“I knew I was going to get a goal,” Sam Surridge told the TV cameras after Nottingham Forest’s draw at the Vitality Stadium. “I could feel it.”
For a while, it had threatened to be one of those days for the Reds. Bournemouth, again. But this team is made of sterner stuff now.
They have resilience and character. They have quality which can shine through even when as a collective they haven’t been at their best. They have a sense of unity. And they are a side which is continuing to make good progress.