Fulham (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[pride in battle]

We need another centre mid, when Nico went off we collapsed

 

[blue saturday]

at half time watced 15mins of Geordies beating and worrying Spuds of nearly every ball all over the pitch-we dont have that at all especially in midfield

 

[coolcity]

One of the worst performance I've seen from Pep. Absolutely no answers how to protect a three goal lead.

Odd that, because the final score seems to suggest that we managed to do just that and do enough to get the points.

 

[Born to be a blue]

Had to take a Beta Blocker on the 60th min (I'm 36) No idea how we are 2nd.

 

[manimanc]

What have I just watched?
Fuck me.
That was worse than Gillingham....well....maybe not but it was up there.
But I'll say it again it's 3pts on the board.
This season is going to be fuckin mint.

Buckle up you blues.

 

[Blue Til Death]

I'm shaking like a shitting dog.

 

[adaminho]

Its all good untill you ask us to defend... my god..

 

[Ric]

I think we need Elliot Anderson now, never mind waiting till the summer

Yep, he should be the priority in January rather than Semenyo.

 

[Sky Blue]

Awful performance

Spineless again from so many players...but the main issues persist.

Reijnders....besides the 30secs around his goal he did fuck all....go watch the game again...it just passes him by..he is walking most of the time while players like Bernardo and foden sprint around trying to win the ball back...he offers literally nothing

Donarumma - who were the people telling me over the summer that he is fine under the high ball when I said he was weak with crosses.....its literally every game he is costing us a goal or nearly costing us...he is an amzaing shot stopper but for someone who is 6,5 he is the biggest soft arse ever...if he had an ounce of Edersons bravery he would be world number 1

Fullbacks - both are an issue...NOR tries but he is getting done time and time again...Nunes we know the issues....

Stones came on (and I understand why Pep tried it - Nico G was on his last legs) but he can barely run.....again I said he should have been replaced over the summer

Savihno - sorry but Im done with him....he was through on goal and he bottled it and then tried to buy a foul....he should be in the reserves and nothing more

Pep cannot change this as he doesnt have the players to do so....rodri getting fit gives us more options but that aint happening quickly.....

If Arsenal dont win the title it will be the biggest bottle job in the history of football as we simply are bang average and should be nowhere near them

Time for me to go to sleep.

 

[ctwrd]

I'd have been entertained as a neutral or a Fulham fan.....

Rather sad that you can’t enjoy the excitement and it’s all about the result

 

[ayrshire_blue]

It's just all so fucking passive.

A city team of a few seasons ago whether winning 1-0 or 5-1 would be focused on dominating the ball. Essentially boring the opposition to death, whilst asserting our dominance over anyone we played.

Now? We sit off way too much, we're bizarrely way less arsed about winning the ball back. Let them pass it wide, let them run off us, let them get balls into our box, let them fucking shoot.

There's just so little control from where we were not all that long ago.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

Played with 10 men when Sav came on

Savio was poor but he was not the reason Fulham were cutting through us at will

DOKU BRILLIANT !! ??
What fucking game were you watching ? Not surprised one bit why he was subbed early on.

he did his job twice and that’s enough for me. Even if he was poor he came off with a 5-1 scoreline

 

[eyalluvitt]

Unfortunately we had no suitable replacement for Nico once he went off, all goals came from the edge of the box where a DM would have been had we had one.

Why take him off then?

 

[roy.or.r]

I think I will send City the bill for my heart being in my arse right now.

 

[Invisible Man Fan]

Absolute shit house statement, If it was anything close to the truth we wouldn't be 2nd in the table, 2 points off "runaway leaders" Arsenal.

Just shows how poor the rest of the league is.

We've rode our luck on multiple occasions this season

 

[super_city_si]

Yeah, I get that. It's a shame, as he did a few decent things but then gave it away cheaply at the end a few times. Like you say, he's got a lot to learn but far more senior players than him were making some shocking mistakes too. Cherki was excellent, I thought.

I think we go same team first half, blitz them then bring cherki on at half time to keep the ball second half.

 

[Doc_Testosterone]

Disagree a bit, we've hit the post twice and those balls just dropped for Fulham to score.



No offside lines when they were needed, of course they were provided at Newcastle when they weren't

We collapsed mentally twice in a row. We just didn’t pay the price for it. We were a Gvardiol goal line clearance away from a historical embarrassment.

The win is what matters but that was a scary performance.

 

[meltonblue]

I enjoyed our 5 goals but fuck me fella, I didn't enjoy that 2nd half much! :-0

Ha! A game like that brings up the extremes in the emotions, it doesn’t happen that often :)

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

The great irony is... Fulham... actually really hard to beat at Craven Cottage. Only Arsenal have beaten them there this season... not many will get away with any points at all.

So in that respect, it's a cracking little 3 points gained.

 

[Gumzy97]

Either Peps game management is awful or we don’t have the quality to see out games from the bench