LONDON: Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies insists his side will struggle to win automatic promotion from Division Two even though they went second in the table with a 1-0 win over Watford.
Marcus Tudgay bagged the only goal at the City Ground on Saturday after just 51 seconds to secure a sixth successive win which left former European champions Forest seven points behind leaders QPR with two games in hand.
But Davies said: “I think we are great candidates for the play-offs but if I am totally honest I think we are a little bit short for going up automatically. That is my honest evaluation.
“At the end of the day I look at what our rivals like Queens Park Rangers, Cardiff and Leicester are doing in terms of preparing themselves for the remainder of the season and that’s why I take the view that I am.
“But we have 18 games left to play, 18 big games, and we will attempt to accumulate as many points as we can. But we know that every point will be difficult to get.”
At Turf Moor, Burnley beat third placed Norwich 2-1.
Dean Marney lashed home Chris Eagles’ pass from outside the penalty area to give Burnley a 33rd-minute lead and, though Grant Holt equalised in the 65th minute, Jay Rodriguez turned home the winner nine minutes from time.
South Africa striker Davide Somma bagged a 56th-minute winner as fifth-placed Leeds defeated Coventry 1-0 at Elland Road.
Millwall are just one place outside the play-off places after Kevin Lisbie struck in stoppage time to secure a dramatic 1-0 win over Doncaster at The Den.
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