City 0 - 1 FC Midtjylland

I know that technically the season hasn’t started and it’s “pre season” but tonights 1-0 loss against FC Midtjylland has got to be the worst I have seen city play for quite some time (and I have seen them play some really pants football in the past).

They looked all over the place tonight - passes were going astray, they were beaten to the ball for most of the game and they looked beaten before the 1/2 time whistle…

Player ratings:

Joe Hart = 5/10 Looked shell-shocked after the first goal.

Richard Dunne = 6/10 Not the usual rock in defense, made some terrible passes…

Corluka = 7/10 Usual physical performance - best defender on the day.

Richards = 6/10 Did plenty of running… he just didn’t know where he was going most of the time.

Elano = 5/10 Never really got into the game - subbed in the 2nd half.

Johnson = 5/10 Lucky not to be sent off near the end of the match after lashing out…

Petrov = 6/10 Tried hard but we didn’t see many of his wide runs (kept coming inside).

Caicedo = 3/10 Was he there then?

Sturridge = 6/10 Took some really wild shots - some on target and at least he tried to score!

Bojinov = 5/10 His usual ball skills were absent today, he just looked like a fast running big bloke…

So… All in all it was a terrible performace and one that I hope we city fans don’t see again - Mark Hughes looked furious at his squad and you can only guess what was being said in the dressing room!

All this talk of “Jo will make a difference” is fine - but if the rest of the team play like they did tonight then Jo will never see the ball - never mind score.