Forest’s first two home games have seen two victories; a comfortable but patchy 1-0 against Huddersfield, and a superb and dominant 3-0 dismantling of fellow promotion contenders Bolton. I had a theory that the return of Kelvin Wilson would transform Forest, giving us stability from the base upwards – but my eye was caught by another, a player dramatically influential further up the pitch, one who made the difference between hesitance and decisiveness; Raddy Majewski. Both games were very interesting tactically, the Huddersfield game in particular turning into a battle of wills between the two managers. Billy Davies tweaked his diamond formation slightly, playing a system I afterwards dubbed(because, I tell myself, of the fluidity of the movement, and how it looked when scrawled on my notes, but I was possibly influenced by the state of my clothes after walking home in the post-match torrential rain). Huddersfield played a variant on the 4-4-2, with their second striker playing slightly withdrawn (see diagram, below. All graphics on Forest Boffin are enlargeable when clicked).Forest took the game to Huddersfield, attempting to play the ball on the floor through a narrow midfield, any width was provided by the full-backs. Forest’s front 6 were given freedom to rove in search of space to receive the ball, but our opponents were superbly organised, denying Reid, Lansbury and Guedioura in particular any space in their half whatsoever. Forest cranked up the pressure by pushing forward Cohen and Lichaj, in an attempt to stretch Huddersfield out and create room. We saw a lot of long sidewards passes as Forest switched play to the only available space, butquickly adjusted in a disciplined defensive effort. To Forest’s credit, they were determined, treating this as a must win game – almost to a point of impatience as the first half ticked away. It was refreshing to see a team throw caution to the wind so early, trying everything. The three men up front shuffled endlessly and the midfield drifted further and further away from their starting positions in search of the ball – Andy Reid spent a lot of time retreating into an almost defensive position to pick up the ball unharassed. At one stage Lansbury was playing up front, reminding me of when Forest are chasing a game in the last few minutes- only this was in the first half! Forest resorted to playing direct balls, unable to retain the ball in our impressive opponent’s half of the pitch. This tactic proved only slightly more fruitful, creating a couple of half-chances, but without a target man on the pitch it was playing into Mark Robins’ hands and he must have been pleased at half time. Indeed, for all of Forest’s endeavour, it was Huddersfield creating the best chances, as they held us at arms length and found space on the counter attack – this looked set to continue into the second half as James Vaughan forced a good save from Karl Darlow.Even after our goal - created by left-back Chris Cohen’s exceptional run, Forest struggled to break down Huddersfield. Although it was a comfortable win,were unconvincing going forward.