Does Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno know his best team?

The Forest head coach chops and changes for every game - despite the fact consistency is needed to end their current dismal run

In early February, a little more than a month into his tenure, Nuno Espirito Santo was asked if he knew his best team. With six players away on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations and some niggling injury problems to contend with, it was entirely understandable that his answer was a blunt “no”. But even today, 16 matches into the Nuno era, there remains the sense Forest’s head coach still might not know what his strongest XI is.

During 2021-22, when Cooper replaced Chris Hughton in the September and won promotion via the play-offs, Forest also had nine who started more than 75 per cent of the 46 regular-season league games: , Johnson , Yates , , Worrall , Djed Spence , , and Philip Zinckernagel . There was a strong, sizable core of regulars. In contrast, only Gibbs-White and Murillo have started more than 75 per cent of Forest’s league games this season.

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