Forest boss Calderwood defiant

NOTTINGHAM Forest manager Colin Calderwood remained defiant after his side lost 2-1 at QPR.

Angelo Balanta and Akos Buzsaky scored to give Rangers a much-needed victory and leave Forest without a win in nine games.

Forest are still bottom of the Coca-Cola Championship and frustration is growing among their supporters – some of whom barracked Calderwood after his 76th-minute substitution of Paul Anderson, who had been the visitors' best player.

But Calderwood insisted: "We will get through this stage and will be better for it. We'll end up stronger.

"We've got good players and they are better than their position in the league suggests.

"We want to be successful. We don't want to be bottom of the league but learning periods aren't always successful.

"But we've got to arrest this quickly. We can't be blase about it and say we're doing well, because we're not."