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So much hard work is being done behind the scenes at Nottingham Forest. And everything is being done so much more professionally than it has been for a number of years.

Freshening up the City Ground and updating a few areas is a nice touch. It just shows the fans that they are appreciated and that the club have taken what supporters have been saying on board.

The club are trying to give something back to the fans, which is nice.

Those little things can really make a difference.

There’s just a feeling that this time it is different. I know we thought the same with the Fawaz Al Hasawi era, but this time things are actually being done. It’s not just words.

Look at what the new owners are doing. They are giving the manager money to spend. They are doing up the City Ground. And they are ambitious.

Evangelos Marinakis bought the club because of its history, but it seems like now he wants this team to create history of their own.

All of us former players are desperate to see them succeed.

We’re sat here agog at the signings they’ve made and excited for the season coming up. We can’t wait for it to start.

People sometimes think that because of what we achieved at Forest, we don’t want the club to win things.

But that’s a load of baloney. We’re desperate for the club to do well.