Player Analysis: Keinan Davis

Of all the traditional outfield positions on a football pitch, a centre forward is comfortably the easiest to define in a few words: score goals and you will succeed.

Although those lines have been blurred quite significantly in recent years, when talisman Lewis Grabban was injured shortly after hitting double figures in the league for the third time in four seasons back in February, Nottingham Forest were in need of exactly that. In Keinan Davis, many were unconvinced they had their man.

"In all honesty, I thought it was a gamble and I was underwhelmed. Mainly due to his lack of game time at [Aston] Villa and his lack of finishing ability." recruitment analyst and Nottingham Forest fan, Liam Henshaw tells Breaking the Lines.

These thoughts were echoed beyond the Forest fanbase and rightly so, with Davis netting just three goals in 73 league appearances for Villa, two in 39 at the Championship level.