That's more like it, Forest. Now let's put the sword to Southend!

There there. That's better isn't it? There's nothing like three points over one of your promotion rivals to put a smile on your face. And Derby lost! And, yes, so too did Leeds, at flaming last!

Yesterday for me was just perfect. It was a really nice sunny autumn day with a beautiful blue sky, and I just sensed that a win was on the cards, despite Forest not exactly being in very good form having gone three games without a victory.

The first half was very reminiscent of the Oldham game, and until we got the penalty, it didn't look like we were going to forge a breakthrough. But then Colin Calderwood decided to bring off the lacklustre Kris Commons for Nathan Tyson, and suddenly we looked a whole lot better, and had more purpose about us.

Tyson, of course, then went on to score an absolute peach of a goal with a superb volley that made it 2-0 with little over ten minutes remaining and set Forest on their way to a deserved victory.

Not that I relaxed. With Forest's recent track record of throwing away seemingly comfortable leads in the last few minutes fresh in my memory, I didn't even relax until the whistle actually sounded. As daft as it may sound, my heart was in my mouth when Paul Smith punched the ball clear in injury time. It only takes one minute to score a goal after all, and Tranmere had four to come up with two.

But thankfully, my fears proved to be unfounded and Forest ended up comfortable winners against a team who before the start of play had the third best defensive record in the Division. We are now fourth, just three points away from the current leaders Carlisle, who we incidentally play a fortnight this weekend in front of the Sky cameras. That's if it's not postponed due to international call-ups anyway. If we beat Southend on Tuesday night we will at the very least be third, and if Leyton Orient and Carlisle don't both win, we could be first or second! Now wouldn't that be nice in front of a full house?!

But Forest will have to overcome the depressing statistic of having not actually won a League One match on a weekday night for, would you believe, two years. The odds are also rather stacked against them in that they usually underperform in front of big crowds and buckle under the weight of expectation. But that is something they are going to have to come to terms with if they are to be considered serious promotion contenders.