🎧 Mallinson on women's team, the academy and Yatespublished at 16:22 BST 9 July
16:22 BST 9 July
Another episode of BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast is now available.
New Nottingham Forest Women head coach Tom Mallinson talks to David Jackson about his roles throughout the years at the academy, Ryan Yates and what makes him so special, and taking on the new job in the women's game.
Listen below or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.
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Please note: This was recorded before Oliver Glasner became Nottingham Forest boss and Warren Joyce left his role as head coach of the B team.
'Fantastic' plans for redevelopment a 'must-do' - Randallpublished at 11:41 BST 9 July
11:41 BST 9 July
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Nottingham Forest chairman Nicholas Randall KC says all parties are "pretty close to being on the same page" in regards to the redevelopment of the Peter Taylor Stands at the City Ground.
Proposals to demolish the stand and replace it with a new 10,000-seater one that would increase the stadium's capacity to about 42,000 have been public since last year, but work is yet to begin.
Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis wants to eventually increase capacity to 50,000.
"We're very much hoping we're going to land planning permission in September," Randall told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"We seem to have everybody pretty close to being on the same page. Maybe some people are on the page before the page we want to be on, but I think it's going in the right direction.
"It's a must-do for us. It's quite clear that the developments at other clubs show you can't really be a sustainable Premier League team for the long term if you only have 30,000 capacity.
"You have to go through these processes, which are sometimes frustrating and difficult to understand - but we have to keep calm and keep moving forward.
"We know what the goal is and we think the plans are fantastic. We know the vast majority of people in the area and community want it to happen. We have to keep pushing and trust the process."
'Flabbergasted' by Glasner movepublished at 11:45 BST 8 July
11:45 BST 8 July
Nick Godwin BBC Radio London reporter
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Oliver Glasner is a very interesting guy. He comes across really well, speaks really well. As a journalist, I always found that he engaged with questions brilliantly and was full of insight.
He's a really interesting football person and the impact he has had at Palace in recent years really cannot be put into words - a breath-taking journey. This latest development makes him an even more fascinating figure I think.
When we read this news he was joining Forest, I was pretty flabbergasted to be honest with you. When he left , there was this real sense he had done what he needed to do at a club of that size in the Premier League and he was casting his eye further afield. There was talk of AC Milan and Liverpool. For him to appear at of all clubs, Nottingham Forest, it made my jaw hit the floor I have to say.
If you look at the players he had to sell at Palace, they are some of the outstanding figures at the World Cup. To have a club that would give him the resources to keep his best players and buy new ones, I would imagine it will be quite appealing to him.
I would imagine given this latest chapter in the Forest-Palace tale, the kind of rancour we have seen in games between these clubs in recent years is only going to continue in the new season.
Gossip: West Ham move for McAteepublished at 11:28 BST 8 July
11:28 BST 8 July
West Ham have opened talks to sign Nottingham Forest midfielder James McAtee, who only arrived at the City Ground from Manchester City for £30m last August. (Teamtalk), external
Free agents and who to avoidpublished at 13:51 BST 7 July
13:51 BST 7 July
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We asked for your views on which free agents Nottingham Forest could target this summer and whether there is one player they are linked with but you hope they never sign.
Here are some of your comments:
Matt: Kamada in centre midfield might be a start to filling the Anderson hole and Glasner likes him too. Constant talk of Fratessi - really bad fit for the Premier League and simply not good enough to stand out in Serie A.
Daniel: I didn't realise that Kamada was available on a free! In considering which players Glasner might bring with him to Forest, I'd thought that Kamada would suit as a realistic option. He played more often than not as one of the two deeper central midfielders in the 3-4-2-1 formation that Glasner employed at Palace, and could move to join his gaffer again, with the two having worked together at Eintracht Frankfurt previously.
While I think that Nico Dominguez can fill the gap that Anderson vacates in our midfield, the club will want another body to replace him, so it could be a very sensible bit of business for Glasner to bring Kamada with him - a player who knows just what our soon-to-be new manager wants. A low-key, low-risk option to save us splurging an inflated transfer fee on another up-and-comer.
Kris: Of those 15 players listed as free agents, I wouldn't sign any of them. They're either too old, too injury prone or too expensive to make their signing worthwhile. We've been linked with just about everyone, but one name that crops up a lot is Davide Frattesi. Not for me, our history with Italian players isn't great (Silenzi anyone?!) and we don't need him - we have MGW and McAtee who both play in his position.
Jonathan: Stones on a free maybe if his wage demands were realistic. Salah...nope.
Lufbrarunner: James Rodriguez, Luka Modric and John Stones, would be formidable, but unlikely signings. We just have to trust that the management team get it right and stabilise the club's position in the Premier League.
