Alex Fletcher
BBC Sport journalist

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Premier League game against Brentford (kick-off 19:30 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Ola Aina could return to the squad but will undergo "one more day of assessment" before a decision is made on his fitness.

• On the mood after Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat: "The disappointment is the same as losing a game in the Premier League, but we must now react. It is just like in life, you grieve and then you react. If you fall down then you get back up and go again."

• An "emotional" Nuno thanked Forest fans for their at Wembley adding that "the red sea was something special for all of us" and that the players "need them [the fans] now more than ever".

• He said that his side would "never stop believing" that they will qualify for the Champions League but it is now up to them "to perform".

• On opponents Brentford: "They are a very good team who have challenged well. They are good from set pieces and play nice football so we will have to be at our best."

• On the match: "All the games will be important in this fight and we have one game more. We are back at the City Ground in-front of our own fans and that is a big help."

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Ian Westbrook
Fan writer

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This summer could be a big one for Brentford, regardless of whether or not we manage to grab a place in Europe for next season.

Five long-serving of the squad will be entering the final year of their contracts, and although the club has a year's option on Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Rico Henry, the deals of Vitaly Janelt and Mathias Jensen completely expire in 14 months' time.

It is unusual for the Bees to be in a position like this. I can't any recent season when so many key players could potentially walk away at the same time.

All five of them, when fit, have been mainstays in our team for years - with all but Wissa ing us in the Championship. Losing a few of this group would be a massive moment in our evolution.

I am quite sentimental when it comes to long-serving players and would like all of them to extend their stays - but football doesn't always work like that.

While Mbeumo and Wissa are still first choice, Jensen has found it hard to force his way back into the starting line-up - ahead of the vastly improved Mikkel Damsgaard - since his recent recovery from injury and Yehor Yarmoliuk has started to be chosen ahead of Janelt sometimes.

Henry has only just regained fitness following almost 18 months of injury and may find it hard to oust Keane Lewis-Potter, who has had an outstanding season covering for him at left-back.

With Ben Mee and Josh Dasilva out of contract this summer, and Michael Kayode's loan coming to an end then too, director of football Phil Giles and his team are going to be busy!

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We asked you to tell us one thing - good or bad - that is currently going under the radar at Brentford.

Here are some of your comments:

Joe: Keane Lewis-Potter - he struggled to make an impact in his first few seasons but he has really stepped up as a left wing-back this season. Given he was signed as an attacker, his transition to a more defensive role has been surprisingly strong. He is now one of the first names on the teamsheet and he is playing well. Nobody outside Brentford seems to be aware of this though, with all the attention (for good reason) on Mbeumo and Wissa. I think it's time KLP was shown some of the same love.

Cam: What a great job Thomas Frank has done in transforming Keane Lewis-Potter from a striker/winger to a full-back - and how he has made the position his own this season.

Evan: Keano has had a fantastic transformation into a right-back. I can see him ripping defences apart for many years, especially with someone like Marcus Rashford as the central attacker at the Gtech.

Ian: Pundits predicted that Brentford would struggle without Ivan Toney. However, Mbeumo and Wissa are creating their own Brentford history. With five games still to play, both of the above names could reach or sur the 20-goal mark for the season. It proves that Brentford's recruitment over recent years has found two more proven goalscorers.

Chris: Losing both Mbeumo and Wissa at the same time is becoming ever more worrying. We know Mbeumo will most likely leave us, but to lose Wissa at the same time is too awful to think about. But, whatever happens, breaking up this amazing partnership will be a sad day for both us and the two best friends.

Andy: The article a couple of weeks ago about goalkeeper rankings omitted to mention that Brentford have one of the best goalkeepers in Europe, once again demonstrating the club's ability to have a succession plan when selling our best players to big clubs. Being a 'selling club' is one thing, but being consistently good at it is quite another!

A dramatic game against Brighton on Saturday showcased - again - the fantastic Bees partnership of Bryan Mbeumo and Yoanne Wissa.

But you know your club best, so give us a peek behind the curtain and tell us the one thing no-one is talking about at Brentford but really should be.

Let us know here

Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist

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As a club that prides itself on its relationship with fans and the community, knowing sustainability is "important" to ers has been a real driver for Brentford to take action.

The impact of climate change is being felt in many different ways and football is not immune to these.

Previous research, external has suggested one in four professional football pitches will be at risk from flooding in 25 years.

While so much of fans' focus is what is happening on the pitch, there is an increasing expectation from ers that clubs should be doing more to reduce their impact off it.

In the second part of our Earth Day chat with James Beale, Brentford's sustainability manager highlighted how engaging fans in the journey is such a key element of their sustainability programme.

"We have a sustainability working group with the fans. Our official ers' groups sit on that, but we also have an independent group of fans with knowledge and concern for the environmental crisis called the Sustaina-Bees, who are great and sit on the group too," Beale explained to BBC Sport.

"We meet regularly. We talk about things that the club are up to on sustainability. We talk about their concerns.

"Last year, we did a survey on our fans. We published the outcomes of that in our sustainability report and they rated sustainability 8.1 out of 10 in of importance, so we know it's important to them."

Alongside their discounted rail travel for fans travelling to away games, the Bees have also recently announced their Bike To Brentford scheme.

ers who cycle to the team's Premier League fixture against Manchester United on 4 May will receive a free food and drink voucher to use at the ground.

With fan travel being one of Brentford's biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, alongside helping ers both physically and financially, schemes like these can help in reducing the environmental impact of matchdays.

"We're making it easier and safer for fans to cycle to games this spring," Beale said.

"We're putting up temporary bike parks around the stadium. We're rewarding fans for cycling to games. It is a trial right now but we're going to use that to build on for next season, take some learnings and work out how we can continue the project."

With fans clearly an integral part of Brentford's sustainability ambitions, what message does Beale have for ers?

"Come with us. We're really keen to collaborate as much as possible on both helping the club become more sustainable, but also helping the local community become more sustainable.

"We can't do that alone. The fans' views, opinions and influence are really important, and we want to work with them on this."