Assume we took a punt on Zinchenko’s fitness? Surely no time for a medical?? #NFFC.

Sky suggesting Bakwa deal is “down to the wire” - awaiting medical results. Hope he hasn’t got the same optician as George Boyd. 👀. #NFFC.

Join millions who have switched to Grok.

Good medicine for the soul to help forget about yesterday. #NFFC

I feel slightly responsible. The last time I listened to an #NFFC game whilst walking along Watergate Bay Beach was the second half of the 2-2 at home to Luton. Until the second half today that is. Sorry. At least I got a nice picture.

(Slash ‘Lobster’ @arfurdaley88).

Assuming the below article is right, to me, this is arguably the most telling signal yet that everyone is on the same page with this journey and believes in the project. He could/would have had the world as his oyster in 9 months time, and he chose Forest. What a team. #NFFC 💪🏼

Likelihood is it won’t work out like that, but let’s just see if the kind folks at UEFA oblige!. ✈️🇪🇺🏆🔴⚪️🌳⚪️🔴🏆🇪🇺✈️.

Balancing all of that, you want to get the best out of the away trips, so also factored in is the possibility of some warm late Summer sunshine, a bit more Autumnal sunshine, some great Christmas markets and an the opportunity for an end of tour ‘party’ in/near Amsterdam!.

As is the desire for a decent set of winnable (and nostalgic) first few games to get some points on the board before the toughest fixtures come around. You’d also ideally want some fixtures at the back end that aren’t too daunting in case results are needed to qualify.

For the 8 Europa gameweeks, Forest will have 5 Home PL Sunday games immediately following and 3 Away. Ideally you’d want a Home PL fixture on the back of a Europa Away game, so that is factored into the above table.

One key consideration is balancing the demands of away trips (none of which are too onerous distance wise thankfully) with the following Premier League Sunday game.

Now the draw is done, the next question we all want answering so we can get planning (✈️ 🛏️) is what the Europa League fixtures will look like for #NFFC?? . Below is a suggested ‘ideal’ schedule and some accompanying rationale. 🧵👇🏻

RT @SKSturm: 41 years later – see you soon, @NFFC! 👋.#UELdraw #UEL

So, we won’t be getting Wankdorf on a Thursday night with the Young Boys after all. Probably a good thing. #NFFC.