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    Nottingham Forest – Season Preview 2019/20

    Nottingham Forest – Season Preview 2019/20
    08/15/2019 2492

    The two-time European Cup winners have now been missing from top-flight action for twenty years.

    Constant ownership and managerial changes have seen the club struggle to gain any sort of momentum in recent times.

    With another new manager and a fresh set of players, will this finally be the year that Forest make a return to the big time?

    Last season

    Nottingham Forest finished 9th in the Championship last season following another year of instability at the City Ground.

    The team was extremely inconsistent and after flirting with the play-off positions midway through the campaign, Forest failed to trouble the top six when it really mattered.

    Aitor Karanka left the club in January after a year in charge and was replaced by club legend, Martin O’Niell.

    O’Niell was brought in to try and push the team to promotion but ultimately failed and was dismissed at the end of the campaign.

    Next season

    Constant unrest behind the scenes has led to Forest’s performances on the pitch suffering in recent years.

    Sabri Lamouchi – Forest's twelth manager since June 2011 – is the next man chosen by the owners to try and lift the Tricky Trees out of the second-tier.

    The former France international has overseen the annual upheaval at the club, with a number of players coming in from Portugal and many players leaving.

    Forest fans will be very much used to such off-season antics and will hoping that this time it brings the club some good fortune.

    It’s difficult to predict how things will turn out for Forest this season.

    The change of manager and the shake-up of the squad could benefit the team but it could also see Forest endure another inconsistent season in the Championship.

    Players in

    • Samba Sow – €700k from Dinamo Moscow
    • Arijante Muric – Loan from Manchester City
    • Sammy Ameobi – Free from Bolton Wanderers
    • Albert Adomah – Free from Aston Villa
    • Tiago Silva – Undisclosed from Feirense
    • Yuri Ribeiro – Undisclosed from Benfica
    • Alfa Semedo – Loan from Benfica
    • Rafa Mir – Loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers

    Players out

    • Panagiotis Tachtsidis – €500k to Lecce
    • Stephen Henderson – Free to Crystal Palace
    • Apostolos Vellios – Free to Atromitos Athen
    • Jorge Grant – Undisclosed to Lincoln City
    • Ben Osborn – Undisclosed to Sheffield United
    • El Arbi Hillel Soudan – Undisclosed to Olympiacos
    • Karim Ansarifad – Undisclosed to Al Sailiya
    • Tyler Walker – Loan to Lincoln City
    • Jamie Ward – Released
    • Juan Rafael Fuentes – Released
    • Liam Bossin – Released

    Predicted league finish

    The predicted league finish for Nottingham Forest is 4th. If the new manager gets it right and the team plays to the best of its ability, Forest will be genuine play-off contenders.

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    Regular Season

    OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
    1
    Swansea City 17 8 5 2 1 7
    2
    West Ham 15 8 4 3 1 11
    3
    Middlesbrough 15 8 4 3 1 4
    4
    Wolverhampton 14 7 4 2 1 5
    5
    West Bromwich 14 8 4 2 2 2
    6
    QPR 13 8 3 4 1 3
    7
    Stoke City 13 8 4 1 3 1
    8
    Bristol City 13 8 4 1 3 -1
    9
    Charlton Athletic 12 8 3 3 2 -3
    10
    Birmingham City 11 8 2 5 1 1
    11
    Millwall 11 8 3 2 3 0
    12
    Lincoln City 11 8 3 2 3 -1
    13
    Southampton 10 8 4 2 2 9
    14
    Wrexham FC 10 8 2 4 2 -3
    15
    Bolton Wanderers 10 8 3 1 4 -4
    16
    Blackburn Rovers 9 8 2 3 3 0
    17
    Norwich City 9 8 3 0 5 -1
    18
    Sheffield United 9 8 2 3 3 -2
    19
    Portsmouth 8 7 2 2 3 -1
    20
    Watford 8 8 2 2 4 -3
    21
    Cardiff City 7 8 1 4 3 -2
    22
    Derby County 5 8 1 2 5 -7
    23
    Preston North End 4 8 1 1 6 -7
    24
    Burnley 4 8 0 4 4 -8
    Corrections
    Southampton: -4 Points
    Promotion
    Play-off Semi-finals
    Play-off Quarter-finals
    Relegation

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