Dreaming of Wembley

The Forest midfielder is also off to The Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday.

Hi everyone.

We have one foot in the Play-Off Final after winning 2-0 at Yeovil last week.

They will probably feel it was an unfair scoreline, but I would not say that. Football is about scoring goals and keeping clean sheets - they did not do either of those. They hit the post and Smithy made a couple of good saves, but we showed we can score.

In the first half we had decent chances and I thought we were good value for our 1-0 lead, which came from my penalty.

The Yeovil players disputed it but it was definitely a penalty. I was running through and laid it to Perchy. The defender did not know whether to commit or not. Perchy took it past him and the defender made a clumsy challenge. There was contact - I heard it.

Grant Holt is our normal penalty taker but he was not playing. Perchy did not want it. I looked at Jack Lester but he's missed his last two or three. I've only taken two penalties for Forest and missed them both. I have been practising penalties with Perchy, Chambo and Brecks with the Play-Offs in mind. Brecks and Wrighty are the best. They never seem to miss! Perchy asked Wrighty but he was not keen.

I decided to take it. I just thought 'why not'? I was not comfortable though. I might have looked composed but I was really nervous! I've been in good form recently but all I could think of was the keeper saving it. I was thinking 'Jesus - don't miss'.

I put the ball down and just tried to think of what I had been doing in training. I tried to imagine the ground and crowd not being there. I had a spot in my mind of where I was going to shoot if the keeper did not dive early. In the end I waited to see which way he went before rolling it in the other corner.

We did not do ourselves any sort of justice in the second half. We kept giving the ball away. We should have taken the sting out of the game. They played with four up front - we were really up against it. We had to defend well.

A 1-0 win would have been great, but we got a penalty in injury-time. There was no doubt it was a foul on Jack.

I had been substituted by then and was hoping Perchy would take it. Credit to him, he showed a lot of bottle. I was nervous watching him. I was on my knees thinking 'please score'. He put it down and sent the keeper the wrong way. He's not the most confident boy but it was a great penalty. He came and celebrated with me after scoring, that's because we have been practising together.

We have been joking about our 'flawless penalties'. You wait for the keeper to move and put it in the other corner. You need to have picked a spot in case the keeper does not move though. Everyone has been trying to stop us taking them! Holty will take the next one though.

The gaffer said we still have more than a job to do in the second leg on Friday. We are going to try and score more goals and give the fans something to enjoy.

It could be a great weekend for me. After our game on Friday, I am going to the Cup Final on Saturday. It's my reward for winning the Player of the Round. I can't wait. Providing we win on Friday, it will be brilliant going to Wembley knowing I could be back here for the Play-off Final.

I'm going with the missus and staying in London on Saturday night. We are going to make a weekend of it.

I heard Prince William is going to present the Player of the Round awards. That's pretty good! I'm sure my woman would like to be getting it. She loves the celebrity and glamour. I don't though. I like to stay out of it. Privacy is a big thing, not that I'm David Beckham or Wayne Rooney! I just get the odd person coming up to me in a supermarket.

I think Manchester United are going to win. They have been the best side this season. I saw them lose to Arsenal in the 2005 Final. They battered Arsenal but lost on penalties.