Forest must stop reading from this tired old script

Where would Forest be right now if it wasn't for Lewis McGugan? I shudder to think. It's sad to say, but I think he is carrying the team at the moment. Apart from Lee Camp, he's the only player who has really shone this season, and that's worrying.

I don't think the bookmakers would have offered particularly generous odds on Forest drawing and McGugan scoring the goal at Watford. Although the point was a good one taken out of context, given that Watford are pushing for a play-off place, it is getting a little bit boring now, don't you think? I have the match report half-written in my head long before kick off when Forest play away these days, so I'm sure the home opposition don't have to do too much homework when it comes to assessing Forest's threat. Basically the script goes like this. Forest will outplay the home team for long periods, have a few half-decent chances to score, then against the run of play, they concede a goal owing to a defensive lapse in concentration. If they're lucky, they (or rather McGugan) will manage to score occasionally, and this will give the fans (false) hope that a victory is on the cards. But after a lot of huffing and puffing and genuinely getting nowhere the game peters out into nothing. That has been the blueprint for a Forest away performance this season.

It makes winning our home games vitally important if we want to avoid slipping into the relegation places. But the next two teams visiting the City Ground just so happen to be fifth-placed Coventry and first-placed QPR. Oh dear. If we start losing at home, I fear for us, because it will put huge pressure on us every home game to make sure we win them. In front of 20,000+ impatient Forest fans that will be a difficult task.