Nottingham Forest Season Review - Full Backs

A look at how Forest's full backs performed during the season

Neco Williams

A deserved winner of Forest’s Player of the Season award, Williams was easily the most consistent player on the team, probably making only 2 poor appearances out of the 53 he made.

Neco’s career as a Forest player has been a really interesting one - brought in initially to replace Djed Spence as Right Wing Back in a 5, after showcasing his attacking talent in the Fulham side that got promoted as Champions along with Forest. He’s since transformed himself to be one of the best full backs in the Premier League, on his ‘unfavoured’ left side too.

79% of Neco’s minutes came on the left hand side of the pitch this season, that’s over 3,600 - the equivalent of more than an entire Premier League season. For the first time in his Forest career, he didn’t miss a single game through injury, with his one enforced absence coming after his red card against Crystal Palace.

Williams will likely be the subject of some interest from Premier League clubs - perhaps even Liverpool who may want to target him as a home grown player. Forest will probably need to try and tie him down to a new deal, despite only giving him another one last summer.

Ola Aina

A disrupted pre-season, during which he missed parts of training and some matches, probably didn’t help Aina who got injured on international duty just 3 games in to the Premier League season.