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Barry Cooper

'Oh how I've missed seeing people moan about team news' - Nottingham Forest fans react to starting XI

How we’ve longed for 2pm on a Saturday afternoon where social media goes into meltdown at Sabri Lamouchi’s Nottingham Forest team news.

It’s been a difficult few months for so many with football being halted due to the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and although the game looks somewhat different, there are some things which just don’t change – the spiky nature of fans’ opinions when the team is revealed.

That was the case again prior the Championship’s return at Hillsborough, where promotion-chasing Forest face Sheffield Wednesday looking to bounce back after their last outing way back in March.

Lamouchi, who signed his new contract just hours earlier, was unable to call upon influential midfielders Ben Watson and Samba Sow with their places going to Ryan Yates and Tiago Silva, with youngster Brennan Johnson expected to operate in the number 10 role behind Lewis Grabban.

Here’s what Reds fans have been saying this afternoon…

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