The big decision looming for Steve Cooper this summer as Nottingham Forest head into crunch month

Nottingham Forest make the trip to face Sheffield United on Friday night for a crunch Championship clash.

Saturday’s victory over Bristol City at the City Ground kept the Reds firmly in the mix for a top-six finish.

And they will be aiming for a positive result against one of their play-offs rivals this week, in their first game of what promises to be a crucial month for Steve Cooper’s side.

Ahead of the match at Bramall Lane, Reds reporter Sarah Clapson answered fans’ questions in a live Q&A on our Forest Facebook page.

He’s expected to be out for about two months. The injury occurred right at the end of January, just before deadline day, so that would put a return at somewhere around the end of March or early April.

He’ll obviously have to build up his fitness first and get back up to speed before he makes a comeback, so it could be a little longer than that before we actually see him in action.

I expect it will be into April by the time we see him on the pitch again.

One positive is that he hasn’t had to undergo surgery. A decision was made to let the injury heal naturally.

It’s still going to take him a while to get match fit once he has been through his rehab, so it’s going to be towards the back end of the season before he’s available again.

Hopefully when he does come back Forest still have something to play for, because he could have a big part to play in the final games, if so.

When he suffered the injury I was a bit worried about where the goals were going to come from, because he’s been so important for Forest.

But other players have stepped up in his absence. Brennan Johnson has really stepped up, getting into double-figures with his goals. And Keinan Davis has also done really well - his hold-up play is