There was a real danger that following the defeat at Walsall three days earlier, the Forest players would be low on confidence. As they were four points adrift of the leaders Swansea at the start of play, they could ill afford to lose another away game in the space of a few days, so the pressure on them was huge. Colin Calderwood hinted that there would be a shake-up when he named his starting line-up, although he did make some odd choices, choosing to drop Arron Davies to the bench, and leave Kris Commons out altogether – ostensibly because he was 'ill', but I think there may have been a bit more to it than that.
I'm glad to see that Junior Agogo got recalled, though. I could understand him being left out for the first game back after international duty with Ghana, but I was expecting him to be recalled for the matches after that, but Calderwood left him on the bench for the Walsall game. I would have thought that his name would be one of the first to go on the team sheet, considering he is our leading goalscorer.
Tyson, despite playing on the left wing in the first half, was the hero, scoring both goals, but the real credit must go to the back four, who were all superb, defending resolutely. They could easily have caved in after Sammy Clingan was sent off – indeed I was convinced we were going to throw it all away - but they kept their cool and thoroughly deserved to earn yet another clean sheet – rather impressively their eleventh in eighteen matches so far this season!
Although it will probably only be for less than twenty-four hours, we are back in second place, and even if results go against us tomorrow, the situation at the top of League One is once again looking healthy. It could have been so much worse had we not won tonight, which is why these three points could prove to be absolutely priceless at the end of the season.
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