Michail Antonio, Britt Assombalonga and Chris Burke have started each Championship fixture together with goalkeeper Karl Darlow and although Assombalonga has made most of the headlines, Antonio has been a pleasant surprise in terms of his goalscoring record while Burke has also become a key member of the Reds line-up.
Michael Mancienne is another newcomer to have quickly become a regular for Pearce, starting all but one of Forest's league games to date.
Overall, 18 players have made a start in the Championship while Lars Veldwijk, Stephen McLaughlin, Jamaal Lascelles and Jorge Grant have appeared off the bench only.