roy supplying the greatest striker we've had. Goals galore.
Martin: 4-4-1-1. Beasant, Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Pearce, Bohinen, Stone, Woan, Gibbs-White, Collymore, Roy. The mid 1990s squad were amazing going forward. The defence now is stronger.
Doug: 4-4-2. Sels, Williams, Walker, Milenkovic, Pearce, Keane, Anderson, Stone, Woan, Collymore, Clough. So many quality players to choose from but reliability and class had to be the top priority.
Do clubs get compensated for players injured on international duty?published at 09:12 GMT 15 November
09:12 GMT 15 November
George Mills BBC Sport senior journalist
In a recent addition of the Football Extra newsletter, Roger asked BBC Sport: Players are frequently injured on international duty - such as Chris Wood for New Zealand last season, which may have ultimately cost Nottingham Forest a Champions League place. Are clubs compensated by the country or does insurance cover compensation?'
Since 2012, Fifa's Club Protection Programme has covered the salary of players injured on international duty - although there are some conditions.
Firstly, the player must be out of action for a period of at least 28 consecutive days and the injury must have been sustained during an "accident", which is defined in very boring and legally-specific detail in Fifa's guidelines, though it covers most of the examples you could think of.
The scheme pays the salary of an injured player up to the maximum amount of €7.5m (£6.6m) until they are declared fit to return for their clubs.
Transfermarkt lists Chris Wood as missing 18 days - three games - with the hip injury you mention from last March, suffered on international duty with New Zealand. As he returned inside 28 days, Forest would not have been eligible to claim compensation.
There are a couple of clubs who will currently be beneficiaries of this scheme though, including Newcastle United, whose £55m summer signing Yoane Wissa is yet to make an appearance since suffering a knee injury while playing for DR Congo.
'Not much doubt around Anderson being on the plane'published at 08:42 GMT 14 November
08:42 GMT 14 November
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Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson is a "fabulous asset" for club and country and should be "on the plane" for England at the 2026 World Cup, says BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray.
"It is great for Forest fans to have a player like that to watch week in week out at the moment," Fray said. "He just keeps delivering all of these excellent performances.
"We always talk about players wanting to maintain consistent 7 out of 10 performances but he isn't just consistently a 7 out of 10, he is performing at way higher levels than that.
"He is a fabulous asset for Sean Dyche and Thomas Tuchel to have, and he has proven himself at international level over the first four games of his England career.
"It was interesting to hear Tuchel talk about there being 'no guarantees' that Anderson will be included in his World Cup squad in his press conference.
"You wouldn't expect him to tout Anderson as a shoo-in just yet, but as long as he doesn't pick up any injury issues and he continues to perform at this level - touch wood - then I don't think there's much doubt around him being on the plane."
Anderson impressed again in Thursday's 2-0 win over Serbia at Wembley and has only missed 21 minutes of England action since making his debut in September.
"It's going to be really interesting to see how he develops from here because, certainly at club level and international level, he is clearly a big asset to his coaches," Fray added.
"In Dyche and Tuchel, he also has coaches that can help him improve even further."
🎧 What a difference a win makespublished at 15:50 GMT 13 November
15:50 GMT 13 November
The latest episode of Shut Up And Show More Football has landed.
BBC Radio Nottingham's David Jackson and Colin Fray are on hand to discuss Sean Dyche's first win as Nottingham Forest boss, as the Reds hit three goals past Leeds United at the City Ground.
The pair also talk about Morgan Gibbs-White's omission from Thomas Tuchel's squad for England's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania.
Plus the compliments keep rolling in for Elliot Anderson, so the midfielder is on the running order again.
Keane? Anderson? Milenkovic? Your Forest Premier League XIspublished at 13:07 GMT 13 November
13:07 GMT 13 November
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We wanted your suggestions for Nottingham Forest's all-time best Premier League XI.
And you delivered!
Here's a first bunch:
Tim: 4-4-2. Sels, Cash, Pearce, Murillo, Cooper, Stone, Keane, Anderson, Woan, Collymore and Roy. Close calls for many positions.
Dave: 4-3-3. Crossley, Pearce, Walker, Murillo, Milenkovic, Clough, Stone, Keane, Collymore, Elanga, Carr.A mix of legends and recent. Psycho as captain obviously.
Anthony: 4-4-2. Crossley, Little, Cooper, Milenkovic, Pearce, Stone, Bohinen, Anderson, Woan and Collymore. The 1994-95 Forest team that finished third was the best I've seen in the Premier League and so dominates my team. I could have named all 11 players from that season but Mikenkovic and Anderson were great last season.
Steve: 4-4-1-1. Henderson (not Samba sorry), Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Pearce, Stone, Keane, Anderson, Woan, Gibbs-White, Collymore. The 1994-96 team had some brilliant players that would grace the current squad. Collymore is the best ever Forest striker and Pearce the best ever player while Stone and Woan could score and create. Imagine Keane and Anderson in midfield! Gibbs-White would link up the play and the defence is solid. What a team!
Stephen. 4-4-2. Crossley, Williams, Pearce, Milenkovic, Cooper, Stone, Anderson, Clough, Woan, Collymore, Wood. If football began in 1992!
Darren: 4-2-3-1. Crossley, Pearce, Cooper, Murillo, Lyttle, Anderson, Keane, Stone, Roy, Woan, Collymore. Solid defence, combative and skillful midfield and the best striker we've had in a long time.
Anderson 'one of the Premier League's best midfielders' - Tuchelpublished at 14:55 GMT 12 November
14:55 GMT 12 November
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England boss Thomas Tuchel says Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson is "one of the best midfielders in the Premier League" after his "impressive" performances in recent international camps.
"Anderson is a key player for us at the moment," said Tuchel. "He is one of the best midfielders in the Premier League - that's why he is with us and starting for us.
"He deserves it because he has been nothing but impressive. He has to keep on going now though. He is a very complete and mobile midfielder, and that's what he keeps showing me."
Despite the praise, Tuchel refused to be drawn on whether the 23-year-old has cemented his spot in England's World Cup squad yet.
"He still has a long career ahead of him and a long way to go," Tuchel explained. "There are no guarantees, especially not publicly, for the World Cup.
"It doesn't help me right now to give predictions or guarantees to my players because it is all about competition at the moment.
"He is an elite player with the right attitude and a lot of talent. He is fulfilling his role in the best way possible so we are very happy with him."
What rules would you change?published at 08:03 GMT 12 November
08:03 GMT 12 November
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Kristian Much better after the subs as it was pretty turgid stuff before then. Omari Hutchinson changed the game with his running and pace and Taiwo Awoniyi looked lively. Encouraging, and once Chris Wood, Ola Aina and Callum Hudson Odoi are back we should have enough to pull clear of danger.
James: Finally, but this Forest has come too late. Sean Dyche is the perfect fit but has a lot of work if Forest want to remain in the Premier League.
Andy: Glad to see Dychey give Hutchinson the minutes he deserves. Playing Dan Ndoye on the left and Omari on the right is the right choice for the system he's trying to put in place. Two goals proves it.
Ben: It feels like Forest have their identity back: they were resolute in defence, resilient when behind and persistent in attack. They deserved to win and the performance is consistent with the steady stabilising trajectory they have been on since Dyche took over. Great performances all over the pitch but what an impact from Hutchinson! More of that please!
Luke: The performance can be analysed, but it really was all about the three points, which we did deserve. It certainly gives me reason to believe we'll finish above Leeds and puts a much better perspective on the three results this week.
Leeds fans
Steve: When will Daniel Farke learn? You cannot play against any Premier League Teams with only 10 men, because as long as he plays Brenden Aaronson that's what he's doing. He is not Championship standard never mind Premier League. Farke is indecisive and out of his depth. Replace him now before it's too late.
Pete: Farke procrastinated today when he should have been more proactive with his changes just after the halfway mark. He waited for Dyche to play his cards and then we end up going behind before he's forced to change things. Too late as we were now chasing the game. Then he replaced our best player at left-back with an average winger who's not best at defending and gave away a penalty. Game over. Poor tactically from Farke. I like him but I think he's brought pressure on himself and I wouldn't be surprised if the owners use the international break to replace him.
Robbie: Ethan Ampadu has to be moved back next to Joe Rodon, as they were last season. We have enough quality in midfield to cover his place. Dan James and Willy Gnonto have to start when fit. And a proven striker!
Mark: Four defeats in five games and with Aston Villa, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool in the next four, it's a worrying time, especially with West Ham and Nottingham Forest, immediately below us, seemingly turning a corner. Still not clinical enough up front and beginning to leak at the back. It's a concern. We could be bottom two before Christmas.
Ian: Lacked a quality flair player in midfield, more attacking options and played a left-winger at left-back! The board should have done better business over the summer especially up front.
Nottingham Forest analysis: Priceless win for Dyche's team?published at 18:47 GMT 9 November
18:47 GMT 9 November
Emlyn Begley BBC Sport journalist
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The longer the winless run in the league went on for Sean Dyche, who replaced 39-day manager Ange Postecoglou, the worse things could have got.
They were only behind for two minutes and 17 seconds in between Lukas Nmecha's opener and Ibrahim Sangare's strike.
It is telling that Gibbs-White, who failed to get a move to Tottenham in the summer, has now scored three times under Dyche - after netting none under the Australian.
He left to a standing ovation, having been criticised earlier in the season by the club's fans.
This was not a vintage Forest performance, certainly compared with last season, but they were better than they have been and created the more promising chances.
They looked livelier too after a triple substitution by Dyche, including the introduction of Hutchison, who set up the second goal and won the penalty.
Had Gibbs-White not been replaced moments earlier he would have had the opportunity to score his second - but instead Anderson slammed home his first Premier League penalty goal.
Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United: What Dyche and Hutchinson saidpublished at 16:44 GMT 9 November
16:44 GMT 9 November
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Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche, speaking to BBC Match Of The Day after their 3-1 victory over Leeds: "Very pleased for everyone. The players have spoken openly about going through a lot. They've accepted how we're doing things and have accepted the squad game. They know the fixture list. We should have won in the week but we put that right today.
"We can't guarantee a quick equaliser but we did it against Manchester United and did it again today. It was good today with the fans playing their part as they so often do here.
On Omari Hutchinson: "I had already spoken to him but credit to him. I can only guide him in the right direction. The price tag has nothing to do with him. He needs to just enjoy his football. He's done terrific when he came on.
On Morgan Gibbs-White: "Scored again. That's what you want from the players. He's going about his business. The stories go away and he can relax and carry on. It's professional. Morgan has gone through a bit of noise."
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