Nottingham Forest have had a turbulent decade where they have witnessed one of the worst Forest sides in history.

Some players have been excellent, but on the whole, it’s been an era to forget.

At the turn of the decade, however, Forest were one of the best teams in the division, shortly after their promotion back to the second tier.

Falling to League One was an all time low for many Reds fans, but the couple of seasons that followed will live long in the memory, as Forest played some lovely stuff under Billy Davies.

Since then, it has been a poor few years, with off the field decisions by poor owners leading to many problems.

Here, we look at the best three decisions made by Forest over the last ten years.

Do you agree, or can you think of a better decision that has been made off the pitch that has strongly influenced proceedings on the pitch?

Forcing Fawaz out was certainly the best decision Forest made, even if it was more the fans than anything else.

The ownership in the last half decade was diabolical, and this was telling in the attendances: fans had had enough, and simply refused to give Fawaz any more money.

Now, without him, the attendances are around 27,000 on average per week, which is telling to the direction the club can go with good ownership.

Billy Davies managed Forest in two stints in the last ten years, but his first was definitely the best.

The man who had also managed Derby arrived at Forest to mixed reviews, but he soon won over the hearts of the City Ground with his exciting style that saw the Reds get two play-off finishes back-to-back.

Capturing the signature of Aitor Karanka was key to Forest’s success, even if they haven’t registered any, but more so it was a statement that they are back.

The last few managers at the City Ground haven’t been up to standard: Mark Warburton, Philippe Montanier, etc. – none managed to get the best out of their players.

Karanka has been there and done it all before with Boro, so there is every reason why the ex-Madrid coach could take Forest back to the big time.