Don't write off Nottingham Forest in race for second yet - even amid injury troubles

The Championship season is into its final fortnight, and Nottingham Forest are all-but guaranteed a top-six finish.

The Reds need just one more point to make absolutely certain of a play-off place, at least. And they will want to finish the regular campaign in style.

It has already been a memorable season for Steve Cooper’s side. But the best may yet be to come.

Ahead of Tuesday night’s trip to Fulham, and with four games left, Reds reporter Sarah Clapson answered fans’ questions in a live Q&A on our Forest Facebook page. Here’s how it panned out.

That was the real down side from Saturday. It was concerning to see him go down and look in some discomfort.

It didn’t look good. And he made it clear that he needed to come off straight away, having only come on about 15 minutes earlier. There’s no update at the minute, but we’ll hopefully get one from Steve Cooper this week.

The manager was very cautious about saying anything after Saturday’s match, because it had only just happened. He wanted to wait until Grabban had been properly assessed.

Everyone will be crossing fingers that it’s nothing too severe. It would be a huge, huge blow to lose Grabban now, especially as Keinan Davis is out.

I’ve seen a few comments from some people on social media saying it wouldn’t be too big a deal to lose Grabban. But I don’t understand that at all. I don’t get it. For me, it would be a huge loss. Even if Grabban wasn’t to start games, he would still offer something from the bench.

Forest could be down to one senior striker - potentially for seven games, if they are in the play-offs and go all the way. If those are the cards they are dealt with, they will get on with it, in the same way the manager always does. But it would be far from