Calderwood must go NOW to give Forest survival hope

Another away game, another defeat. We may only be just into October, but we are looking very much like relegation certainties at the moment. We've no idea where our next goal is going to come from, never mind our next win.

Yes, we did play reasonably well at Sheffield Wednesday, and Andy Cole did have a number of good opportunities to equalise, but I'm getting fed up of saying 'we nearly did that, we nearly did this.' The fact is we lost, and once again a sloppy defensive error cost us. This time the recalled Ian Breckin was the guilty party as a seemingly tame shot deflected off the back off him and rolled across the line. The commentators on the radio said we were unlucky, but I am sick of hearing that word. Forest have been very poor so far this season and they deserve to be where they are in the table because they are not good enough. Now whether that's down to the players just not being up to it, the manager not being able to motivate them, or just a complete lack of confidence, I don't know, but what I do know is that this just can't continue for much longer, otherwise the battle to avoid relegation will be to avoid finishing second and third bottom. We could end up being cast adrift of safety like Derby were in the Premiership, and for that to happen to a club of Forest's size in the Championship would be just beyond embarrassing.

Colin Calderwood is getting increasingly desperate to hang on to his job. His team selection last night for the trip to Hillsborough was extremely negative, with no fewer than SIX central defenders playing, I kid you not. There were three at the back with Luke Chambers and Julian Bennett operating as wing backs, and James Perch, who considers his best position to be in central defence, was in midfield. It was obvious that Calderwood would be happy with a point, but thanks to another moment of madness at the back, we ended up leaving with nothing, despite holding our own for most of the match. We didn't actually start creating much until we made some substitutions and switched to a flat 4-4-2 formation, but then, of course, Wednesday started to create chances themselves, and Paul Smith saved us from a more humiliating defeat, which would not have done our already bad goal difference much good.

People are saying that Calderwood should be given the Crystal Palace game, and if we fail to win that then he should go, but what is the point in flogging a dead horse? We're bound to win the odd game under him, but we will not win enough under him in the Championship to stay up. There are plenty of good teams in this division, who will easily beat us, even at the City Ground, so we won't be able to rely on our home form like we could last season.

I honestly don't see where our next win is going to come from, because I thought we were going to beat Burnley and Charlton, but we didn't. We have a really good chance of beating Palace, but our confidence is so low at the minute and the fans are depressed, so I am being careful not to build my hopes up. Even if we do win, I don't think I'm going to feel ecstatic or anything because we still won't be out of the relegation zone and I know that there will be plenty more tough games to come after that. For that reason, perhaps it would be for the best if Forest were to lose on Saturday, and then we can appoint the new manager, who will have the international break to prepare for his first game. If Calderwood stays with Forest, he will drag us back down to League One, you can be sure of it.