Entering the City Ground this season will feel like a return to the glory days of Brian Clough.
There is a generation of Nottingham Forest fans old enough to remember those triumphs, but now they have a team that is taking the younger crowd with them.
This title-chasing Forest team embraces their golden age, but with a modern twist. There are long balls, long throws and long periods of defending on the edge of their penalty area, but they are comfortable on the ball. They lure teams in and punish them.
Just look at their goal against Liverpool. Forest won the ball aggressively on the halfway line and cut through the entire Liverpool team in two passes to put Chris Wood through. It's crafty, old-fashioned and plays to their strengths.
Don't underestimate Wood
Wood is such a good target. He drops deep, develops play and triggers the press.
His movement is so smart and he can score with both feet and his head. His finish against Liverpool, with his weaker foot, was one of real precision.
Workaholic wingers
Is there a better right-back in the country than Ola Aina, whose towering throw is another welcome nod to a bygone era? On the other flank, Neco Williams cuts in with his right foot and sends raking balls into the channels for Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Those two are workaholics. They block passes to the opposition frontmen but are ready to attack.
The new Shilts
Cloughie said a great goalkeeper is worth 15 points a season. How much has Matz Sels already earned from Forest? He has saved more than three-quarters of the shots he has faced, the best percentage of any first-choice goalkeeper.
He reminisces about the legendary Peter Shilton. Sels also keeps it simple with the ball at his feet. Eighty percent of his goal kicks go far. If Forest take the lead late on, manager Nuno Espirito Santo will switch to a back five and set up the defensive shield.
Forest only conceded three goals in the last fifteen minutes of play.
Doing a Leicester
I see comparisons with Leicester in the 2015/2016 season. Not just because they counter-attacked, but it was a team filled with players who had been discarded by big clubs, such as Forest.
Hudson-Odoi and Aina, unwanted at Chelsea. Elanga at Manchester United. Wood and midfielder Elliot Anderson at Newcastle. Williams at Liverpool. Even Nuno, sacked by Spurs.
Owner Evangelos Marinakis proudly hugged his players as they left the field against Liverpool. That also reminded me of Cloughie.
If Liverpool make a mistake on Saturday, a Forest win on Sunday would put them on the heels of the leaders – who would have believed that a year ago.
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