In the latest episode of Shut Up And Show More Football, Nottingham Forest‘s “potential” was discussed as well as how they can maximise it should key players become targets for “bigger clubs.”

Commentator Colin Fray spoke to David Jackson about Forest’s progression: “When Nuno [Espirito Santo] talks about developing his players and looking at wide players who might be able to give them something up front, he is looking at a squad now where he has potential and he has got options.

“The other one we didn’t mention is Eric da Silva Moreira, 18 years of age, what a start he has made to his Forest career. He was fantastic in the League Cup tie against Newcastle and he has played age group football for Germany against England during this last international break.

“The potential for Forest is to just keep going for as long as they can, producing these kind of players, accepting the fact that somewhere along the line, if the development continues to go in the direction that it is going, that these players are going to be worth a lot of money and they are going to attract bids from bigger clubs.

“Eventually they are going to lose one or two of them and maybe more over the years but if in that time they have accelerated Forest further up the Premier League table, they have helped to solidify Forest in the heart of the Premier League if you like and they are no longer looking over their shoulders and scrapping in relegation every year, then that is progress.

“You look at the recruitment a la Brighton, move players on for big money, look for the next one who is coming through for not very big money who you can then develop over the next couple of years.

“Yes they might have to move on but they will have helped to take the club higher and higher and that’s life for a club that’s not in the top six, that has not got European football and that can’t expect players to stay there necessarily forever and ever.

“As long as a squad continues to be put together that can develop that young talent and can take the club forward, that is what is being asked and I certainly think they’ve done that and the squad is certainly a lot smaller.”

Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds