Championship club Nottingham Forest extended their unbeaten start under new boss Steve Cooper with a 2-1 win against recently-promoted side Blackpool yesterday, continuing their climb up the table.

Although the East Midlands outfit only rose one place, this latest victory has dragged them further away from the relegation zone and they are unlikely to drop back down to 17th today considering their much better goal difference than Swansea City, who sit three points behind Forest going into today's local derby against Cardiff City.

Forest's defence may have improved under the Welshman, conceding just three times in four games under his tenure, but their attack has been crucial in their upturn in form after winning just one point from a possible 21 in their opening seven games of the season under Chris Hughton.

 

 

Lewis Grabban is one attacker who has stepped up to the plate massively, scoring in each of his last three games and grabbing the winner against Neil Critchley's Seasiders yesterday afternoon, but Brennan Johnson also proved to be crucial in overcoming a side that have started 2021/22 reasonably well after being promoted from League One in May.

He scored the first goal in this weekend's tie at the City Ground, typical of his form since returning from an impressive loan at Lincoln City last term, where he recorded 22 goal contributions in 40 third-tier appearances for the Imps.

But did his goal against Blackpool yesterday paper over a poor performance? Was it really reflective of his performance?

We take a look at how many Nottingham Forest fans reacted to his performance on Twitter.