article_snippet: Forest have reignited Forest season in some style, scoring 22 goals under Forest new manager at an average of nearly three per game - and all that with 15-goal top scorer Britt Assombalonga having been ruled out for a year with a knee injury two matches in to Dougie Freedman's reign.
article_snippet: Several players were left on the fringes of the Forest squad under Stuart Pearce's leadership but that's changed .
article_snippet: Keep up this form though and, with 10 games to play, Forest fans might soon start dreaming of a return to the top flight after a 16-year absence.
article_snippet: Having been 12th and 13 points off the play-offs when Stuart Pearce's left, they are now ninth and nine points off.
article_snippet: Lascelles is already departing this summer for Newcastle United but Forest could get promoted .
article_snippet: Karl Darlow is also leaving - and Forest can't afford to be in the Championship for much longer .
article_snippet: With £22.9million losses for last season recently announced, the forced sales of Karl Darlow and Jamaal Lascelles last summer and having been under a transfer embargo earlier in the season it would appear Forest cannot afford to be in the Championship for much longer.