All hail King Billy, the best manager we've had for years

I really thought that the game against Barnsley was heading for a goalless draw last night. Having won our previous four games, I wasn't all that desperate to win, so was counting down the clock when four minutes of injury time were declared, praying that Barnsley would not snatch a late winner, as they had threatened to do when Lee Camp made a couple of excellent saves. But it was us who broke Barnsley's hearts instead when the magnificent Guy Moussi struck deep in stoppage time to hand us our fifth straight win.

Moussi paid the price for jumping into the Trent End crowd when he was sent off, having already been booked a few minutes earlier, but thankfully Forest kept their nerve and saw out the last minute or so to hold on for another hard-fought victory. Although we remain in seventh place, we are now just two points away from the top of the table, believe it or not! The difference between being bottom of the table and the top is that even when you win, you might not make much progress as the other teams around you are in good form as well. It is not even November yet, so it's a bit early to say whether we will be serious promotion candidates come May, but I think we have a very good chance. We are a very strong and well-organised side with a great team spirit. That will take us very far. We are light years away from last season under Colin Calderwood. Billy Davies and his managerial team have done an absolutely brilliant job of transforming us from almost dead certs for relegation to League One into one of the best teams in the Championship in such a short space of time. I just pray that he isn't tempted by the offer of a bigger job elsewhere because he really is the best thing that has happened to Forest in years and years. I can't believe he was out of work for over a year. With such a promising Championship CV, I would have thought he would have been snapped up immediately by a club in that division when he was fired by Derby. It was a somewhat uncharacteristically brave move by Nigel Doughty to appoint somebody with a reputation for having forthright opinions, but at long last it looks as though this is one managerial appointment he has got right!