Analysis: Warning signs for Forest and Dyche
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This time last year, Nottingham Forest were third in the Premier League and good candidates for Champions League qualification.
Fast-forward 12 months and they could be back in the bottom three by Tuesday evening.
Before the game manager Sean Dyche said Forest's form can play tricks on you.
His argument is that Crystal Palace and Sunderland only have one more point [seven] than Forest in their previous six games so maybe their form is not so bad.
But after a fourth straight defeat the prospect of Nuno Espirito Santo returning to haunt them on Tuesday at West Ham is a very real one.
It was a careless loss at Villa Park and Forest need to look at the reality. They must rediscover the form and organisation which saw Dyche win seven of his first 12 games in all competitions.
In the Midlands they were negligent, even before goalkeeper John Victor's rush of blood which gifted John McGinn a crucial third.
They had already switched off, waiting for the whistle, before Ollie Watkins' opener in first-half stoppage time.
It comes following Tuesday's limp loss to a depleted Everton side, and the warning signs are there for Forest.
