The first 45 minutes against Swansea were probably the best I've seen them play this season. It took them only ten minutes to open the scoring, albeit from the penalty spot when Dexter Blackstock was felled by goalkeeper Dorus De Vries, and Lewis McGugan blasted the ball past him, who the home support felt was lucky to still be on the pitch, having received a yellow card instead of a red. Forest looked to add more goals as they continued to pour forward in numbers. Paul Anderson seemed to have a point to prove against his former side, whose supporters heckled him last season. He terrorised the Swansea defence constantly with his electrifying pace, and he was almost rewarded for his efforts when he saw a close-range shot parried away.
For the first 15 minutes of the second half, Swansea were dominating possession and Forest seemed a bit lost. Their slender lead was suddenly looking precarious, but Swansea were left to ponder on what might have been as Forest doubled their lead out of nothing on the stroke of the hour thanks to man of the moment, McGugan, whose remit appears to be only to score goals of the finest quality. He beat two defenders before lobbing an audacious chip past the stranded De Vries. That goal sucked all the spirit out of Swansea's attempted comeback and they were never the same after that as Forest began to look more comfortable again. Substitute Radoslaw Majewski put the result beyond reasonable doubt when he raced on to a through ball to net his first goal of the season with six minutes remaining plus stoppage time.
There was time for Swansea to nab a late consolation when the Forest defence was caught napping. Billy Davies said he was disappointed that they failed to keep a clean sheet, but the most important thing is to get in a winning habit, and with two wins in three games, we can definitely say that things are looking up for Forest. It's worth pointing out that we actually have three more points than we did at the same stage last year!
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