Sunday 14 November 2010

How on earth would we cope without Lee Camp?

I suppose with Forest's unbeaten home record of 27 games stretching over more than a year and QPR still being undefeated in the Championship, a draw was very much on the cards.

As nil-nil draws go, though, it could never be described as boring, at least not in the second half anyway where Lee Camp as ever was in top form to keep Forest in the game. Forest didn't actually produce a shot on target until well into the second half when lone striker Dexter Blackstock tried his luck against his former side from long range. And even though Billy Davies made a double substitution not long after bringing on both Rob Earnshaw and Dele Adebola so Forest could play with two up front, the Reds still struggled to create good chances, except for a powerful shot from Lewis McGugan which produced an equally good save from the QPR goalkeeper.

All in all, a draw was a fair result, but Forest are racking up a huge amount of debt to Camp, who match after match, turns in one fantastic performance after another. He must be Forest's most valuable asset because while the players who score the goals grab the instant headlines, it's Camp's heroics in goal which more often than not, it seems these days, are making many of the results possible. Where would we be without him?

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