Gary Lineker and Ian Wright have urged Nottingham Forest to turn it around quickly following their opening day defeat to Newcastle United in the Premier League.
The Reds fell to a 2-0 loss at St James' Park and failed to record any shots on target in their first game upon returning to the top flight. Six players made their debut after arriving in the summer as a new-look Forest team played together for the first time.
The Match of the Day pundits believes a lot of changes during the summer had a part to play in Steve Cooper's team putting in a "disjointed" performance.
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Analysing the match, Lineker said: "A tough start obviously for Nottingham Forest going there, lots of changes from last season, a lot of disruption but at times they were pretty disjointed."
Wright responded: "They were but I think you have to expect a lack of fluidity with the amount of changes over the summer, six debutants, two coming off the bench.
"The manager, like you mentioned there, is kind of learning on the job and the players so you're just hoping that they can get it right because this is a very ruthless league."
Lineker highlighted the significance of getting things up and running soon: "They have to turn it around fairly quickly because otherwise morale drip."
"That's what you don't want, just get it going quickly because I want Forest to stay here," Wright concluded.
Meanwhile Newcastle legend Alan Shearer joked: "They were up against a very good side today though."
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