Super's Match Report-Bournemouth - 6 Points

I have just got back and it is getting late so I promise that this report will be a lot shorter then the one on Saturday (well I hope it is anyway)

To start with isn't it just nice to be winning again? The sensation of actually looking forward to a football game seems to be creeping on rather then at the end of Pearce's reign where we began to dread what the score would be. 3 Wins in a row at home is always nice as well and I am glad to hear the Forest fans cheering a lot more then the away fans do again (on that point the Borunemouth fans mearswell not have been there with the noise they made)

Anyway I am going off on one so time to turn my attention to the game. An unchanged side which was to be expected and Forest confidence was high but Bournemouth were desperate for the win. Forest started and Bournemouth immediately attacked. Their quick and slick passing play for the first 10 minutes was so good that Forest looked like they would crumble. In fact after 2 minutes this looked like it may just happen with a short corner coming to Surman who scored a great goal pass Darlow. Up to 10 minutes Forest were still Shakey and the defence was finding it hard to deal with the Borunemouth attack who used the wings well and cut into the box causing havoc.

However after 10 minutes Forest slowly, but surely started to get themselves more into the game. We started to gain more possession and passed the ball between the players. We started to make some attacks and started to pose a danger to Borunemouth. So much so that after a sustained amount of pressure Bournemouth caved in after a number of corners was finally swung in by Osbourn and the melee that followed meant that the ball finally put the ball to Lascelles who slotted in the ball into the Bournemouth goal to make it 1-1.

So the comeback again was on and even though Bournemouth responded well, Forest were certainly in the game and as the end of the half approched Forest started to get on top. The play of Lansbury, Gardner and Osborn allowed Forest to springboard itself into attack with Antonio, Burke and Blackstock and the defence remained strong with Fox and Lichaj Stopping the wingers that Bournemouth so clearly loved.

On the 44th Minute we won a freekick on the edge of the box and Lansbury curled a beauty pass Boruc into the Borunemouth goal and Forest were 2-1 up and that was pretty much half time.

2nd half, Bournemouth naturally came onto the attack and I know I am summing this up but Forest seemed to enjoy this. Our Defence actually stood strong. yes Bouremouth did make attacks but looking back none of them really threatened Darlow except one glancing header. Collins and Lascelles kept Wilson quiet (even when he made a dive Tom Daley would have been proud of in an attempt to win a penalty) Fox and especially Lichaj who found himself 2 against 1 many a time as well kept the wingers quiet.

Again from this this allowed, Gardner Lansbury and osbourn to start each attack with Lansbury especially at his best so that as the half progressed it was Forest who, even though they have made less actual attacks actually made the more dangerous attacks with Blackstock having a header off the line and Veldwijk causing all sorts of trouble when he came on to the Borunemouth defence meaning that if anyone was going to score in the half, it was most likely going to be Forest.

Anyway skipping over quickly Forest remained comfortable and won and the Dougie revival continues and is especially important in this game as it shows we can compete and beat the teams and the top of the division. We are still 12 points behind but all we can do is take each game at a time and look after ourselves and hope that other teams in the top 6 do not.

Man of the match IMO is a close one again. Lansbury played magnificently well and I can see why he was voted MOM at the game. However mine would actually be Lichaj who stood up strong in the game and coped well even when he found that he was on his own against 2 Bournemouth players. This I believe was crucial into us winning the game as if they had been allowed to get through on the wing then inevitably one of the shots would have gone in.

Anyway to sum up it was another good win for Dougie, another good win at home for Forest all in all leading to Forest gaining 6 points against Bournemouth.. All we can hope for now is that the revival continues and the footballing standard keep improving and you never know where that may take us by the end of the season.