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  1. Bueno, Fernandes, Flemming? - Fan picks from relegated sidespublished at 18:01 BST

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    We asked for your views on which players Nottingham Forest should sign from the three relegated Premier League sides Wolves,Burnley and West Ham United..

    Here are some of your suggestions:

    Toby: I would take a punt on Hugo Bueno and Rodrigo Gomes from Wolves. They are both promising players, who looked good in a poor team. Mateus Fernandes from West Ham, who we were linked with last summer, is also someone who should be high on our list. I wouldn't mind either Taty Castellanos or Callum Wilson from there too. From Burnley, I could only really say Zian Flemming - but would he get near the starting XI? I'm not sure.

    David: For me, Fernandes from West Ham would make a better signing than Hayden Hackney from Middlesbrough. Andre and Joao Gomes from Wolves would also bolster the team and fit in with the other Portuguese speakers at the club.

    Phil: We should look at Jarrod Bowen from West Ham. He is a very good team player who gives 100%, he has a vast wealth of experience and he knows what is required to succeed in the Premier League.

    Stewart: Three choices for me. Jose Sa from Wolves could be ideal back-up for Matz Sels. Flemming from Burnley could be ideal back-up for Chris Wood up front. The cherry on top would be Bowen from West Ham, to give the attack something different and unexpected.

    Roger: I think we need to take a good look around the world first, before rushing to use the Championship market for often overpriced players. There is a lot of potential talent to be found abroad.

  2. Nottingham Forest quickfire end of season reviewpublished at 13:21 BST

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    The most significant moment of the season - good or bad - was...

    Winning at Midtjylland in the Europa League. Identified as the night when Nottingham Forest's fringe players delivered, it was the moment Vitor Pereira says he knew he had a squad capable of staying up. They only lost once - very controversially - in the Premier League after that.

    The season has been a success because...

    Even with four head coaches, the club has managed to combine Premier League survival with a first European campaign for 30 years and a run to the semi-finals.

    The unsung hero of the season is...

    Is it possible to call the player of the year the unsung hero? Given all the headlines and plaudits rightly handed to the likes of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White this season, it was great to see Neco Williams crowned player of year. He has quietly gone about his business and he has played at a consistently high level all season.

    If there is a player or staff member with more to do in future it is...

    James McAtee. It has been a difficult first season at Forest for the attacking midfielder but more than one of Forest's head coaches this season has talked about the quality he shows in training and that he can do things others can't. Maybe next season will be when he flourishes.

    The major club issue or talking point lurking is...

    As always at this time of year, the major club issue lurking is whether they will lose any of their star talents.

    There is obviously a lot of talk about Anderson and it will be interesting to see Forest's stance on that during the summer. Can they keep him and, if that seems unlikely, how can they reinvest the club-record fee he would attract in order to compensate for his loss?

    The reason for hope going forward is...

    The last 10 games of the Premier League season. Under immense pressure, and with a squad decimated by injury, they lost just once (amid hugely controversial circumstances of course) to secure Premier League survival.

    Take away midweek European football, add in some shrewd summer investment and a new contract for Pereira, who has done an incredible job to reunite and regalvanise the club, and that certainly equals a recipe for hope.

  3. Stand name would 'flabbergast' Robertson - McGovernpublished at 11:35 BST

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    Two-time Nottingham Forest European Cup winning captain John McGovern has paid tribute to former team-mate John Robertson.

    Robertson, widely regarded as one of Forest's greatest players, died aged 72 at Christmas and after the final game of the season the club conducted a naming ceremony to mark the Bridgford Stand being renamed the John Robertson Stand in his honour.

    Asked how Robertson would react to having a stand named after him at the City Ground, McGovern told the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast: "Flabbergasted I would think!

    "John was what you'd call one of the lads - the lads being a very good football team! He fitted in brilliantly and was the best player in that team.

    "It was a marriage made in heaven. You had a team that wanted to play football managed by Peter Taylor and Brian Clough, which meant all the players would keep their feet on the ground.

    "In John's case there was no need for that, he would always keep his feet on the ground. Especially when he was running past full-backs which he did regularly at the time!

    "He was the best player in our side, the most consistent, and we were just glad he didn't get injured because it would be so difficult to replace him if he was out for a couple of weeks."

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  4. 🎧 End of term report - plus remembering Robertsonpublished at 18:47 BST 28 May

    The latest episode of Shut Up And Show More Football has landed.

    BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray is joined by former Forest midfielder Steve Hodge to reflect on a season with "lots of sub-plots".

    Two-time European Cup winning captain John McGovern also reminisces about playing alongside the late John Robertson.

    Plus, there are exclusive interviews with player of the season Neco Williams and former club midfielder David Phillips.

    Listen below or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.

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  5. Who should Forest sign from the relegated clubs?published at 12:57 BST 28 May

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    The curtain has officially come down on the 2025-26 Premier League season.

    Players will depart and squads will be strengthened when the summer transfer window opens on Monday, 15 June.

    With Wolves, Burnley and West Ham United all heading down to the Championship - would you be keen to poach any of their players?

    Who would be good value for money and why? Which name would be best to avoid?

    Let us know your thoughts here

  6. Anderson makes Opta's team of the seasonpublished at 07:36 BST 28 May

    Opta have conjured up their Premier League team of the season based on data collected throughout the 2025-26 Premier League campaign.

    One Nottingham Forest player has been selected in the XI following a mixed campaign, which saw the Reds finish five points clear of the relegation zone after making three managerial changes.

    Opta's team of the season

    On Elliot Anderson, Opta said: Nottingham Forest's season may have had an element of chaos to it, being the first-ever team to have four permanent managers in a single Premier League season, but the ever-present Anderson provided a degree of stability.

    Among all the players, he had the most touches (3,300), won the most duels (297), won the most fouls (80) and won the most possession overall (306).

    Among the central midfielders, he made the most line-breaking passes (376), completed the most overall passes (2,038) and made the most dribbles (95).

    He was the first player to win possession more than 300 times and make more than 100 tackles in a Premier League season since Declan Rice in 2019-20. In addition, his 297 duels won were the best by an English midfielder in a campaign since records began in 2006-07.

    He worked hard out of possession too, with his 1,895 high-intensity pressures being the most applied by a central midfielder.