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Jack Robinson says Nottingham Forest have not been ‘good enough’ this season - and understands Reds fans’ frustrations, over their recent run.

The defender believes Martin O’Neill’s side have a significant point to prove in their remaining four games of the Championship season, after seeing their play-off hopes ended by a run of three consecutive defeats.

Robinson says the players must take responsibility for their critical drop off in form as individuals and as a team.

And he says it is vital for them to produce better in their remaining fixtures, so that the mood of disappointment is not carried into next season.

“I was a little bit surprised to find myself at centre-half again - but it is not a problem at all, because I am comfortable playing there. I was just disappointed not to get the results, when I am playing,” said Robinson.

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“You have to blame yourself for that, but you also have to blame each other as a team.

“It is not good enough, the results all season have not been good enough. The results have been too hit and miss. We have to find some form somewhere.

“I have said it plenty of times, it has not been good enough, this season. Hopefully we can find a way to move on from that.”

The final whistle was greeted by a chorus of boos, as Blackburn claimed a rare away win at the City Ground.

And, while Robinson felt Forest had created more than enough chances to have won the game, he acknowledges that finding a way to secure better results is vital, in the coming weeks.

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“We have a point to prove still, massively. We definitely do. There is the away win situation,” he said. “But it is not even about that, as much as it is just about getting back-to-back wins.

“We need to get a bit of form behind us, going into the summer.

“We understand the fans’ frustration, of course we do. They pay their money to watch us and we are not giving them their performances back in return.

“So it is understandable. The players will get booed if we are not performing. I have nothing against them for that, at all.”

Robinson admits it has been a disappointing end to a season that had promised so much for the Reds, back in the summer.

“It has taken us by surprise, how we have dropped off. We were always in and around it and we have just fully collapsed,” he said. “It is something we need to learn from and rectify, because we do not want this to continue to the end of the season, because then it could be carried into next season.

“It has been a disappointing end to the season. Since January it has been pretty disappointing. The games we have had - we have just not produced.

“We have not produced when we needed to and it has cost us, because we have fallen out of the play-offs.

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“We need to put some results together so that we can take it into the next season.”

Given that Forest had fought relegation in the two previous seasons, there has been some progress made - but Robinson does not believe there has been enough.

“There have been areas where we have made progress. if you take a step back and look at where we are, in comparison to the past 20 years, we have had a good season, in some senses,” he said.

“But I think with the squad that Aitor built and the one that Martin took over is more than good enough to get into the play-offs.

“So I think we are disappointed in ourselves, at not being in and around the top six and this time.

“It is massively important that we take confidence into next season; that we can build this summer and go again.

“It is something we have spoken about, as players - we do not want to end on a poor run of games.

“We want to rectify that as soon as possible.”