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The race to remain in the Premier League is heating up, with Nottingham Forest currently five points clear of the relegation zone.
Tottenham are the club occupying the final relegation place at the moment, with West Ham the team wedged between them and Forest.
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It’s hard to call with four games remaining who will drop into the Championship, and all Forest can do is keep trying to put points on the board.
With the season now drawing to a close, Danny Collins has been discussing who he thinks will go down and he believes Forest have one trait that Tottenham don’t right now.
Photo by Lee Parker – CameraSport via Getty ImagesDanny Collins thinks Nottingham Forest have togetherness
Forest didn’t expect to find themselves in this position this season after qualifying for Europe during 2024/25.
Collins watched on from a Sunderland perspective for a North East radio station on Friday night and admitted he was impressed with the Reds.
He thinks they will stay up purely because of the togetherness within the squad that has been shown in recent weeks.
He told the Forest Focus podcast: “When I look at West Ham and Forest, I just think, and Leeds as well, they will probably have enough, they’re full of energy.
“Spurs doesn’t look like a happy camp. I know they got a result at the weekend, but when I look at Forest and the other sides there, they look to have togetherness there.
“Listen I’m not in the changing room but when I look at them and the body language of some of the players, it’s been a long old season, they didn’t expect to be down there, I’m sure.
“But I just think Forest will be okay now. I think it’s between Spurs and West Ham now, but I think West Ham will have enough and Spurs are going to go.”
Forest and West Ham do seem to have more about them than Tottenham in the fight for survival, but football often works in mysterious ways.
Tottenham have home games to play against Leeds and Everton before the season draws to a close, and in reality, they could win both of those games.
Still, they’ve won just once in 2026, and when the heat is on, there is nothing certain when it comes to claiming three points in the Premier League.
Forest have done their job well over the last eight games in all competitions, remaining unbeaten, and if they can do that for a little while longer, Premier League football will be on the agenda again next season.
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