Source: Team_Talk
Davies prepared for 'bad times'
Billy Sharp's first-half goal in the Championship encounter at the Keepmoat Stadium condemned Forest to a third one-goal loss from their last four outings, preventing them from closing the gap on leaders Newcastle to two points.[LNB]Davies was not too concerned afterwards, though, and encouraged his charges to use the club's legendary European Cup-winning sides of 1979 and 1980 for inspiration between now and the end of the season.[LNB]"Why should I be down?" he asked. "We've just come off a 19-game unbeaten run. I've just said to the players, do you think John McGovern won two European Cups because everything went right throughout a season?[LNB]"Over a season, there are good times and there are bad times, but we're sitting in the top three at the moment. Ask John McGovern what it takes to win two European Cups."[LNB]Davies felt his side's inability to take the rare chances they were presented with, plus referee Andy Penn's failure to award a penalty when Chris Gunter was brought down by Mark Wilson, meant it was never going to be their day.[LNB]"It's horrible because we had three one-on-one situations with their goalkeeper and we had a stonewall penalty turned down in the first half and we lost a very soft goal," he said.[LNB]"You can't have three one-on-ones and that penalty claim and it be your day. I said for weeks that these things would happen between now and the end of the season.[LNB]"But we need to earn the right, and the players need to enjoy the good times and the bad times. I've been through it all before."[LNB]Doncaster manager Sean O'Driscoll saw Sharp hit the 12th goal of his loan spell from Sheffield United with a well-taken first-half header, and reiterated his desire to sign the 24-year-old on a permanent deal in the summer.[LNB]Sharp has found first-team opportunities hard to come by at Bramall Lane, hence his loan spell with Rovers, but O'Driscoll knows he will need to shatter his club's current record transfer fee of £300,000 if he is to land Sharp on a permanent deal.[LNB]"He's not my player, he's Sheffield United's player so I can't say what I'd like to do with him in the summer" he said. "Of course I would like to keep him but someone needs to give me a million quid.[LNB]"He has been terrific for us. He had four or five games when he went without a goal and we said to him not to get frustrated because he is still a big influence for us. I'm pleased for him and all the goals he has scored for us have been crucial.[LNB]"He had a good tussle with Wes Morgan today and he gets frustrated very easily, so we told him to handle it, and he did so very well."[LNB][LNB]
