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Slaven Bilic, softly-spoken and a post-match picture of serenity, is explaining why he deliberately makes a song and dance of his 90 minutes in the technical area. West Bromwich’s new head coach believes embracing his inner extrovert resonates with the supporters and motivates the players. Two mistakes by the opposition goalkeeper doesn’t half help, though. ‘i am calm. i’m always polite. i want my team to win especially in the first game when they are running out of steam and they need you to try and give them a little push,’ Bilic said. ‘i believe in that. The human brain is unbelievable. There’s so much reserved inside. ‘if i’m asking them, “come on there’s seven minutes to go” and i tell them they can do it, i believe you can transmit that.’ West Brom made a winning start, coming from behind to cancel out Matty cash’s early strike with a bit of unfortunate assistance from aro Muric, the 20-year-old Kosovo goalkeeper on loan from Manchester city. Muric was at fault for Kyle edwards’s equaliser and also caught on the hop from a looping miscued cross by Matt Phillips. Forest faded quickly after a promising start under new coach Sabri lamouchi, the club’s 13th manager in eight years who last season was in charge of Rennes. Bilic, meanwhile, will be hoping his powers of persuasion extend to the board this week. He wants several new recruits, particularly strikers.