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The start of a pretty hectic schedule as the league calendar resumes and both the League Cup and Champions League get under way for us. This one is in that rare Saturday 3:00pm slot. I know little about how Forest are getting on this season. They have Nuno Holy Spirit in the dugout and have again been busy in the transfer market. Not sure who they've signed other than Ward-Prowse on loan from West Ham, and Elliot Anderson in one of those PSR-scamming deals for a ridiculous fee that is amortised over the player's contract while the selling club (Newcastle) books the full fee as profit. Chelsea, Villa, Newcastle, Leicester and Forest were all at it this summer. It's ridiculous how early in the season the international schedule starts up again, because all it does it halt momentum and bring the possibility of players picking up a knock. Harvey fractured a foot while away with the U21s, and Macca was apparently nursing an issue while away with Argentina. Curtis resumed training over the international break so he could be available again for the weekend. Fede might be available for his debut. Whatever the personnel available, we need to continue to build on Slot's promising stat at the helm, as the games will be coming thick and fast up to the next international break. How have our previous managers got on in their first home game in this fixture? It's not a long list mainly due to Forest being out of the top flight for over 2 decades, plus a couple of spells away in the Premier League's first decade. Souness...06/02/1993...Liverpool 0-0 Forest Evans...01/11/1994...Liverpool 0-0 Forest (Fowler) Houllier...N/A Benitez...N/A Hodgson...N/A Dalglish...N/A Rodgers...N/A Klopp...03/04/2023...Liverpool 3-2 Forest (Jota 2, Salah) I don't ask for much. Maximum motivation, control, application, attitude and concentration from minute one. 3 points please. Get it done!