Even though the 3-2 scoreline might suggest otherwise, Swansea really outplayed Forest yesterday and totally deserved the three points, which keeps them in the hunt for automatic promotion, and all but rules Forest out. Seven points separate us from second-placed Norwich now, and even though with eight games remaining that deficit is not impossible to make up, such is the state that Forest find themselves in at the moment, they are not likely to snap themselves out of this malaise and notch up a significant number of wins to claim promotion. We really have to concentrate on keeping our play-off place, because it is looking increasingly likely that we won't even achieve that. We can only hope that Billy Davies is right that the international break will do us good and that we will return a team full of confidence and energy.
Maybe the long-awaited return of Guy Moussi will make all the difference in the world, but I'm not building my hopes up too much. He will need a couple of games to return to match fitness for a start, and after reading that he has rejected a contract, it's bound to be unsettling not just for him, but for his team mates. So if anybody thinks he's the midfield messiah who will magically put everything right again could well be disappointed.
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Couldn't agree more. What worries me is that Forest are always dreadful in the playoffs; if they can't get automatic promotion they will stay in this division.
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