Nottingham Post published Reading 0 Nottingham Forest 3: Match analysis: Reds performing...

AT the start of the season, the burgeoning sense of optimism was as warming as the summer sunshine and Nottingham Forest were grouped among those considered to be the favourites for the Championship title.Briefly and gloriously, the Reds shone brightly under Stuart Pearce, as the return of a club legend inspired an unbeaten start; one which only enhanced that flowering feeling of hope, before confidence slowly and steadily eroded away, hand-in-hand with Forest's form.Now, seven months on...