Fulham Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[quiet_riot]

Seems like there could have been a widespread problem then?


EDIT: not just the City match either:
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[GazM]

If Fulham had got anything out of this it would have been a travesty. All credit to Mancini for getting three strikers on the pitch at the end and for getting the result. £55 in the neutral zone (occupied by 90% blues). Good day out & thank you Edin !

 

[Mr. Aguia]

It says a lot when we have supposedly gone through a 'bad patch' and we come out of it unbeaten in 6 games having gone to three of the toughest away grounds in the country and played Arsenal at home.

If you look at last season, we drew at Craven Cottage, the Brittania and Anfield so I'd say we're on target.

Now we have:

Sunderland (H)
West Brom (A)
Swansea (H)
West Ham (A)
Spurs (H)

If you swap West Ham for who they replaced last year, Wolves, then we took 11 points from those games last season.

I think we should aim to preserve our unbeaten run and take 11 or 13 from those games, then things will look a lot better.

Three of those clubs scare the sheet out of me. (WB playing well, Swans always dangerous, even Spuds worry me with Defoe looking hungry, though we should take them at home surely?)

But perhaps I'm just cautious by nature.

Swans aren't playing well right now and they don't play as well on the road. Not worried about them at all. The others I agree will be tougher games.

 

[robertsuki]

Great result.
Well done Edin. So glad they didn't sell you in the summer.

 

[the blue panther]

I registered with Fulham so that I could get tickets, and as a result, I'm on their mailing list now. This gives me the privilege of reading their mini report on the game, with selected OPTA stats.
Well, they do say that you can make statistics say anything you want, so, I thought I'd share Fulham's pile of shite with you:-

Opta Evaluation
Tuesday 2 October 2012 10:17
Manchester City’s painfully late winning goal on Saturday broke Fulham hearts as Martin Jol’s boys looked as though they were on their way to gaining a valuable point.

The Whites worked incredibly hard against the champions from the first whistle and it was a work ethic which proved hugely effective as, although City enjoyed 71.1 per cent possession, they were far from in control of the contest as we defended valiantly throughout.

Chris Baird and Steve Sidwell continued with their workmanlike partnership in the middle of the park, with the central midfielders winning four tackles apiece - more than anyone in a maroon shirt could manage.

In a match between two footballing sides, route one was never going to be a regular option, but when the ball was in the air, Hugo Rodallega proved to be the most effective man on the pitch. The Colombian forward won five aerial duels – two more than City’s Gareth Barry.

Both teams were trying to play the ball out from the back – a tactic which was evident from the forward passing statistics. The two most forward-thinking players in this respect were both defenders, with John Arne Riise finding a man ahead of him on 20 occasions, and Matija Nastastic playing the ball forward 33 times.

The Whites have won plaudits this season for our clinical finishing and we were once again more accurate than our opponents at the weekend. City may have had more attempts on goal, but we were less wild with a 43 per cent shot accuracy compared to the visitors’ 30 per cent.

 

[allblackcitizen]

I registered with Fulham so that I could get tickets, and as a result, I'm on their mailing list now. This gives me the privilege of reading their mini report on the game, with selected OPTA stats.
Well, they do say that you can make statistics say anything you want, so, I thought I'd share Fulham's pile of shite with you:-

Opta Evaluation
Tuesday 2 October 2012 10:17
Manchester City’s painfully late winning goal on Saturday broke Fulham hearts as Martin Jol’s boys looked as though they were on their way to gaining a valuable point.

The Whites worked incredibly hard against the champions from the first whistle and it was a work ethic which proved hugely effective as, although City enjoyed 71.1 per cent possession, they were far from in control of the contest as we defended valiantly throughout.

Chris Baird and Steve Sidwell continued with their workmanlike partnership in the middle of the park, with the central midfielders winning four tackles apiece - more than anyone in a maroon shirt could manage.

In a match between two footballing sides, route one was never going to be a regular option, but when the ball was in the air, Hugo Rodallega proved to be the most effective man on the pitch. The Colombian forward won five aerial duels – two more than City’s Gareth Barry.

Both teams were trying to play the ball out from the back – a tactic which was evident from the forward passing statistics. The two most forward-thinking players in this respect were both defenders, with John Arne Riise finding a man ahead of him on 20 occasions, and Matija Nastastic playing the ball forward 33 times.

The Whites have won plaudits this season for our clinical finishing and we were once again more accurate than our opponents at the weekend. City may have had more attempts on goal, but we were less wild with a 43 per cent shot accuracy compared to the visitors’ 30 per cent.

It's their website, so not surprising they put a positive spin on it, although, tbh, I don't see a lot wrong with that report. We deserved to win, no doubt, but I don't think we ever had complete control until maybe the last 5-10 mins, and that was reflected by the huge relief following Edin's goal.

 

[salfordblues]

I still think we have a problem with producing quality from wide/full back positions. Zaba and Clichy are our strongest two full backs but going forward they leave a bit to be desired.

Fulham, like many mid to lower table teams, set up to stiffle our play through the middle through Silva, Nasri, Tevez and Aguero. Therefore, our fullbacks become much more avaialble in the wide positions.

The last year or so has illustrated that Clichy and Zaba's delivery from wide positions is lacking in real, consistent quality and that they aren't able to go past a man.

It seems harsh to criticise full-backs because of their atacking abilities but it's really important in games like Saturday. I'm not suggesting that they shouldn't be first choice because of this, but I am advocating that in this kind of one sided game we need to be looking at getting Micah, Maicon or even Kolarov into the game so that we can still create chances when our central creativity is inhibited.

 

[the blue panther]

It's their website, so not surprising they put a positive spin on it, although, tbh, I don't see a lot wrong with that report. We deserved to win, no doubt, but I don't think we ever had complete control until maybe the last 5-10 mins, and that was reflected by the huge relief following Edin's goal.[/quote]


Their quoted stats say we had 71% posession, but you don't think we ever had complete control?
I don't know what game you were watching, but we slaughtered them and it should have been 4 or 5 nil.