• Squad Review: Where does Karanka need to focus his summer shopping?

    An air of positivity continues to build at Nottingham Forest as new owners enter their second year of stewardship. Manager Aitor Karanka will be looking forward to his first pre-season preparations with the Reds ahead of their first full campaign together. The boss will need to show elements of...
  • Karanka welcomes international experience for Forest youngsters

    Nottingham Forest manager Aitor Karanka and midfielder Jack Colback both spoke about the experience that the club’s younger first team stars – who had this week been with England’s youth set-ups – would earn whilst on international duty. Academy products Joe Worrall, Ben Brereton, and Everton loanee Kieran Dowell...
  • Cash “looking forward” to next season under Karanka

    Midfielder Matty Cash says Nottingham Forest have a big future under Aitor Karanka, and the pair spoke recently about how the remaining games of the current campaign can be used to build a strong promotion challenge in 2018/19. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s trip to face play-off chasing Sheffield United,...
  • Ben Brereton proves Karanka right as he continues to shoulder greater goalscoring burden at Forest

    Ben Brereton proved his manager right on Saturday, when he curved in Forest’s fifth goal in stoppage time against QPR. Prior to making the trip to Loftus Road, Aitor Karanka had labelled the youngster as a “strong character” as the striker begins to take on greater responsibility for goal...
  • Darikwa takes chance and Brereton shoulders increasing burden – Karanka on positional competition

    Aitor Karanka believes that 18 year old striker Ben Brereton is “a strong character” who will cope with added responsibility as teammates Daryl Murphy and Apostolos Vellios struggle with illness and fitness to provide viable options upfront for Forest. Brereton’s situation contrasts to that of many other positions in...
  • Another ‘fresh start’ at the City Ground

    Recent weeks have revealed a lot at the City Ground. Forest’s gazillionth ‘fresh start’ of the decade has allowed their players to show what they are truly capable of in the last two games, softening the blow that many fans felt when the club showed Mark Warburton the door....
  • Who should start in Forest’s opening game?

    With a successful pre-season done a dusted, now all we can do is sit anxiously speculating about what Marinakis, Warburton, and his players will deliver for the campaign ahead. With it being a matter of days until the new season kicks off, Impact’s resident Forest fans Nick and Tom...