Yahoo Sports 'Retro' Reds capitalising on big guns faltering
The Premier League table has a retro feel about it at the halfway stage.
With 19 games played, Nottingham Forest lie second and are tussling with Liverpool, similar to when they locked horns for silverware in the late 1970s and during the 80s.
Forest beat Everton 2-0 on Sunday with their fans leaving Goodison Park and heading back to the Midlands singing "we're gonna win the league".
Doing 'a Leicester City' and claiming the trophy might be a stretch, particularly as it would require a significant collapse from Liverpool.
But for now, they are drinking in every moment.
Forest have capitalised on members of the traditional top six faltering this season.
Champions Manchester City's crisis has been well-documented, and they currently sit in fifth place, while Tottenham and Manchester United are nowhere to be seen, languishing in the bottom half of the table.
Aston Villa's packed schedule is catching up with them - they are down in ninth place after finishing fourth last season.
"Our expectations are the same," said Nuno Espirito Santo. "We have to prepare for the next one."
That game in the new year comes against his former club Wolves - who are rejuvenated under new manager Vitor Pereira - but a good result there is another step closer to retro becoming a new reality.
