The ball is now in your court, Mr Doughty

After all the excitement of Saturday's epic win at Pride Park, it was always going to be rather hard for the players to motivate themselves for the match against Bristol City, but while it was a scrappy game with not too much good football being played, the players got on with the job professionally and walked away with another win thanks to an early second half goal from Luke Chambers.

The chances of Bristol City causing an upset and ending Forest's long unbeaten home record looked next to nil with just one win in their last eight matches, but they did look threatening on the counter attack and there were a few hairy moments in the first half as Forest struggled to get to grips with the match. City had come with a game plan to frustrate Forest and stop them from playing football, and it certainly worked in the first half, as the Reds struggled to string passes together. But City were forced to change their tactics after the break as Forest took an early lead when Chambers pounced to head in from a Chris Cohen free kick, just three minutes into the half. But the fact that they were now chasing the game did not mean that City were exposed at the back. They looked very capable of snatching an equaliser, but fortunately Forest defended well to snuff out the threat and hold on for an important win.

We are now in a great position to challenge for automatic promotion in 5th place, just a point away from second place, still with a game in hand. In many ways we are looking stronger than we did this time last year as we are winning away from home as well. One or two inspired signings may well help us go one better than last season and finally return to the land of milk and honey. Nigel Doughty has said in the past that he will not rest until we are back in the Premiership, so now it's time to put up or shut up. He will not be forgiven if he blows it again.