Earnshaw scored 17 goals for Forest last season

Nottingham Forest striker Robert Earnshaw admits he is not happy playing the role of substitute.

The 28-year-old scored Forest's equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Ipswich on Tuesday - less than a minute after coming off the bench.

He told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I don't want to be sitting on the bench, I want to be playing football.

"If I am playing football then I'm happy. If I'm not playing then I'm not going to be happy, that's how it is."

Earnshaw has made just one league start this season, in a 4-2 to home defeat by Watford.

The Welsh international replaced Joe Garner and linked up with fellow substitute Dele Adebola to score at Portman Road.

"It was nice to come on and help the team and for me it was nice to get that first goal," he said.

"They would have hated that here as obviously I used to play at Norwich, their big rivals. They gave me some stick as I was coming on, so it was a great way to put my name on the game."

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