Billy Davies has appealed for patience as the wait for Nottingham Forest's season to gather pace continues.

The Reds will tomorrow take their search for a first Championship win of the campaign to Loftus Road where they will meet Queens Park Rangers (kick-off 3pm).

They will head down the M1 still smarting after their 4-2 home defeat at the hands of Watford on Tuesday but Davies refutes suggestions that confidence may have been dealt a severe blow.

"I don't think it will have been," the manager told Forest Player. "Look at our opening three games: Reading excellent, Bradford excellent and West Brom excellent.

"If that was a report card it would read very well.

"I've been here before, at the start of seasons both at Preston and Derby where we didn't get off to flying starts and weren't sitting in the top six after seven or eight games.

"There was doom and gloom all over the place but it was a different situation come the end of the season.

"With calm heads, hard work and patience we got to a play-off final, a play-off semi-final and promotion.

"I say again to the fans and everyone at this club: stay calm, stay composed because there's lots to play for.

"There's no doubting we've had one disappointing performance at home but we've got a whole new group of players. It will take time to gel and we've got a makeshift back four that needs time to be sorted.

"But there are lots of positives. The fans have got to remain firmly behind these players and not give the opposition a lift.

"I felt the other night the fans showed a little bit of impatience and that certainly made us a little bit nervous."