'Forest will already be looking higher than avoiding relegation'
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成人快手 Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty has been answering your questions.
David asked: Phil, have the pundits underestimated how well Forest will do this season given the noticeable improvement in the quality of the squad?
Phil replied: Hello, David. I may have been one of the guilty ones you mentioned. I tipped them to finish 16th in my pre-season predictions but they will already be looking much higher.
They were excellent at Liverpool on Saturday and looked like a side very much in the Nuno Espirito Santo mould from his Wolves days.
They are solid at the back, where Murillo is a class act, while Morgan Gibbs-White is another fine operator in midfield with players such as Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga giving Forest the pace and width Nuno likes, making them dangerous on the counter attack.
James Ward-Prowse brings experience and quality to midfield while Alex Moreno is dependable at left-back. Elliot Anderson is another smart signing from Newcastle United.
It鈥檚 been a great start and a real platform to build on.