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Chris Watson

'Risky' - Nottingham Forest fans react to surprising Charlton team news

Nottingham Forest's starting line-up to face Charlton Athletic has sparked plenty of reaction from the fans.

Boss Sabri Lamouchi to the side that started Saturday's rousing 2-0 victory over promotion rivals Leeds United.

There is a debut for Gaetan Bong and a first start for Adama Diakhaby.

Tyler Walker is handed his first start since returning from his loan spell at Lincoln City. Carl Jenkinson and Ryan Yates also come into the side.

Matty Cash, Samba Sow, Yuri Ribeiro, Sammy Ameobi and  top scorer Lewis Grabban are the players to make way.

Of those, only Cash is on the bench, which features January signing Nuno Da Costa for the first time.

Lamouchi clearly has one eye on Saturday's trip to league leaders West Bromwich Albion.

Here's what fans have been saying about the team selection on Twitter...

Cal: Am I the only one that doesn’t mind this, as long as we get the result it’s fine, many players needed a rest.

Luke Pilgrim: Always was gonna put a team out like that, playing top of the league Saturday.

Michael Cleaver: Grabban???

Forests_Finest: Interesting. My opinion is play your strongest team possible every game. That isn’t. Still. Let’s see.

@NottinghamRed99: Is this a cup game?

Michael Cleaver: Hope this doesn’t come back to bite us.

Ewan: Am I the only one that don’t like this?

Thomas Newton: Jenkinson and Bong is odd - should be Cash and big Ribs.

Forest Fanzone: Risky.

Aaron A: When he changed it vs Wigan and Millwall away it didn’t work, hopefully this is different!

R1CHJB: Just chill out everyone... no one has a crystal ball, he’s either gonna get it right or wrong. Let it roll.

Bish: This is the point of having a squad...

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