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Richard Cusack

Nottingham Forest fans are asking Steve Cooper the same question after Preston blank

Nottingham Forest fans have been reacting to their side's goalless draw with Preston North End at Deepdale on Tuesday night.

Steve Cooper's Reds failed to find a breakthrough and that result leaves them in ninth place and two points from Sheffield United in sixth after Coventry City's 2-1 win at Bristol City.

Forest remain firmly in the play-off race with Prston also hunting a finish in the top six and wit Middlesbrough winning and other sides battling it out for a place in the end-of-season lottery it was an important point gained in Lancashire.

Reds supporters had their say on the game, in which Cooper's men struggled to create many clear cut opportunities and appeared rusty having had their game at AFC Bournemouth on Friday night postponed because of storm damage to the hosts' Dean Court stadium.

Cooper made only one substitution in the game, bringing Sam Surridge on for Keinan Davis in a like-for-like change up front with Alex Mighten, Joe Lolley and Philip Zinckernagel left on the bench.

"Baffled that neither one of Mighten, Lolley or Zinc have been brought on, we are desperate for subs and look so lacklustre," one Reds fan said on social media.

"Can’t stress how bad this has been, use your bench," another added while a third fan said: "I don't understand the late and lack of subs tonight."

"Ten minutes to go and only now making a sub?" a fourth Reds fan asked and another added: "We played 65 minutes without threatening the opposition and didn't make a sub.

"This is poor, I can’t believe we’ve not made a sub or changed formation here," a sixth supporter said on Twitter.

Forest return to action when they play the Robins on Saturday at the City Ground (3pm) before a crunch clash with United the following Friday evening at Bramall Lane.

The Robins conceded a late goal to Viktor Gyokeres at Ashton Gate with Coventry stealing a last-minute win in the south-west.

What did you make of the game? Have your say in the comments section...

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