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Nikola Milenkovic and 0% flop axed: Three Nottingham Forest players who should miss out vs Brentford
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Oliver Glasner is expected to make changes for Nottingham Forest's trip to Brentford on Saturday.
The Austrian is fighting for his job, with his team having won just one of their opening eight Premier League matches.
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Ending the barren run on Saturday will be a tall order, although the Bees have begun to struggle in recent weeks.
Brentford have not won since before the international break, drawing twice and losing twice - the second loss coming at Sunderland on Wednesday night and they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup.
They remain a strong team at home, however, and Nottingham Forest will have to be at their very best if they are to take three points for the first time since early September.
Football Insiderhas named three players Glasner should drop from his team, with crunch time on for the Austrian now.
Nikola Milenkovic
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Not only was Nikola Milenkovic responsible for throwing away Nottingham Forest's lead at Ipswich Town last week, his reaction was awful.
Two seasons ago, the Serbia international was one of the Premier League fiercest defenders and a serious competitor.
The moment summed up what he has become this season, with Julio Enciso able to put him under enough pressure to play a weak attempted pass back to the goalkeeper straight into the forward's path.
The Ipswich man streaked away and Milenkovic merely gave up and threw his hands in the air as Matz Sels was left vulnerable and beaten.
In itself, that is a droppable offence, but Milenkovic has been poor throughout the campaign, too.
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Nottingham Forest should accelerate Jota Silva return, they have no choice Dan Ndoye
There is clearly bundles of talent in Dan Ndoye's boots, but he seems to struggle to show it in a Nottingham Forest shirt.
After a disappointing opening campaign last season, he would go to the World Cup and be one of Switzerland's best players.
Just weeks ago, he scored twice and assisted three times in just three Nations League games for his country.
But Ndoye was shocking against Ipswich, getting zero per cent of his shots on target, misplacing four passes and failing to complete a single cross.
Xaver Schlager
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Xaver Schlager had a good start to the season and still looks to be a good signing for Nottingham Forest.
Truthfully, he does not deserve to be dropped but neither does McAtee, and Glasner must make room for Ibrahim Sangare.
Nottingham Forest look a far more solid team with the 28-year-old starting, and they have struggled without him.
Glasner has been hesitant to throw Sangare in, but he has surely seen enough to know that a change is necessary.
