Nielsen 2-5 Lloyds TSB

All good things come to an end so they say, and Nielsen's unbeaten run was ended clinically by Lloyds TSB last night at Cyncoed.

Not much to be said about the performance, Lloyds TSB were fully deserving of their comprehensive victory. They won the 50-50 challenges, and were more incisive with their attacks. Nielsen were second best all evening.

A thoroughly un-enjoyable game played in near force 9 gales and torrential rain at one point in the second half - Nielsen severly struggled to get the ball our of their last thirs at one point.

Disjointed stuff. Can only improve after that..

Team Rating: 2/10. The stuff of nightmares..

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Not much to be said about individual performances. Nobody played particularly well..

Shorrock: Crawled off of his sickbed to play between the sticks. Was kept busy throughout and as with many others, his distribution suffered in Hurricane Katrina.

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Bully: Worked his socks off at rightback, never gave up the ghost. Linked up well with Dabsy on occasion.

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Rhys: Another to struggle all night. Distribution was poor and should have used Wilma more often as an outlet.

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Foz: Arrived fashionably late, Laurent Blanc's languid style was effective on occasion but was also caught out once or twice.

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Breaky: Another to have dragged himself off of the sickbed to make his eagerly awaited debut. Decent stuff and made some timely interceptions. However, we simply cannot, and will not ignore the miss of the century. With a whole open goal begging Breaky managed to slice his shot wide from half a metre out. Classic stuff.

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Dabsy: Playing in a more advanced role Dabsy once more was strong in the tackle and even made some telling crosses getting to the byline more than once. Sound stuff.

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Crooky: Struggled somewhat to impose himself on the game. Didn't control the play as he has done previously. He fell below his own high standards.

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Huw: Once again a sterling effort from Huw, ran his socks off, strong in the tackle and capped off a decent performance with a superbly taken goal. A shining light.

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Wilma: Was very effective when he got the ball, but was cruely starved of possesion during the second half. Cannot fault his performance, one of the few you can say that of!

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Lanco: Playing in an unaccustomed role up front, Lanco battled well but was another to struggle to impose himself on the game. The gaffer will struggle to take many positives from the team performance.

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Tranter: Never got into the game as he has done previously. The TSB backline marshalled the speedster well and he was another on the periphery of things.

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Ok, so who was the shining light in the quagmire of mediocrity? You decide..