Forest all at sea thanks to Billy's silly selection

Call me fickle if you like, but I'm starting to lose my faith in Billy Davies a little bit. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it was his bizarre team selection that was responsible for our third home defeat in four games, this time at the hands of Blackpool, whose 19th minute goal scored by Charlie Adam turned out to be the match winner on a hugely frustrating afternoon for Forest.

I couldn't believe it when I heard on the radio that Chris Cohen was to play right wing instead of Paul Anderson. What on earth was Davies thinking dropping one of our best players lately for a player to play out of position? It just made no sense at all. My only explanation is that Davies and Anderson don't like each other. Why else would you leave out a player that had destroyed Sheffield Wednesday last week and been Man of the Match? I just find it really bizarre. What is it going to do to Anderson's confidence if he's dropped even when playing well? While the likes of David McGoldrick, who are constantly rubbish, keep their place no matter what? Why is something so obvious to the Forest supporters completely escaping somebody who is supposed to be one of the best managers in the Championship?

It wasn't just the absence of Anderson that was puzzling. Playing Robbie Earnshaw up front on his own at home against Blackpool was another awful decision. How is that going to achieve anything? First of all why is Davies even contemplating playing one up front at home to some non-descript backwater team like Blackpool, let alone putting somebody there unsuitable for that task in the shape of a midget like Earnshaw? Needless to say, Earnshaw was awful and never got a sniff, and was substituted later. Why Davies thought that was going to work, I don't know. Again, I have no logical explanation, other than that Davies was probably drunk when he picked the team.

Also, why on earth were we playing two defensive midfielders? Why did Davies rush Guy Moussi back, at the expense of a balanced team? Pushing Cohen out wide so Moussi could take his place was stupid. We needed Cohen in the middle where he can be very effective, but now as a result of being played out of position so much this season, Cohen's confidence has been drained. Moussi should never have been picked at all after such a long absence. Anderson must have been baffled to be dropped for him, and now he'll hate Davies and not want to play for him again, and who can blame him?

I'm probably overreacting a little bit, and I know it's still mid-September and not even officially autumn yet, but I'm getting really worried. I really did think we were in good hands under Davies, but now I'm beginning to wonder. Every manager, good, or bad, sometimes gets his tactics wrong. I can accept that. But when he makes such bizarre decisions like leaving Anderson out, and playing Earnshaw on his own up front, you have to wonder.

We've now played eight games, and won just one. A very similar record to this time last season. In fact we are only two points better off. So much for the big improvement, Billy. Yes, we may be playing a bit better, but we're not getting results, are we? Even the win over Derby very nearly was thrown away, and look how bad Derby are right now, losing four in a row. If we're playing well, and not getting results, then clearly something is amiss. For a start, Davies should stop this rotation nonsense and pick his best team. We are not Chelsea. We are Forest. We don't have 22 Championship-quality players. I'm not even sure we have 11 decent ones. So stick to the same side for a few games, Billy, and we might just get somewhere. All this chopping and changing is helping nobody.