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Nottingham Forest trying to sign a striker looked about as dramatic as a Line of Duty finale at certain times, with the club fighting tooth and nail for a new talisman. Ultimately, the search ended in vain, with Nuno Espirito Santo pleading with Evangelos Marinakis to save his money and not sign someone for the sake of it. Forest have Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi as the two strikers in the first-team squad – with both getting the nod to start in attack for Forest against Fulham on Saturday. The experiment only lasted 45 minutes with Awoniyi subbed at the interval but Wood has scored three goal…

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