MrCheeseGrater
Well-Known Member
Reminded me of Burnley away in 2019.
Jack doing his best to get sent off there.
He completely lost his head.
Pep needs to have a word.
People always say it’ll be easier ‘teams have nothing to play for’ except they do as they have the opportunity to beat the champions, impact the title race or potentially european qualification etc. against other teams so I always find it an odd statement.I think we're all agreed, three points is all that matters, but that's true all season in my opinion.
My minor worry is that against a mid-table team who who we would expect to beat almost every time, our defense looked shaky and we created very little. Jack had two good chances, Erling came very close early in the second half, but I can think of few other clear-cut opportunities.
But for the genius of Alvarez that's two points dropped an suddenly doubts start to emerge.
And then on to Kev. Sometimes we play very very well without him, I'm not sure of there is a common theme as to why, but he is arguably the world's best player and his absence today, make no mistake, would have given Fulham a boost. With a two goal cushion and Kev not playing we cruise along nicely, it isn't the same with just a one goal advantage.
Phil looked far hungrier than Riyad, I think he'll start against West Ham.
Let us also not forget though, that our opponents on 45 points at kick off, and still on 45 points, were the epitome of a team with absolutely nothing to play for. That makes the game 10% easier.
Edison was poor today. So sloppy, no need .Annoyed with Ederson, when he is that sloppy for no reason, the insecurity spreads to the rest of the team. It shows instantly if he has a good day or not and today Ortega should’ve come on at halftime.