Will Forest pass top-six tests?

Last week I answered a question about the most surprising team this season and plumped for Nottingham Forest. It got even better for them at the weekend with their win against West Ham and they now sit proudly and amazingly in third place after 10 games.

‌It is now beginning to feel less like a freakish set of results and more like a well organised, well balanced and growing team. Two former Chelsea academy graduate players in Ola Aina and Callum Hudson-Odoi caught the eye again this week.

‌So well done Forest and Nuno Espirito Santo. If they are still in third place in a month's time after facing Newcastle, Arsenal and Manchester City as well as Ipswich, they will have to be considered serious contenders for a top-six finish.

‌Although this isn’t quite the fairytale of Leicester City winning the league it would be the most unexpected story since the Foxes flew in the face of history.

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