Not too many Forest fans would have turned up their noses at the prospect of seven points from our last three games.
It has been a challenging week, crucially coinciding with two overdue arrivals and a return to fitness for the likes of Guy Moussi.
I am satisfied with a point this afternoon. Swansea are a class act; they move the ball expertly and force results by dominating possession. In Jason Scotland they have a ballistic missile leading the front line.
But for the third time we coped, and at times a little better.
We are starting games with vigour and tenacity under Davies and, other than Cohen’s opener against Derby in the cup, I can scarcely remember a brighter start to a game.
Unfortunately it did not last. Swansea took control of the game and asked a lot of questions of a defence that sagged and swayed in Morgan’s absence.
There were problems going forward to. Moussi was a spare part for the opening 20 minutes, touching the ball twice and wandering without purpose.
He and Osbourne tucked in and, eventually, made good in a difficult system. But at points in the first half we were breaking with only Earnshaw and Cohen to aim for.
It is a credit to the seasoning of real quality we now have in the side that we managed to create so many chances.
There were flashes of excellence from McSheffrey, and players like Paul Anderson are never far from action.
But largely this was one of those galling affairs where every second ball squirms to the opposition and every firm shoulder solicits attention from the referee.
When Swansea cashed in on Paul Smith’s daydreaming meander I could not see an escape route. Not at all because Swansea had outclassed us, but because nothing seemed to be dropping in our favour.
However, Davies’ resurgent Forest side is made of metal and not perspex. We kept asking questions, and Joel Lynch’s scything ball proved the perfect compliment to a beautifully-timed McGugan run.
It did not cross Davies’ mind to press for three points. Osbourne was urged to slow down his passage to the bench, and Perch was thrown into the middle at the expense of a baited Joe Garner.
There is no way of knowing if it was the right decision to make, but the spirited reaction to the point indicates that it isn’t too much of a problem.
There are no easy games left now, but the side is bursting with possibilities and the 10-15 points we will need are not beyond our ability.
With a full compliment of players and shrewd management from Davies we are really only two or three faces away from settling into a class above the turgid sides we are competing with.
Tuesday is a big game. Bring it on.
