Nottingham Forest 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0 - player ratings

Sheffield Wednesday suffered another crushing defeat at Nottingham Forest.
ASSURED: Liam ShawASSURED: Liam Shaw
ASSURED: Liam Shaw

It is perhaps too early in the season to call this a must-win but they certainly could have done without losing.

Stuart Rayner goes through player by player to see where it has gone wrong.

Joe Wildsmith – made a good low save from Ameobi 7

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Moses Odubajo – picked up a suspension for his foul on Sow 6

Tom Lees – undid a couple of decent bits of defending when he was caught dithering for the second goal 6

Chey Dunkley Barry Bannan wore the armband, Dunkley captained the team. A goalline clearance was his personal highlight 6

Joost van Aken – taken off in the push for an equaliser 6

Adam Reach – put a cross on Lees's head but did not offer enough 6

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Kadeem Harris – latched onto a poor header when moved to second centre-forward but sacrificed so Callum Paterson could be the lone targetman 6

Joey Pelupessy – a good pass to release Josh Windass 6

Liam Shaw – an assured performance in central midfield 7

Barry Bannan – a couple of nice sweeping passes 7

Josh Windass – a lively first-half outlet, he was moved to inside-right, then inside-left before being substituted 6

Callum Paterson (for Harris, 55) – came on to lead the line with little service 6

Izzy Brown (for Windass, 75) – N/A

Alex Hunt (for Shaw, 75) – N/A

Jordan Rhodes (for van Aken, 80) – N/A

Not used: Palmer, Penney, Urhoghide, Jackson, Kachunga.

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