Fulham (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Delighted for these two.

 

[simon23]

Great much needed result to back up the liverpool win

Reasonable first half but again you could even then see the drop off coming.

Second half awful...and the subs made zero impact and possibly made it worse!

We have to be much better (you would think) to push Arsenal....they would watch that and think there is very little to worry about or fear coming to play us. ...however its been a very weird season so who knows

too many players playing in moments and not consistently.....

 

[Stoned Rose]

Serious first half, comedy second.

Let see what tomorrow is saying.

 

[Earlyriser]

When you win 3-0 and your Man of the Match is Guehi it tells you a lot

 

[Millo]

There was some sloppy play at times with both Nouri and Nunes letting the ball run out of play and that shot from Rodri that went out for a throw in!

 

[madloaf]

When you win 3-0 and your Man of the Match is Guehi it tells you a lot

OReilly in the ground

 

[steviemc]

The second half was crap again, it was like watching an England friendly when all the team is changed at half time.
I don't understand why we didn't push on and try and improve our goal difference.

We could have pushed on and ended up winning 5-2 with no increase in goal difference but at the expense of keeping a clean sheet. There are so many what-ifs. I'll take a 3-0 at home without us looking in any real difficulty, conserving energy and making a few subs any day of the week.

 

[Vienna_70]

Excellent performance and result from the lads tonight. It was especially important to follow what happened at Klanfield on Sunday with the right sort of display here.

We killed the game in the first half, and clearly eased up in the second half.

Onwards and upwards. We’re coming for you, cheating Arsenal!

 

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[waspish]

When you win 3-0 and your Man of the Match is Guehi it tells you a lot

O’Reily was the man of the match

 

[jamesha]

Second half drop off is baffling. I saw someone saying that it is because Donna cannot play out but that does not explain why players lose the ability to control balls and make simple passes. I think having Doku on the bench ready to come on will change things when he comes back.

 

[johnny crossan]

Over to the Player Performance thread - a few of our boys better brace themselves for a difficult read tonight.

 

[waspish]

Second half drop off is baffling. I saw someone saying that it is because Donna cannot play out but that does not explain why players lose the ability to control balls and make simple passes. I think having Doku on the bench ready to come on will change things when he comes back.

Savio coming on the right will stretch the game to when he is back

 

[theres only one carlito]

That first half was as good as ive seen this season. It actually looked like the city we know. Guehi is a class addition to the squad. The 433 is so much better for us as a team. I didnt see the 2nd half as traveled to work so i cant comment but maybe its better just to watch the first half with us at the moment anyway :-)

 

[Indaparkside]

When you win 3-0 and your Man of the Match is Guehi it tells you a lot

Yes we are great at scoring and have a great defender to block out Fulham , what else does it tell you

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Has anyone mentioned that we weren’t as effective in the second half as the first half yet?

 

[Vienna_70]

Second half might just be down to fitness. The amount of work the team does out of possession in the first half I can kinda see why we drop in the second half.

Or, it might be that Pep wanted them to conserve energy for what is to come.

 

[Dodge]

Second half might just be down to fitness. The amount of work the team does out of possession in the first half I can kinda see why we drop in the second half.

It's down to Pep instructing the players to conserve energy and slow the tempo.

He's always playing the long game and it's served us quite well over the years. We'll be full pelt from April.

 

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[Earlyriser]

Yes we are great at scoring and have a great defender to block out Fulham , what else does it tell you

if you cannot work it out I cannot be bothered explaining it to you