Town boss Joe Royle has called for more from his strikers after Blues took a point from the visit to Nottingham Forest.

Darren Bent's second-half close range finish levelled the scores after Paul Evans' opener on 24 minutes but it took a number of top class saves from Kelvin Davis to kept Forest at bay.

"I will take the point but I'm disappointed we didn't do more to win the game," said Joe after the clash at the City Ground.

"Darren should have had a penalty but we didn't threaten enough up front and we couldn't hang on to the ball in those attacking areas.

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"Maybe I'm harder on the strikers because I used to be one but we must improve in that department. It's something I am going to have to look at again.

"I wasn't pleased with the performance of the forwards but having said that, we have dug in, Darren has reacted quickly for the goal and we have got a point out of the game."

Joe had words of praise for Kelvin and Drissa Diallo, who had another solid outing at full-back.

"Kelvin was magnificent and Drissa wasn't far behind either. Tony Dinning did a good job for us as well especially as he has only just arrived at the Club," he added.

One thing that didn't please Joe though was a challenge by David Johnson on Drissa, with the Town boss saying: "It was a bad tackle and could have broken Drissa's leg."