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Barry Cooper

What Nottingham Forest supporters made of Sabri Lamouchi's starting XI against Birmingham City

Nottingham Forest supporters have been reacting to Sabri Lamouchi’s starting XI for the visit of Birmingham City.

Lamouchi opted to make two changes to the side that battled back to earn a point at Elland Road against Leeds United a week ago.

After starting in the midweek win over Fleetwood in the Carabao Cup, Samba Sow and Sammy Ameobi were handed full Championship debuts at the City Ground.

Despite Tiago Silva netting a fine winner on Tuesday, he was relegated to the bench as Lamouchi looked to combat the Blues’ physicality, while former Aston Villa man Albert Adomah was left out by the Reds head coach.

Despite coming in for his first start against Fleetwood, there was no place in the squad for John Bostock.

Forest head coach Sabri Lamouchi at the City Ground (Ritchie Sumpter @JMS Photography)

The Frenchman will be hoping his side can produce a performance and see them claim their first win of the league campaign, with two tough away games at Charlton and Fulham to come in the next week.

Here’s what the fans made of today’s team selection…

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