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Nottingham Forest go into their first home game of the season with a selection dilemma on their hands.

The Reds finished strongly in the opening day 1-1 draw at Bristol City to give them some momentum heading into Tuesday night’s visit of West Bromwich Albion.

However, with a hectic schedule in the early weeks of the season, manager Aitor Karanka could be tempted to freshen up his side.

Our Forest editor Paul Taylor sat down with reporter Sarah Clapson to preview the game and consider who might get the nod to start.

“The manager’s torn between the merits of sticking with the same team and letting them grow an understanding as a unit,” Paul said.

“Equally, there’s the need to perhaps freshen things up with five games in two weeks. By the end of listening to him (in the pre-match press conference) you got the impression he was leaning towards the former, to perhaps sticking with the same starting 11.

“They started poorly at Bristol City, but finished strongly. You can understand where he’s coming from.

“He expects Michael Dawson to be fit after suffering cramp. Daryl Murphy is 35 but he played well and justified his selection ahead of Lewis Grabban.”