Kris scored twice against Brentford earlier in the season - now he wants a repeat.
Put the pressure on
By Kris Commons. Friday, 13 April 2007.
After a disappointing Easter period which yielded just one point, Kris says Forest need to win their remaining four games to have any chance of automatic promotion.
First stop is away at Brentford - a team who have felt the wrath of his left boot in the last 12 months.
Hi everyone.
I said last week that we needed six points from our two games over Easter, but we ended up with one. That's not good enough.
Looking back at the game with Millwall on Saturday, we had the more clear-cut chances. I hit the post and we had other chances too. We should have been more clinical.
But in terms of possession, they deserved the points. It's not often that happens - in 90 per cent of our games of our games this season we normally deserve a point. But not this time.
Neil Harris was always going to score against us. He had a bad time at Forest, it just did not happen for him. He missed a few chances early on for us and the fans got on his back. Because he had scored so many goals at Millwall, everyone expected him to do the same for us, but he never hit that form. He always gave 100 per cent though.
But against us he looked in good touch right from the first whistle. You could see how confident he was and he caused us problems. He's a good lad, 'Chopper'. Quite a few of the lads were in touch with him after the game. He was happy that Millwall had got the points.
We carried on our poor form against Rotherham on Easter Monday. League One has thrown up some surprises this season. You would have put your house on us beating them.
We had a bad start, conceding an early goal and just could not get going. The fans were desperate for us to win but we could not do the simple things right.
It was a big blow to lose Tys [Nathan Tyson]. He had won the penalty for us and his pace is always a threat. He's out for the rest of the season now.
We thought Bristol City would take advantage of our poor results but they only picked up one point over Easter. They probably feel as though they got away with it as we did not capitalise.
They are still only four points ahead of us. If we could win our remaining four games it gives us a chance. The pressure is on Bristol City. They are not in ideal form. We are confident we can win the next four games. Confidence is good in the dressing room and training has been excellent this week.
We need three points from Brentford on Saturday. I have some good memories of playing against Brentford. I scored two free-kicks against them earlier in the year at the City Ground and scored another against them at their place last season. It took a deflection but I'm sure it was going in. Another goal would be nice, I'm certainly due one.
We had a good game there last year which ended 1-1. We were down to ten men for about 60 minutes. We came off the pitch thinking we had won because we had worked so hard. I remember the pitch was good too.
A win puts pressure on Bristol City. They will be looking at our result after their game with Yeovil. That's a difficult game and we need Yeovil to do us a favour.
Hi Kris. My nine year old son, who's also a left-footed winger, has just signed a contract with Mansfield to play for them next season. What's the best advice you could give him to get ready for next season?
Beverley Haydon
There's nothing he will need to do for his fitness. At that age, he should have no problem running all over the pitch. I'd suggest doing some ball work in the back garden. That's what I did. Practise dribbling with the ball, do some tricks and do some passing with both feet against a wall. It's important to work on your weaker foot. Enjoy your football though. That's very important. Good luck!
Hello Kris. My son has just finished playing in an under-eights league, although he has only just turned seven. He now has the choice of playing in the under-eights again or moving up to the under-nines. What would you advise?
Dan Waters
I would move up. I played a year above myself until under-11 when the physical aspect of playing against bigger boys began to be a factor. It became difficult playing against people a foot taller and on full-size pitches. But I would say to any eight, nine or ten year old to challenge yourself and try and play in a higher age group. You will be playing against better players and that can only be good experience.
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