Russell Slade
"We are disappointed, we had some very good chances in that first half," said Slade. "They parked the bus in the second half, sat very, very deep and made it difficult for us.
"They lived on the counter-attack and we could not unlock the door which is very frustrating, even though we did a lot of very good things in the game.
"They tried to kill the game and see it out from an early stage, but we should have been adding to our tally with the three good first-half chances we had.
"We will just keep working at it, and we played well against a good Forest side who, had they been any deeper, they would have needed snorkels."
Dougie Freedman
"I think we should have won it at the end, we had the two best chances of the game during that last 15 minutes," he said.
"We tried to slow everything down and quiet their fans down and we felt that was the best way to do it.
"We made a lot of changes and we didn't complain about the number of fixtures. The younger guys we had come in gave us some freshness and allowed us to keep some guys on the bench and bring them on to try and win the game.
"So I am very proud of the players, they just got on with it and knuckled down.
"With our transfer embargo I am going to need to be able to call on these players to get us through to the end of the season.
"My January will be easy and it is about these lads helping to freshen us up and keep us going."