Fearless Forest still undefeated away from home

This is going to sound a little bit strange, but I feel quite glad that our winning run has ended. It felt a bit like eating too many chocolates. Too much of a good thing is bad for you, and to be quite honest I was getting a bit sick of it! The glorious feeling of winning is only possible if you've felt the agonising lows as well. That's why when I say I'm not jealous of the likes of Chelsea and Man United fans I truly mean it.

I thought we did really well to come away with a point from Crystal Palace, who have been in very good form lately. We didn't really create an awful lot, but we packed the midfield and made life very difficult for them. The last five minutes of the first half were very dramatic as not only did Palace take the lead from a Darren Ambrose free kick, but Forest also were forced to make a substitution when Clint Hill elbowed Paul Anderson in the face. The challenge left Anderson on the ground for quite a long time, and it looked like Hill would get his marching orders. But the referee decided there was no malintent and he was only booked. Unfortunately for Forest, though, Anderson was unable to continue and was replaced with Gareth McCleary.

Rather bizarrely, although I didn't hear it at the time, the local commentary was then accidentally fed through the tannoy with the commentator's words 'out of his pram' being heard by thousands of people. This was clearly referring to Billy Davies who had reacted furiously to Hill's elbow on Anderson. I just wish I heard it, as it would have been hilarious! To be honest, I was so worried about Anderson that I didn't notice. Thankfully, he turned out to be okay, but Davies and Neil Warnock were full of criticism for each other at the end of the game. Honestly, would you expect anything less from Warnock? The man is a clown, and always has been!

Forest got their justice when they grabbed a well-worked equaliser just three minutes into the second half. David McGoldrick, who was back in the side in the absence of Dexter Blackstock, latched on to a Lewis McGugan cross and tapped in from close-range to score his second goal in Forest colours. Palace went close several times to retaking the lead, but Lee Camp was in superb form and kept us in it with some great saves, including one in the dying moments of stoppage time when he denied one-time Forest striker Stern John from grabbing a last-gasp winner. After all the hard work we had put in, that would have been a real heart-breaker.

Luckily, the whistle blew soon after that and we still remain undefeated away from home, a feat that has not been achieved by any other team in all four divisions this season! That record will be severely tested when we visit high-flying Cardiff next Sunday evening, but I don't think we have any reason to fear it at all. It will probably be a backs-to-the-wall job, but if anything it's Cardiff who should be wary of us, and not the other way round. Whatever happens, I'm sure we won't be as bad as Derby were when they got thrashed 6-1 there!