Match Thread | Fulham vs Man City (13/03/21)

[AliBobbyJ]

Absolutely dreadful 1st half.
Cancelo, mendy, jesus and aguero very poor.
Fulham are getting acres of space on the right.
Be lucky to get a point tonight.

Flap? You must be airborne by now.

 

[oddfellows]

Wake me up if something of note happens.

Oh and also if Marriner gives us a free kick, miracles might happen

 

[Nellies left peg]

The experiment is over, change it at half-time, Pep.

He won't he's too stubborn. That was a piss poor 45 minutes of shite

 

[Blue Coop]

Hope this back 3 experiment isn’t a sign of things to come in the CL by Pep. Best team in Europe for 20+ games with a back 4 and suddenly he springs a back 5. SHOCK, we are awful at it. We essentially lose 2 men in the middle to control the game because of the lost midfielder and the fullbacks aren’t stepping inside in this formation.

 

[pudge]

Mendy just doesn’t suit football

Agreed

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Poor half that. This feels like one of Pep's brainfarts like Lyon last season. Let's hope this isn't a test run for the CL!

We could easily win this game with a few changes. At the moment the team looks unbalanced.

 

[BlueBanger]

We are 2 men light in attack. Mendy and Laporte need replaced.

We are literally playing 3 strikers up front with wingbacks. The problem isnt a lack of attckers its the lack of balls in behind from mendy and cancelo(cancelo has played a couple of the types of ball we need to be fair). Nothign from mendys side though....unsurprisingly.

 

[chesterbells]

Has that corrupt twat Mariner given us any decisions yet... Fulham seem to be able to foul at will

This. I know there’s a tendency to blame the ref every match, but they have stopped our build up with fouls when they get too close, at will, and without being called as fouls.
Darke and Hoddle talking about Gabby going down in stages, he got an arm across the face ffs.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Hope we change it at half time and go back to looking like the City we’ve got used to recently.

 

[117 M34]

I was thinking during the Southampton game that we should play 3 at the back now we have 3 good centre backs and Cancelo would play wing back well.

I was wrong. Not really working.