We Wont Get A Better Chance Than This

As we head into Easter schedule of games, we face a double header against two other bottom half teams, one of which hasn't won at the City Ground in a league game in my life time & an away fixture against a team that has only ever beaten us once, although that was this season.

Bristol City Preview 

The opening Easter fixture sees us take on Bristol City at home, not only a team that hasn't beaten us in any league fixture since 1974 & has failed to take 3 points at the City Ground since 1955 but is also the team we beat 3 - 2 in April 2009 with THAT Dexter Blackstock winner which gave us all hope to staying up that season. The only Bristol City success against us in my lifetime came in the dark days of League one with a penalty shoot out win in the Johnston's Paint Pot, but as it was a draw after 90 minutes & I've deleted that competition from my memory I've decided not to include it (Yes I can!)
 
City haven't won away from home this year, including an FA Cup defeat to league 2 Crawley. They have only scored 1 goal away from home this year & picked up just 2 points on the road in 2012. Forest haven't won back to back games often this season (just twice) & we won't get a better chance than this to do it again.

In 65 league games between the two teams, Forest have a astounding record of 28 wins & 24 draws with Bristol recording just 13 victories. Forest have also outscored Bristol comfortably by 102 goals to 68.
 


 

Peterborough United Preview

  

We follow up that game with an away fixture at Peterborough, a place we haven't played at very often, but also one we have fond memories of & have won each league visit.
 
This one is a very different prospect though, where Bristol are struggling for goals, it's the one thing you're guaranteed at The Posh, they don't draw many at home (won 10 & lost 8) and Peterborough games this season have seen 124 goals in total. Add to that they haven't been involved in a goalless draw all season (how about that for the kiss of death) & you have a great chance of taking points, especially when you consider IF Forest take the points from Bristol City the Posh could well be safe.
 
This is only the 5th league meeting between the two with Forest winning 4 & Peterborough taking the odd win, Forest have also scored eight of the 12 goals this fixture has produced
 

The Future

What we're faced with here, is the potential for the Easter period to leave us all with a very loud, pronounced & sincere sigh of relief. We could, by 16:50 on Monday afternoon be waving goodbye to the season from hell, when anything that could go wrong did, we could exit this season no worse off as a football club.
 
Should we pull it off & should the take over rumours be true, we could be beckoning forward the 2012/13 season with a new found optimism.