Fulham (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

Brightwell Bros. said:
It'll always crack me up what solutions forum people will come up with after a slightly mad result. Kalvin Philips of all people?
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On another night Haaland puts us 0-1 up with his first chance that hit the post and nothing else that happens after that occurs and the game ends up a boring 0-1 win and nobody mentions Kalvin Phillips maybe being an answer or Pep needing sacking. Yet we’d not have ended up with one of the great games of football this decade.

It was just one of those once-every-five-years mad games that was all about great attacking moves and cracking goals. It doesn’t need overanalysing, just watch the full game back and enjoy it.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
It'll always crack me up what solutions forum people will come up with after a slightly mad result. Kalvin Philips of all people?
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My suggestion was firmly tongue in cheek. It was posted in another thread that got merged called “An alternative perspective”.

Having said that, he’d have probably played as well as Stones did in the 6 last night.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Time for Kalvin to get some minutes against Sunderland.
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from what little i have seen of him on loan at West Ham and Ipswich, to say he hasnt looked good would be very generous. I think he needs to rebuild his confidence as a player probably at a Championship club, Leeds would be the ideal destination, once they are relegated.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
I think Fulham got lucky with three of their goals. The ball dropped to a Fulham player who had a clear shot at goal. They could have blazed them into the Thames but hit all three very sweetly. And had Erl's inside post efforts bounce in and not out we have 'em 7-4, which I think would be about right!
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I was thinking pretty much the same thing.
Two defections and a punch all could have gone anywhere.
The concern was the lack of a player or two covering the penalty spot in those instances.
Imho of course.
 
Vic said:
Why was that a booking? With all the balls around the pitch it didn't delay the restart. (But the Leeds goalie didn't get a card for receiving the ball for a goal kick and running away from the goal area.)
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Arteta didnt get a card on Sunday for kicking the ball away
 
Norbert D said:
from what little i have seen of him on loan at West Ham and Ipswich, to say he hasnt looked good would be very generous. I think he needs to rebuild his confidence as a player probably at a Championship club, Leeds would be the ideal destination, once they are relegated.
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The EDS might be worth a shot too, but I think the fire in his belly has gone and he’ll retire at the end of his contract with us.
 
ancoats said:
Why the club and Pep have this major problem is beyond me, We have everything money can buy, The best manager in the world, The Etihad campus, The best treatment/recovery rooms. So why does nobody want to sign and come play the fullbacks roles ?

Look, it's not cheap buying world-class players, but we have a very good young squad and with a couple of new signings City will be in the race for titles and silverware every season, How hard is it to sell the club to the best fullbacks ? Just buy the best, even if it costs over the market value you will get it back in prize money alone
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Yep, if you don't buy real quality you won't see any quality football out on the pitch ..... you need players who can make a difference ...... humdrum, average players never won anything unless they had the help of quality!

Leicesters title winning team was full of average players, who most people didn't even know were there ..... but they also had top talents, and match winners like Mahrez and Vardy !
 
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Eaststander1 said:
The trouble is with Savinho is that, although he gets it right every now and again, he appears to have more bad games than good ones....and that's just not good enough if you're chasing titles.
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When Doku started he was much the same. A pair of us was giving Doku MotM sometime last season and the guy in front of us couldn't believe it. He thought about Doku as most think now about Savinho. I hope he'll bounce on until teams are putting two or three markers on him like Jezzer.
 
Having reflected a bit after the game last night I think we should all calm down a bit.
For 60 minutes we were really good. 5-1 up and cruising
Fulham could have tried to limit the damage by playing deep but they chose to go all out with no pressure at all.
Their subs brought a lot of energy, created a lot of chaos and every shot went in.
Fair play to them...
Its not something that happens often but credit to Fulham and their manager.

The result was what mattered.
 
ancoats said:
Why the club and Pep have this major problem is beyond me, We have everything money can buy, The best manager in the world, The Etihad campus, The best treatment/recovery rooms. So why does nobody want to sign and come play the fullbacks roles ?

Look, it's not cheap buying world-class players, but we have a very good young squad and with a couple of new signings City will be in the race for titles and silverware every season, How hard is it to sell the club to the best fullbacks ? Just buy the best, even if it costs over the market value you will get it back in prize money alone
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Livramento was reported to say he was happy where he is. We looked at several alternatives and rejected them. We will be back in for Livramento I think.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
I think Fulham got lucky with three of their goals. The ball dropped to a Fulham player who had a clear shot at goal. They could have blazed them into the Thames but hit all three very sweetly. And had Erl's inside post efforts bounce in and not out we have 'em 7-4, which I think would be about right!
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There was no defender on “point”, so free shots from the middle on the edge of the area. I guess our keeper saw some of them late.
 
Crazy fooking game. Went from thinking in the first 10 we'd be beat to feeling we'd coast to- HMMM... at 5-3, then on the edge of my seat with 10 to go and then behind the couch in extra time.

I'm not going to be that guy and analyze every poor play or that we conceded so many to even allow it to be a contest when we were up 5-1. TBH I Was pretty chuffed at 5-1 as it's the first time (at that point) our lads looked at ease. The implosion

A lot of games- I'll chalk it up to a need of rotation and and essentially being 2 major pieces short in midfield to aid that rotation. To be fair- we closed it out, took the 3. We were a goal conceded away from really being embarrassed. When you take all 3 points- it's simply not "a win that feel like a loss." Pep I'm sure was furious in the post game talk- but to a man every player left there possibly with a better lesson than if they won 5 or more to 1. Maybe it will teach them to close things out- not to FUCK AROUND with the ball in the box and to BOOT it route 1 when there's the first chance with a few to play.

Fulham at 15th will take point off a ton of teams and will finish easily in the top half. The have a smooth patch of games ahead. They are well coached and well balanced and I wish we'd had the bollocks to get agent Rudy in to help sign Chukwueze.

Shout to Erl for his 100th and his sweet assist. Big shout to Phil the sniper CAT for shaking off last season.

O'Reilly is a gem, Nico G is really looking the part.

Nunes had a few stellar and a few old school Nunes moment last night.

Shout to Rudy for the goal but he's disappearing on defense.

Donna needs to drop the all Italia bread and pasta and adopt the ERL diet and muscle/ toughen up a bit. Opposition knows he's sus on corners.

Question mark award goes to Bernie (whom I rarely have ever slagged off) as to me last night he looked like he needs a few weeks in a bariatric chamber. He looked old and tired.

Dog house award goes to Savi- aside from the assist which I'll applaud- I simply do not rate him and his sauntering around in the box instead of closing down cost us another goal and thankfully this time not 2 points a'la his Arsenal performance.

I hope the physios have crafted a special recovery brew and regimen as Sunderland will not be easy and given our Leverkusen laid egg we are pressed to show up for Real.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
When Doku started he was much the same. A pair of us was giving Doku MotM sometime last season and the guy in front of us couldn't believe it. He thought about Doku as most think now about Savinho. I hope he'll bounce on until teams are putting two or three markers on him like Jezzer.
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Pep (and Spurs) seems to believe he has real talent but just needs confidence to bring it out. I’ve lost track of the number of players who have got pelters on here early on but turned out to be seriously good.
Reijnders is the current butt for some yet he was considered the best midfielder in Italy two years ago and last year second only to McTominay.
The PL (and Pep) are hard to adapt to. Fans need to show a modicum of patience. Tbf, Savinho has not been great.
 
It shows how low our standards have fallen, people on here are praying for Calvin Phillips to start against Sunderland, and for Grealish to come back.
 
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