Decoding the Nottingham Forest phenomenon

Before losing to Newcastle, Nottingham Forest were third in the table - their highest position in 26 years. Now, Nottingham Forest are still level on points with third-placed Chelsea. But Nuno Espirito's team have had to accept the reality: Newcastle are a strong team in principle. Their poor form has left Newcastle languishing in mid-table. But the game showed: their superiority in strength helped Newcastle easily adjust their tactics and win after Forest took the lead in the first half.

Will Nottingham Forest continue to surprise as the Premier League gets more and more intense?

Newcastle is the alarm bell. After the FIFA Days, Nottingham Forest will continuously face strong teams when club football is active again. Arsenal, Manchester City, MU, Aston Villa will be 4 of the next 5 opponents. On the one hand, people are waiting to see how Forest can maintain their position (which seems to be the consensus prediction of the majority). On the other hand, when looking at the upcoming opponents, observers immediately answer the past problem. It turns out that Nottingham Forest is flying high in the first 10 rounds mainly because they do not face many strong opponents?

Of course, that’s just one way of looking at it. Forest fans will see it differently: there are no weak opponents in the Premier League! Remember, Forest are still the only team in Europe (yes, Europe, not just the Premier League) to have beaten Liverpool this season. What’s more glorious is that it was a victory right at Anfield.

Coach Espirito is really talented and understands the Premier League very well. Owner Evangelos Marinakis always shows his "bloodthirsty" side (the team owner was also suspended for 5 matches by the Premier League organizers, so you can see how passionate he is). Recently, Technical Director Edu suddenly left Arsenal to take a managerial position in Nottingham Forest. Forest's ambition to "play big" is real.

Forest's strength is really not remarkable. Almost all the responsibility for scoring goals belongs to Chris Wood (New Zealand). Whether Edu can improve the force or not, we have to wait and see. After all, in football, strength and results are two things that do not necessarily go together. According to Opta's professional statistics, Forest have achieved results higher than their theoretical ability in the first 10 rounds. Who can stop Espirito and his team from continuing to demonstrate this!

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