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Luke Pawley

Nottingham Forest fans love Steve Cooper 'genius' for Swansea clash

Nottingham Forest fans have been celebrating a moment of "genius" from head coach Steve Cooper ahead of this afternoon's clash with Swansea City.

The Welshman named an unchanged team to face his former club after naming three of the players as injury doubts ahead of the match. Jack Colback (glute), Philip Zinckernagel (kick to the ankle) and Sam Surridge (groin) all feature after they looked likely to miss the match.

Whether intentional or not, their inclusion has led to a great response from Forest fans - who have called Cooper a "genius" for the injury decoy, if that is what it was, after all. Below is a look at what some supporters said on Twitter.

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@CNL_NFFC : Cooper's mind games unreal

@JShawNFFC : Cooper's Masterplan of doubts

@CaIIumZM : All mind games

@LucyLostInLego : Lol those "injury doubts" cleared up nicely there

@J_reilly31 : The 2nd least surprising thing to happen today after 3 points for the Reds

@SarcasticForest : When I'm on death's door I want Steve Cooper to tell the world I'm injured.

@jtweets92 : Hahaha knew it. Unchanged.

@kn_1865 : Cooper is a tactical genius

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