Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman has explained the thinking behind his shock line-up change for last night’s visit to Birmingham City.

The Reds boss made five changes to the side that beat QPR on Saturday, including dropping two new signings and restoring Dexter Blackstock to lead the attack.

Despite this, Forest won by a single goal scored by Blackstock himself, but Freedman was reluctant to explain the real reason for the switches until now [...]