From the moment that the City team was announced and Gelson the worst ever footballer Fernandes was named in the starting eleven, it was clear that we were in for a bad day. And so it proved, with the visitors running out comfortable winners after a despairingly depre sing performance from the Premier League side. Forest were good value for their victory, easily outperforming City in every department, and piling on the pre sure for Mark Hughes.Blues bo s Hughes was without influential Brazilian play-maker Robinho and the so-far-player-of-the-season Stephen Ireland through injury, and opted to play Michael I honestly once played for England Ball in place of Javier Garrido. Alas, that was not the worst of it. What compounded our misery was the sight of theabominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depre sing, dire, disgusting, distre sing, dreadful, fearful, ghastly, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrific, shocking, stinking Gelson Fernandes!! Quite po sibly the worst Premier League player ever!!Does anyone else think he looks like a goldfish?Notts Forest Pontus Aberg Kids Jersey lined up in a fairly defensive formation, opting for justRobbie Earnshaw on his own up-front. They packed the midfield in an attempt to stifle Citys creativene s; a tactic which undoubtedly worked.City Line-Up:HartZabaleta Richards Dunne BallSWP Kompany Elano FernandesSturridge CaicedoSubs: Schmeichel, Berti, Clayton, Hamann, Garrido, Va sell, Jo(ke)The game started quite openly, with Forest mi sing a glorious chance to take the lead just minutes into the game when Lewis McGugan directed his header inches wide. City paraded new signing Wayne Dan Hamhuis Kids Jersey Bridge just before the kick-off, but it failed to galvanise the home side who lacked any sort of spark when they had the ball. On a number of occasions, Elano had po se sion and was breaking forward, yet Felipe Caicedo failed to make any runs off the ball for him to find. Caicedo has done well in recent matches, but is far from the finished article.A key moment in the match came partway through the first half, when Shaun Wright-Phillips, hitherto Citys best player, left the field with a hamstring injury. Who would replace him? Only Darius the second worst player ever after Gelson Fernandes Va sell. Va sell offers absolutely nothing to the team and is a complete waste of time.Just waiting to be shotForest took a deserved lead through a sumptuous left-footed volley from outside the box by Nathan Tyson after Micah Richards had failed to clear a routine long ball. Joe Hart in the City Kevin Fiala Kids Jersey net could do little about it, and the blame has to lie at the feet of Richards, who, after a fantastic season last year, has become lazy this time around, often being caught out of position and giving goals away.After the normally reliable Pablo Zabaleta was caught in po se sion, Robert Earnshaw scored a second for the visitors, poking home from two yards out after Matt Thornhills misdirected shot. There was the po sibility of offside, but he was given the benefit of doubt by the linesman and took full advantage. City were greeted by a chorus of boos at half-time, with the fans clearly displaying their feelings.The second half was no better for the Blues with Forest looking to close out the game, and City lacking the belief to go on and equalise. Despite the introductions of Didi even slower than a tortoise Hamann, and Jo(ke), City were unable to find a breakthrough, and indeed it was Forest who completed the scoring, when, after Didi Hamann threw the ball directly to him from a City throw-in, Joe Garner fired the ball home to beat Hart at his near post. Yet again, City were the victim of a cupset.If he goes any slower, he will stopPlayer Ratings: (just in case you werent depre sed enough already)Hart Not at fault for the first two goals, although he mi sed an easy punch from a corner which led to the throw-in, which in turn led to the final goal 5Zabaleta Caught out for the second goal, but looked as if he was trying, which is Pontus Aberg Women Jersey more than you can say for most of them 5Richards Underwhelming and needs to be dropped for a few games. How bad is Berti? 2Dunne Tried to be positive and get the team going. Had one fantastic marauding run, and needs to be partnered by Lescott in the centre of defence 6Ball Why is Hughes not playing Garrido? 3Wright-Phillips Citys best player until injury forced him off. Our hopes died when he departed 6Kompany Another who tried to force the game. Looks confident and imposing and will benefit from another body in front Calle Jarnkrok Kids Jersey of the defence Scott Parker, anyone? 6Elano Attempts to be creative and displayed some nice skills, but needs to be more influential 5Fernandes I have nothing left to say 0Sturridge Stuck out on the left in the first-half, but at least he had a few shots 5Caicedo Nowhere near the finished article the finished article. Needs time to work on his game 5Subs:Va sell Awful 1, and thats being generousHamann Gave away third goal, and failed to get in thegame 1Jo(ke) Had one good chance when he came on, but lacks confidence 2Men of the Match: According to my marks, it should be either Dunne, Kompany or SWP, but no-one deserves to be given the honour. |