You've made your point, Forest. Let's have some more wins please!

Ordinarily, drawing at clubs like Ipswich should be seen as a good result, but I can't help but feel that they were there for the picking last night, and we will look back on the game as two points dropped rather than one point earned, even though we did have to come from behind.

I remember Colin Fray saying on BBC Radio Nottingham just before kick-off that if either side could get an early goal it could really be important. In the previous two matches against Derby and Sheffield Wednesday, Forest had taken the lead within the first couple of minutes. But this time, it was the turn of the opposition to strike early. The match was only a minute old when Grant Leadbitter struck past Lee Camp. And yes, you guessed it, it deflected off one of the Forest players along the way.

To Forest's credit, they did not drop their heads, and they very nearly equalised immediately when Dexter Blackstock's header glanced just over the crossbar. But although Forest played good football, they were frustrated by a combination of poor weather conditions and a free-kick-happy referee who also seemed on a mission to book as many players as possible. Not surprisingly, Joe Garner was one of those names who entered the book. Unbelievably it was his fifth yellow card of the season already, and he must serve a one-match ban. I would think the odds on him being shown a red card in each game are very short. He's fast becoming a bit of a liability. I don't think Billy Davies does him any favours by playing him on the right wing to be honest, and he certainly hasn't impressed there lately. I would much rather Paul Anderson play there instead, even if he didn't have his best game against Ipswich. It will be interesting to see what happens on Saturday at home to Blackpool. Nathan Tyson should be available again, so I would play him on the left, Anderson on the right, and leave Garner on the bench. I think he's being wasted as a winger, but to be honest, I can't see him getting into the team to play up front, either, at the moment.

Forest's fortunes changed in the second half, thanks in no small part to a couple of substitutions up front. Dexter Blackstock, who had picked up a head injury before the break, was replaced by Dele Adebola, and just before the hour, Garner was swapped for Rob Earnshaw. Within seconds, Forest were level, when Earnshaw with literally his first touch raced on to a good ball from Adebola and fired the ball home from six yards out to hand Forest a well-earned equaliser. Talk about an inspired substitution!

Ipswich looked like a side desperately low on confidence, and Forest really should have gone on to win, but they were not at their best themselves, and their final ball was letting them down too much. The slippery pitch caused by driving rain certainly didn't help matters. Ipswich sometimes were a threat on the counter attack, though, and Paul McKenna had to clear the ball off the line at one stage.

Adebola could well have snatched Forest all three points in the last minute when he found himself in a one-on-one situation with the Ipswich goalkeeper. But Gareth McAuley tripped him up, a challenge that resulted in his dismissal, and a free-kick for Forest very close to the goal. Unfortunately, Earnshaw's effort was tame, and Forest were forced to settle for yet another point away from home.

This season we have drawn at three of the teams that we lost to in the corresponding fixtures last time around, so clearly progress has been made. Last season we lost our opening six away games under Colin Calderwood. It would be nice to think that we could soon start turning these draws into wins. Perhaps our chance may come next week when we go down to Plymouth, who currently sit bottom of the table with five defeats from seven matches. But then again, the Sky TV cameras will be present, so maybe not!