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Jamie Kemble

'Rotation is key' - Nottingham Forest fans react to surprise starter against Wigan

Nottingham Forest have the chance to go top of the Championship today.

The Reds can move to the top of the tree should they beat Wigan Athletic by three games in today's clash at the DW Stadium (14.00).

But ahead of the game, manager Sabri Lamouchi has surprised fans by leaving out striker Lewis Grabban, instead giving the opportunity to Wolves loanee Rafa Mir.

Mir makes his first start with Lamouchi perhaps thinking ahead to what is a busy week in waiting for Forest.

The Reds, and indeed the rest of their Championship opponents, will play three games in the space of a week.

The decision to include Mir has shocked supporters, but many seem to be on board with the call.

Here's how they reacted on Twitter.

Forest: Samba, Robinson, Cash, Worrall, Figueiredo, Watson ©, Bostock, Ribeiro, Ameobi, Mir, Lolley.

Subs: Muric, Grabban, Carvalho, Yates, Silva, Chema, Adomah.

Wigan: Marshall, Byrne, Robinson, Macleod, Lowe, Massey, Mulgrew (c), Jacobs, Moore, Williams, Dunkley.

Subs: Jones, Pilkington, Windass, Garner, Kipre, Naismith, Gelhardt

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