Bristol City 2 Nottingham Forest 3

This game was all about Forest, although the City players did need to raise their game after a shoddy shift at the weekend - and they responded well to manager Keith Millen's dressing room dressing down.

My clipping from this morning's copy of The Sun

Two Kris Boyd goals gave the visitors the lead at half time and the Scotland striker (on loan from Boro) has now scored four goals in six starts for the play-off chasers as he rediscovers the sort of form that saw him score 101 goal in just over 140 appearances for Rangers.

David James was culpable for the opener in the 4th minute when he spilled a powerful, low free kick from Lewis McGugan straight to Boyd six yards outand when City skipper Louis Carey tripped McGugan just before the break, the hitman drilled the penalty home.

James mistake was unforgivable really, but to be fair to Carey, it was his first game since fracturing his skull against Scunthorpe at the end of February. Should he have been playing? Some on the Press Box thought not as he was clearly off the pace, but as City have little to play for, perhaps it was a good game for him to have a run out and build up a little match fitness.

In the second half City bounced back.

Four minutes after the break winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce teed up Marvin Elliott at the back post to nod home and on the hour West Ham loanee Jordan Spence crossed the ball for Jon Stead to do the same and he said aftwards:

"We knew that, if we got at them in the second half and got the next goal, they would be under pressure because of the position they are in. I thought we went from strength to strength and, at 2-2 with half-an-hour to go, we were the side looking to go on and win the game. After being booed off at half-time, we needed to get the crowd behind us and we did that.

Our performance was much better than in the first half at Sheffield United, but then lose the game is just so frustrating."

But Forest grabbed the win in the 72nd minute when Luke Chambers jumped to nod home (off the back of Spence) and keep his side firmly in the play-off places.

The points did nothing for Forest manager Billy Davies's mood though and he admitted to "having a right go at them" for allowing City back into the game.

Millen though was merely relieved he wasn't called upon to give the same lecture as he did on Saturday. If he had, he joked: "I'd have lost my voice by now!" This time he was happy to pint to his teams "commitment and desire".

It will be interesting to see what Millen is able to do in the summer in terms of strengthening the squad. The word is that Nicky Maynard isn't looking for a move and is happy at Ashton Gate, although he is being linked with a host of Premier League clubs.

I suspect that David James will be shown the door and that should free up some money to spend elsewhere.

But whatever happens in the summer, Millen needs the financial support of the board and if he gets it the Robins could well be in Forest's position this time next season. The former coach has turned things around for the club this season and coped with enormous pressure in the early stages of his managerial career after Steve Coppell walked out. Those fans who remember the turmoil at Ashton Gate - and how close they came to facing a relegation scrap - will always be grateful to Millen for digging them out of a hole.