Paul Anderson has had a pretty miserable season so far, with injury greatly forcing him to sit out the first three months. Worse than that, he's seen the club he opted to join on loan - Nottingham Forest - slump to the bottom of the table whereas the one that he could have joined - Swansea - have been pushing for promotion.

Slowly, however, things are turning round. Anderson is back playing and Forest are showing signs of a revival. None more so than last weekend when they were unlucky to draw against highly rated Birmingham.

It was the first time that Anderson really started to show his class at the City Ground and his performance caught the eye of the Guardian's John Ashdown who had this to say in his weekly Football League review: the 10-point guide to the weekend action:

"Forest now have reason to look forward with optimism. Mark Thornhill, Joe Heath, Joe Garner and particularly the on-loan Paul Anderson were all impressive. All are only 20. In fact the average age of the 13 players that made the pitch on Saturday was 22. It's still a long road back - they remain second-bottom, five points from safety, after all - but the first green shoots of recovery are there."