Wednesday 2 March 2011

Is this season turning into a repeat of the last?

The relief of Dele Adebola's injury-time equaliser at Middlesbrough last night must not be allowed to cloud over the fact that Forest were really poor and did not deserve a point.

Rather worryingly Forest's automatic promotion charge seems to have hit the buffers lately. Their failure to beat Scunthorpe, Preston, or Middlesbrough has seem them miss out on some crucial points, and now they are currently enduring an injury crisis, which seems to get worse as every match passes. The Forest fans are getting a sense of Déjà vu as the same thing happened last year, where Forest seemed unstoppable, and people were convinced they were going up, but when it came to the last few months of the season they just seemed to run out of battery. The lack of signings in the transfer window were to blame for last season's failed promotion bid, and our inability to bring in a left back following Nicky Shorey's departure. This time if we fail again, Nigel Doughty's reluctance to put his hand in his pocket last summer will come back to haunt him. The Forest fans will not be in forgiving mood if the Club again throws away a glorious opportunity to return to the Premiership, having repeated the mistakes of last season.

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