At least Nottingham Forest can still compete in other European tournaments even if it is not the UCL tournament.
The Premier League is very competitive. It is difficult to continue good performances here if the squad is not strong. We have seen Nottingham Forest team in third place in the table for a long time. But at the end of the season, the team is in seventh place in the table. The team could not even qualify for the Europa League. However, Nottingham Forest's performance this season has been commendable. If Nottingham Forest can take the necessary steps to strengthen their attack next season, then maybe the team can make it to the top 5 of the table.
I doubt if they will see this kind of opportunity again in the premier league and the reason why they even see this opportunity was because the big teams where having a tough time that is why they entered top 3 and then what happened when those big teams wake just a little, they displaced Nothingham forest from the position just imagine they could not even finish at top 5 or 6 at least that is to show that there strength have not gotten to that, they are very small team when it comes to premier league and if time is not taken they will be struggling with relegation next season, they have the golden opportunity to see the champions league after so many years of not been there but they couldn't make the opportunity count for them.
You speak lowly of Nottingham Forest and that's very bad. Nottingham forest is no longer a small team,you should stop referring to Forest as a small team, infact any club that's competing in the premier League shouldn't be looked at as a Small teams. Nottingham forest have performed very well in this just concluded season and the previous one as well and I believe they are not the only clubs in the premiership that have dropped from the Top 3rd position to the 7th place in the table and if you're talking about Nottingham forest,what would you say about bigger clubs like Tottenham and Manchester United that almost got relegated this season . With your words it means next season,both Tottenham and Manchester United will be relegated for performing very poorly this season. My points in all of this is that,you shouldn't not underestimate any club that's competing in the premiership and Nottingham forest can also perform more better next season.