'Why shouldn't Forest start to believe?'

Former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily on second-placed Nottingham Forest:

"Huge credit must go to Nuno Espirito Santo and I know the owner is very ambitious. He could go in January and spend more money to try to make them kick on.

"Do I think they'll win the Premier League? No. Do I think they'll finish in the top four? I don't think they will.

"But they have got a chance of the other European places, for where we are in the season and how many points they've got. They'd have bitten your hand off [for this position] after fighting relegation last season."

The Telegraph's Luke Edwards added: "[The defence is] the foundation of their success for sure and they've got this wonderful, electric pace on the counter.

"I've been expecting teams to work them out. I keep thinking they're going to fall away and drop off, and they're just not. If anything, they're getting stronger.

"It's one of the great things about the Premier League at the moment. We had that romantic story of Leicester winning the league and we said it was a once-in-a-generation thing. I agree with Clinton that I don't think they can win the league, but I said at the time that Leicester can't win the league.

"In the past couple of years, you've had Newcastle and Aston Villa getting into the Champions League, so why shouldn't Nottingham Forest now start to believe? If they maintain this form in the second half of the season, they're going to finish in the top four."

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