So, here we are then. It's not quite the midway point of Nottingham Forest's first Premier League campaign in over two decades, but it's close enough.
The enforced break due to the first ever winter Fifa Men's World Cup means that the top flight hits the pause button after 15 games (14 for some clubs). It doesn't return for another six weeks, when the Reds travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United on December 27. Some welcome back, that.
That leaves a lot of time for reflection on the first part of the campaign, not just on what's gone right but what's gone wrong, too. And there is plenty to pore over.