McSheffrey makes Forest loan move

How the mighty have fallen.

Birmingham winger Gary McSheffrey joins Nottingham Forest on loan for the rest of the season.

Two years ago McSheffrey was the engine behind Birm's promotion to the Premier League, and I was touting him - albeit just a little tongue in cheek - as the next Frank Lampard. And now he can't get a game and is being shipped off to the wrong end of the Championship table.

Here's hoping that Sheff can regain his fitness and find his form. Who knows, maybe he'll be back in the Premier League next season after all.

Early Bandwagoneering

Gary McSheffrey

2006/07 Statistics
TEAM	COMPETITION	GS	SB	G	A	SH	SG	FC	FS	YC	RC
Coventry	English League Championship	3	0	1	0	5	3	2	5	0	0
Birmingham	English League Championship	40	0	13	18	127	51	87	70	6	1

Frank Lampard

2006/07 Statistics
TEAM	COMPETITION	GS	SB	G	A	SH	SG	FC	FS	YC	RC
Chelsea	English Premier League	36	1	11	10	140	62	23	45	3	0

Not too dissimilar. Certainly not enough that McSheffrey won't look at bargain at 6 units/pounds/dollars/linden. The number of fouls (given and drawn) and the resultant cards are a worry. But perhaps that is just the nature of the Championship, aspposed to the less rough-and-tumble Premiership.