Nobody will tackle Haaland? Haaland is a monster and i say that in a nice way on his side. Trust me' the worry is all on Man City and Pep Guardiola and we might as well add on the insurance policy around Haarland. First of all to tackle Haarland you first have to catch him and Haarland is a phenomenal athlete. Have you seen him running? One on one running at full pelt even the likes of Robinson who is quick will find it difficult to stop him. Bassey is bulkier and Haarland running full pelt at him would likely cause an injury to Haarland and thats where the insurance kicks in and the worry of Haarland injured for 6 weeks plus. Is Haarland worth half a mill a week? My answer is yes!!! Haarland is a superb athlete and yes' a freak of nature, he is Goliath but he isn't immortal he is human and he can be stopped once in a while and even Haarland gets injured.
posted by OWEN - Saturday 11th October 2025, 12:08 AM

You know I am thinking we might knock off Arsenal. We have done it before have we not! Be interesting. Lose and we are in deep proverbial! I have a feeling we might pull it off
posted by Tonyjohn (Guest) - Saturday 11th October 2025, 5:07 AM

Reminds me of that great socialist Starlin who plundered the working classes...
posted by Dan Docker. (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 3:35 PM You were all told last year to buy gold. My opinion hasn’t changed.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 3:36 PM What about a good mattress?
posted by Krebs. (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 4:53 PM I am not an expert on pensions and maybe the likes of Bigboy and MST might know something better? If you panic and take out huge lump sums , you might be in a bigger danger from the taxman.
posted by OWEN - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 6:57 PM Well, Owen, speaking as a former taxman, you make a good point. The key thing to remember is that the 25% tax free cash thing was purely to drive thr economy. Most of being used to put down deposit on children's first house purchase. Take away the 25% element and we are likely to see a house price crash of monumemtal scale, as there will be a sharp depletion of first time buyers who are critical to the house buying chain. We are in for a terrible time with these clowns in power (even though as one poster mentioned recently,Sir Keir was into Abba, Motorhead, Simon and Garfunkle, thr Clash and Orange Juice during his time at Leeds Uni). Not sure what Reeves was into.
posted by Mr Benn (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 7:16 PM Silver is where it's at right now. Gold will continue it's climb, yes, but the huge positions being taken on silver bullion right now but hedge funds is eye watering.
posted by Man in the know (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 8:36 PM Academic, we’ll give it all away in reparations soon.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 9:05 PM Mr Benn' times are getting tougher. Let's hope that Rachel from accounts can soften the blow in her November budget, i think not but we can only hope...
posted by OWEN - Thursday 09th October 2025, 6:02 PM It’s strange that a Labour government could be so determined to destroy Britain’s farming, fishing, steel industries and freeze pensioners while at the same time handing over our universities,military secrets and personal data to Communist China. I’m beginning to suspect something is amiss.
posted by Special Agent O’Chang (Guest) - Thursday 09th October 2025, 6:13 PM Yes Starmer and the Government fell into a trap. They obviously do not want to scupper the trade deals with China and India because these deals are the very few deals they think will reap dividends for our failing economy. The big problem we know is that China and India are more in favour of Putin and Russia and Starmer does not have the guts or the desire to challenge these two countries. As you know we are at the mercy of the Chinese who know that we need more from them than they need from us and they couldn't care less. We are beholden to China especially and our security is at risk through the incompetent Starmer who has turned a blinkered eye and put Britain at risk. India also has us over a barrel while they keep on buying oil from Russia which is another slap in the face. Brown-nosing and sucking up seems to be the way how you get ahead in the worls now more than ever and Starmer is the biggest of the suckers. He is rightly called flip flop . His wife is Jewish which says everything about Starmer and his odd way of showing allegiance. If war breaks out in this country we might as well raise the white flag and give it away. Goodness knows, we are giving up and giving away everything British for the sake of woke values and woke people everywhere in our culture now and establishment. I stated that i am not a fan of Trump but maybe the big stick methods work? 6 Million unemployed they say, can they and will they get tough on illnesses ranging from mental from covid and various excuses for joblessness? This is one area to raise big money and the answer is don't give out any until a dole interview is called for and the jobless can come in and explain why they can't take a job etc. Starmer and Reeves would rather pick on pensioners etc than the workshy...
posted by OWEN - Thursday 09th October 2025, 8:07 PM I guess it depends on your personal circumstances Owen. My wife and I retired early and lived off my lump sum for a couple of years and now draw down from my crystallised funds. Problem is, if you have saved enough to have a good personal pension, you end up with a K tax code and they add fictitious sums of money to your annual amount and then tax the lot at 40%. When the state pension went up last year I ended up £300 per month worse off!!
posted by MST (Moderator) - Thursday 09th October 2025, 9:31 PM Rate cant get much higher you might catch a cold log term
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Friday 10th October 2025, 10:56 AM Lenny Henry thinks the British government should pay compo. For our forebearers antics he reckons about30 odd billion seems a bit rich
posted by Iptombi (Guest) - Friday 10th October 2025, 5:45 PM Thinking on that sum think he said 30 trillion
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Friday 10th October 2025, 5:48 PM Actually, the West Indies land area and population is about the size of the UK. If he’s suggesting a population swap I’m his man.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 10th October 2025, 6:00 PM The point of the exercise, as JohnC points out, if you don’t it could cost you some serious money. Rachel from accounts has found so many so called “Black holes”, no smut please, she is desperately seeking additional funds instead of cutting wasteful Whitehall expenditure. Provided you are retiring before the budget and have a pension pot then you are entitled to take 25%, tax free. Most sensible people will do so as there is a strong possibility this could be reduced in the budget. In the unlikelihood you have retired and failed to take this then I recommend you contact your pension provider and seek their advice. Moving off at a tangent isn’t ironic that the Party of the working class has reigned over the highest level of taxation in post war Britain to the best of my knowledge. If you are not part of the elite, mainly the Public Sector, you have been well and truly shafted. Entrepreneurs, quite a few of the very rich people have departed to friendlier tax countries whilst the number the number of people on benefits and the substantial number not prepared to work is forever increasing. Illegal immigrants flock to our shores knowing they will be housed, fed and given money. Whilst I have sympathy for genuine refugees who have been persecuted in their own countries this is not the case of the majority. As Paddy has reminded us, gold continues to soar to record levels. In 1999, Gordon Brown ordered the Bank of England to sell half of Britain’s gold reserves when the price of gold stood at US$282.40 per ounce. Before the gold auction took place, gold traders shorted gold which resulted in the price falling to $252.80 providing traders to make a decent turn. Over the course of 17 auctions an average price of $375 was achieved raising £3 bln. If the gold had been retained its value would be approximately £40 bln. What is it about Labour Chancellors, especially remembering Dennis Healy was waiting to board a plane for an IMF meeting when he was informed that the £ was plunging necessitating him to return to the Treasury. It was described as the “Day Britain went Bust” Those of you old enough to remember 1976 will recall it was mainly George Soros betting against the Pound and other speculators jumping on the band wagon forced Healey to hastily arrange a record $3.9 bln loan to steady the free fall of the once mighty currency. As an aside, the “Black Economy” in Britain is estimated around £50 bln per annum which could fill many of Rachel’s “Black Hples”.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Friday 10th October 2025, 8:09 PM George Soros is the source of funding of most of this left wing claptrap the west has been tortured with. May he burn in hell, soon.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 10th October 2025, 9:28 PM No proper football for a while so we might as well do the politics and right the wrongs in this world Lol. This is a decent post and it is a great honour to participate and contribute to it. MST' my state pension age is 67 and my official date is 2028. I am toying with the idea to retire early in 2026 and likewise if i do that i also will need to live off my lump sum for two years. Not sure about the maths my end but i think it shouldn't be too bad as i work for my local council. My council pension is just a modest one but i can live with that okay.
posted by OWEN - Friday 10th October 2025, 11:50 PM

Robbo looks okay to me, that's why the US picked him.
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 9:30 PM He’s fit just can’t get back in the team due to form of Sess.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 7:08 AM He would be in the team if he was fully fit, Marco is taking a match at a time at it would be stupid for him to play an International. When he is back Sess would still be in the team as he can play in virtually any position and do well. Marco nearly always does the right thing with the squad he has that is his strength.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 8:52 AM If robbo was fit he would be in the team sess not a full back in my opinion better further upfield should not be any where near the USA team personally until robbo back Play Bassey left back would bring dioppe into the mix
posted by Iptimbi (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 9:12 AM In my opinion Sess has been our player of the season so far....
posted by MST (Moderator) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 9:29 AM That is because where ever we play him he will do well even up front.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 10:59 AM Sess has bulked up and he is a stronger defender now and experience counts for everything. I agree Sessegnon could be player of the season when you weigh up the plusses in his favour. He is strong in defence, and i haven't noticed many standout mistakes from him at left back. Castagne obviously struggles with the more pacey and tricky players. Sess pops up with the odd goal also and you have to think about this logically? How often has Robinson burst upfield and then find himself in the right area at the right time to score a goal? Sessegnon does that and he can easily come up with assists in his repertoire; you can't buy or teach this. I would still like Robbo back at left back because we know that Sessegnon is useful and effective in other areas pf the pitch.
posted by OWEN - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 6:42 PM

What!!!? Hahaha!
posted by Observer (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 12:02 PM I'll stick with Marco
posted by Tonyjohn (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 12:28 PM Marco would be a fool to go to Forest. Things he said in the summer would have got him sacked 10times over at Forest. It's a lose lose job. If you lose, you'd be fired. If you overachieve you will be fired the next time you have a bad run. If you don't reach Europe, you'd be fired. Their chairman has no idea but a big cheque book. Anyway, they probably be playing championship football next season.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 1:06 PM Marco has been earmarked for Manchester United according to my friends on the sports desk the Manchester Evening news, it's just a matter of finalising his salary.
posted by Neville Neville (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 1:53 PM Seems the cottage has been given the ok to use it for concerts and other functions as a money making object ,how ever know one has mention the team thats falling like an autumn leaf in a hurricane,so if rod the mod and a string quartet is your thing and it dont create no more than 500 people your good to go so sez the local council who have granted licenses to FFC IGNORING THE NIMBYS for a change.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 2:14 PM Funny you should say that Neville. Marco would be a very good fit for ManU. I have always thought that . Were that offer to be made,he would be a fool not to move. He will take them to places they haven't been for a while.
posted by Tonyjohn (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 8:36 PM Marco wouldn't last five minutes at Forest! Firstly the Greek Chairman thinks he is a manager and he interferes in managerial business he knows nothing about and secondly, i think Marco would struggle with a bigger squad of players to choose from. I also have my concerns about him and our squad selection lately with a few experienced pros sitting it out on the bench. Not trying to put a downer on him but two 3-1 defeats and two tough matches coming up Arsenal and Newcastle which might be four defeats then Wolves Everton and Sunderland Ange is on six or seven losses which is close to the sack. Football can change in the blink of an eye and results matter. I don't think Marco has got his selection right or his tactics and formation without Muniz and Jimenez which is an eye-opener and a raised eyebrow to me. It could come right and my belief in him would be restored. I just wonder if the absence of Boa Morte is a factor? People have commented on it.
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 9:27 PM Marco is destined to stay with us, why would he want to got to two teams where the managers never last more than a few games or is one falling down the table. Neither team can compare to us.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 8:56 AM You won’t see pop concerts at the cottage ( but then I said we would never see a new stand on the riverside ! Hopefully permission granted and locals suffer payback for dissenters and parking instigators making ffc a no parking zone on match days
posted by Ipitombl (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 9:19 AM Fulham have applied to the Council and i cannot see they would turn it down. So it will happen.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 1:20 PM License already got but no more than 500 people, so at that rate its the wertzels or rylad singing,or 500 ho ray henries doing a conga round the cottage .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 1:41 PM OOoops' i didn't click on to the knowledge that Marco and Forest manager know each other from their time at Olympiacos, can you believe? Interesting also that Marco Silva and contract are up next year.
posted by OWEN - Thursday 09th October 2025, 6:08 PM

We have a poor bunch of players and the manager can’t work out what to do with them. It’s all turning into a sh1t show of a season
posted by Tailgater (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 5:06 PM We have one of the best squads we have ever had and things can only get better.`
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th October 2025, 5:15 PM I am forever the super optimistic! Wins for us against Arsenal and Newcastle in our next 2 games! Marco will pull something put of the bag! Trust me my glass is half full!
posted by Tonyjohn (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 8:47 PM Think out of our two new speedsters think the other one who’s name escapes me will be the better all round player than Kevin can’t see both in the starting 11 unless one plays the Wilson role
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Wednesday 08th October 2025, 9:23 AM

There’s only thing for it , Owen, find out Billy Bunters shoe size and invest in a pair of Billy’s Boots to send to Motspur Park. If only we had a poster who could supply a pair.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 6:18 PM Owen, I agree with you, and I do wish that ESR, could have a run of 5 or 6 games to prove his worth, and if after these games he falls flat on his face, then I just might agree, with some of our despondent fans. He should also play for the whole game, and not be subbed before the 90 minutes is up. On Friday against Bournemouth we had to play through atrocious weather, which was so against us. I know that Bournemouth had the same weather, but they were at home, and that did make a difference. After this weekends results, we are beginning to slip slowly but surely down the table, but we are still a few points from the bottom, and I'm confident that at no stage of the season will we slip into the bottom 3, but to beat last seasons points total, is going to be very hard, especially with our run of injuries, to our main strikers, and the bad luck with decisions so far this season, which can be deflating.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 7:32 PM What about Billy the Fish or even banana boots Finlay
posted by Chief (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 9:00 PM We won two home games in a row, then lost two away games in a row. Is this not typical Fulham behaviour? I do not understand watch all this heart wrenching is about.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 05th October 2025, 10:06 PM Billy the badger?
posted by Bishop Green. (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 4:23 AM Agree with the mighty Paddy, ESR is a waste of money, and clearly has a re fueling problem as Graham Taylor would put it.
posted by Mr Angry (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 8:00 PM

Good synopsis.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 5:58 AM Agree with all of that but I would ad, the continual use of Traore as first sub leaves me confused and muttering.Thought Chuck showed some serious promise and should start our next match.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 8:16 AM Agree, lack of good coaching and in game management has been described. Good point regarding Leno, just another failing in his repertoire.
posted by Mr Angry (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 10:39 AM Watkins got lucky and put it down to bad defending. Castagne is just not good enough and he was always vulnerable to anyone quick down the right side. Easy-peasy everyone can see it except Marco Silva. I sung his praises often on here but my concern with him is his volatile antics in the dugout. Players such as Wilson against Villa get sucked into the protest too much or i should say too long and we lose the game. Doubling up sometimes on a fast winger is a good idea and the Cambridge manager demonstrated that. It doesn't mean you win the game but it could help in a situation. Smith Rowe is better further up behind the striker as he demonstrated brilliantly against Cambridge. Something to say about Josh King? Everybody likes a tryer and keep on with it but we need goals and goals assists or if no goals assists will do. These are the stats that count for everything on the pitch.
posted by OWEN - Sunday 05th October 2025, 5:31 PM And still we lost after all that .Football is very simple, its just we have more simple players than we need.
posted by pointless (Guest) - Tuesday 07th October 2025, 2:17 PM

Are we in a mess ?
posted by Ted (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 7:16 PM We have lost two games, and possibly another two defeats might be on the way, against Arsenal and Newcastle in our next couple of matches, and that's is the way that the cookie crumbles sometimes, but that doesn't in anyway shape or form, makevus a poor side, as if we win three or four games on the trot, doesn't make us a good side. We are a fair to middleing Premier League side, who in my life lifetime, will not win the title, but we will still have some enjoyable games to watch. I get really irritated by some of our so called fans running down Marco and Leno on a number of occasions, but be very careful what you wish for. I think Marco is a top class coach, and one of the best we have ever had, and Leno, one of our best ever keepers, who often just keeps the score down. Even yesterday, he made two superb saves. We would envy any other club if they had them, and we didn't, so be very grateful that they are with us.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 9:56 PM Firstly to answer Ted's question, in my honest opinion, we are not in a mess as a club. Can any other club of our standing, in other words a mid table sid, be able to manage to hold their own when they lose four of their senior players, as we have with Tete(so important)Muniz and Rual(our only real strikers)Robinson(probably the best left back in the Premier League)and now Lucic on top of those. plus we will be losing other players to International football, in the New Year. Even with all of this against us, hopefully we will still finish in the top 10, although we will struggle a bit until we are back to a fully fit squad.
posted by AC (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 10:24 AM Sheffield Wednesday are in a mess,knowing Fulham we will Nick a freak result in the next couple of games. Apart from a fit striker we have one of the best squad of players I’ve ever seen definitely top half finish I’m predicting.
posted by Chief (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 9:03 PM What mess are we in, we have lost two aways games in a row before and we will do it again it is normal apart from the top teams, except for Liverpool who have lost three game in a row.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th October 2025, 11:08 AM

They are just people who like moaning, if we beat Arsenal people will still moan. Being negative all the time is the way to getting incurable depression. If you support a football team, even Fulham, you must at least hope good things will happen.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 04th October 2025, 6:18 PM Always positive and hoping things will get better but you need to understand the problems if you want to improve. Burying your head in the sand does nothing to improve a situation.
posted by Mr Angry (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 6:33 PM Mr angry, you should go support another team, always moaning, complaining your boring. Remember West Ham doing it with moyes, Charlton and Curbishley. We were doing ok until we scored and Marco makes subs then iit went wrong . We lost so many points from being ahead
posted by Magicman (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 8:34 PM Mr Angry is small bentford !
posted by Jim (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 6:28 AM Magic man you said it yourself Silva makes the wrong decisions and we lose the game. Silva is a reactive indecisive coach, the best coaches and proactive and see things before they are going to happen. Thanks Jim for yet another thoughtful comment your intelligent input about football is always a delight.
posted by Mr Angry (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 10:44 AM As is yours , you don’t deny being small bentford then , thought so , strange surname Angry !
posted by Jim (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 11:59 AM Branding Mr Angry as small Brentford is to ignore completely the valid points that he makes and to be foolishly dismissive of their validity. I definitely do not agree with all of his points but quite a few have the ring of truth and fair criticism. He does however reduce the effectiveness of many of his observations by simply banging on and on and on. Mr Angry remember the old adage that more is often less. Keep it to reasonable and occasional criticism and you might get more takers.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 12:23 PM Mr Angry or Gentlemen Jim?
posted by Bernie Bolt. (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 4:36 AM Mr Angry sees nothing good about us, his glass is much more than half empty. I do not believe he ever make valid points he just makes negative ones. Are Liverpool supporters demanding the manager should be sacked, probably only Everton supporters on the Liverpool message board pretending to be Liverpool supporters.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th October 2025, 11:12 AM Next time Mr Angry make a valid point will be the first
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 11:42 AM

A top striker would cost us about 4 times what we could afford. The chance of getting a Mitro cheap again is remote as every player has huge information about them that every club in World can see. We are the best League which is both good and bad, it attracts top players, but at very high prices. Macro must believe Muniz is going to become a top striker, I hope he is right and I trust his judgement, but we need to see the results happening quickly.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th October 2025, 11:22 AM

How can you blame Smith Rowe for our mess and to label him an immovable object is a touch disrespectful. His goal record is not bad considering his pitch time. We know and accept Jimenez and his limitations and Muniz is a work in progress. Others have to bring something to the plate also and if we are scrutinising midfielders and goal records they also need to step up. In your defence i will say that pound for pound maybe Sessegnon will score more than Smith Rowe and if he does, that is value for money considering Sess was on a free transfer. You have to look at time on the pitch in my opinion...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:07 PM ESR's goal per minute ratio wouldn't look so good if he had as much game time as we hoped he'd have when we paid our top transfer fee. Who'd have guessed he'd be so regularly dropped to the bench getting on for the last quarter? A very big disappointment so far.
posted by Old Bloke (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:29 PM Old Bloke'you have got to be Einstein to work that one out. Not possible to know if a player isn't on the pitch, i would look at what is out there in front of me and that's logical in Spock's world...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:42 PM Don’t they have pills for weight loss? They could slip some into one of his McFlurries. He’d be haring around like Master McGrath in a couple of months.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:53 PM Paddy' we know you don't like Smith Rowe.
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:58 PM Or Cod Rowe as he’s known down Slimming World. Who was the fat owl of Greyfriars? No Googling.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 5:09 PM Pereira played endless games where he did nothing but Smith Rowe if he was given that sort of run would shape up as a good player I am sure. He scores goals which is an attribute we need.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th October 2025, 11:26 AM

Right about What?
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th October 2025, 3:20 PM

I think Jonah might be Swedish Fulham Boy. Bayern loaned him out in the hope that he would gain experience. I can't see that happening sitting on the bench. Nothing would surprise me in football if he was picked for Nigeria, they might like his YouTube videos lol...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:52 PM

How did we let in six goals after taking lead???? twice, sloppy weak mid/f slow center backs at times and keeper who is getting erratic out of position often.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 12:39 PM

So how did bournmouth manage after going behind,? cant keep saying how good we nearly was, bad weather adapt my lads adapt we are in trouble and very early in the season starting to worry ..
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 12:42 PM It was no lottery, same conditions for both sides.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 12:53 PM It was a lottery for both sides !
posted by Bob (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 3:32 PM Bournemouth won the lottery, we did not play badly. They did not have a shot on target until they scored.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 04th October 2025, 4:22 PM

Bournemouth not much better than we are??!! You’re having a laugh
posted by Tailgater (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 8:06 AM Bournemouth ahead of us at moment very good considering injuries we did well in good game in them conditions. But must learn to win ugly when we go goal up . As for not buying what Silva said, how can you say that just cause King is ready. To different players one only just arrived from Germany never played in this country how many times you seen him play
posted by DMk (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 9:53 AM I know our young striker is inexperienced but at times needs must. We probably played as well a we could last night, but our style is not suited to play without a real striker. It will not help the youngster if he thinks the manager has no faith in him, just give him a chance Marco might might be surprised as his hight in the box will worry any defence and might create space for others. I know Marco knows a lot more about his players than I do, but I do know that sometimes youngsters can give you an unexpected wonderful surprise.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 04th October 2025, 10:31 AM Josh King Ready? Ready for what we can argue. We need impact assists and goals and my argument is the longer in pitch time should yield goals etc and i think the likes of Wilson don't bring enough to the table. What is the risk worth in bringing on the young German striker? A bloody nose? Hurt feelings and ego, i Marco was wrong to risk him. The down side of playing him is that he does nothing and brings nothing beneficial to the team and good night Vienna we put him back in the reserves. This is a critical moment in Fulham history where we have no strikers for for few games, take a punt DMK' sometimes in life you just say have a go and you know something? Jonah might have even pulled it off and raised the roof with a goal. I can name you half a dozen managers in football history who have gambled on 16-17 year olds...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 11:10 AM I remember one player with vast experience and plenty of pitch time, which yielded very little and his name is Pereira...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 11:30 AM

We still looked under the chosh even 1-0 up and Bournemouth with good subs such as Kluivert finished us, funny we could have signed him before Bournemouth. We didn't close him down for that goal which is decent from that range.
posted by OWEN - Saturday 04th October 2025, 6:58 AM We agreed term with him Owen and fee with club was stopped signing by FA at time not enough international caps couple short silly rule little time after let him go to Bournemouth FA and officials love us
posted by DMK (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 10:01 AM So let’s get this straight, with something like 15 mins of the game left and us 1 up against a team doing well this season at home so they will attack and attack. Our answer was to remove a defender and put on a midfielder who has struggled since he came to us. One way to defend is to hoof the ball to a young fast kid, so we took him off to play someone new to us still trying to find his feet. My opinion is that we threw it away, we should have parked the bus with King waiting for a hoof to run with. But then who am I.
posted by James (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 10:23 AM Without the subs no one going to score but after the changes the game opened up and we scored. But sadly, with the game opened up Bournemouth were better than us and had goal scorers that we didn’t.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 12:18 PM Is that why we scored first with someone who was in the starting line up?
posted by James (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 12:26 PM

One of the strikers has not played yet even when we do not have a fit striker. Chukwueze looks a decent player, we will not know if Keven is a good player until he start a few games. A cup game and a few sub appearance is not enough to judge how good a players is. Are all the 11 Fulham players who kept giving mall away for the first 20 minutes tonight all useless as well. Too right off the manager after two away losses seems a little stupid as well.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:52 PM I seem to be a voice in the wilderness, and I thought that after the first 20 minutes or so, we just couldn't get it together, but after that it was a different ball game, and I honestly thought that we played really well, considering our injury problems. I thought that TC, was excellent, and nobody in the defence had a bad game, and even when we took the lead with an excellent goal, because of our record against Bournemouth, I had a horrible feeling that we would only get a point, but I really couldn't see us losing this one. We are having a bad run of luck, and after the next two games, which will probably be losses, we will find ourselves near the bottom, which will B e a bit worrying, but we will then turn the corner, and move up the table. We can forget a European place this season, but we must have a real go in the cup competitions, to give us a lot of interest. Regardless of these last two results, we do have a good squad of players, and our new signings will eventually get it right, and once young Josh King gets off the mark, we will probably go on a good run. Don't forget we have another 30 games to go, and we will win plenty of them, as we are nowhere looking like a bad side.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 10:59 PM A better assessment of the match than most Craven. Bournemouth are the best team I seen so far this season, albeit I haven’t seen all matches.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 8:04 AM I think that Craven summed up the game well, and like him, when we scored, I thought that that at long last we would come away from Dean Court, not losing for a change, but it wasn't to be. I shouldn't really say this I suppose, but when we took the lead I looked at the odds on bet365, and unbelievably Bournemouth were 18/1. I had a small wager on that, hoping that I would lose really, but won £36. I feel a bit guilty, but they were good odds.
posted by Alan B (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 8:31 AM Agree with Craven. And that could have been our first lost of seasons if officials at Chelsea and Villa had not blundered or cheated? Going to be hard season officials don’t like us
posted by DMK (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 10:07 AM DMK, although it certainly appears that way, I don't honestly think that the officials are against us, but they are making some terrible mistakes against us. As an ex referee who has actually refereed Fulham, and when I did I just treated it as a normal game, with no bias. No referee worth his salt, would ever favour one team over the other, but I must admit that those on the VAR system, do seem to get it wrong far too many times against us.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 11:17 AM Would agree with you Lts it’s a hard job before VAR. but they watch it for ten mins and can’t still come to right decision that’s poor. And they seem to look at Fulham goals longer hoping to find something, and skip through the bigger clubs or don’t look. As Antonee Robinson said if they stop the game for ten minutes and still can’t get it right what’s the pint. Does seem sometimes the ref hands are tied when he’s made right call . But VAR pressure him to change it later to find they were wrong
posted by DMK (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 11:45 AM Craven, I concur with your comments although I have reservations on the lack of energy of some players. Wining 1-0 with 12 minutes left we must learn to get 11 players behind ball and win ugly.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Sunday 05th October 2025, 8:51 PM Yes that’s our biggest problem not being able to win ugly, not knowing when to shut up shop Bournemouth did it when 2-1 up and caught us on break
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 06th October 2025, 11:48 AM

Starting to agree Pr' Marco has lost it with his emotional opinions. Jonah from Bayern Munich will not be a shrinking violet. Silva is obviously making a daft point about something that I or you, and fans, don't care about. Too much protesting from Silva, i am sick of it and his favoured players are not doing enough with ample pitch-time. Funny isn't it when the likes of Antony, McTominay, Hojlund, who we don't think good enough for Fulham are doing great, makes you think. Crystal Palace lose some of their best yet they still do okay, we should be better than what we are showing
posted by OWEN - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:28 PM Get off, we were playing well after the first 20 minutes went ahead with 10 minutes to go then were beaten by two worldie goals. Not much a different manager could have done about that. Our luck will change.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:40 PM Silva to go! You joker,best manager we’ve ever had. Couple of dodgy performances and all the moaners are out Bournemouth are a really good side as are Villa 30 games to go keep the faith.
posted by Chief (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 5:31 AM Was not the same as last week officials gifted it to Villa Bournemouth beat us it hurts because didn’t do bad with our injuries not a bad game in hard conditions. But must learn to shut up shop away when goal up second halve. That said good goals by Bournemouth but as Fulham fan could of done better defending there first
posted by DMK (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 10:15 AM

Too many iffy players and a manager who sulks
posted by Keeper (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:27 PM Pathetic post
posted by DMK (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 10:17 AM

Both goals were well taken but definitely preventable. What was Leno doing with his leg wide open when Semenyo only had very tight angle to shoot. What was Cairney doing being turned so easily just outside the box and why were the defenders standing still. Bad day in the office.
posted by IohnC (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 8:54 PM Too many bad days in the office
posted by Keeper (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 8:59 PM Agree somewhat pathetic, especially after going in front again. Wonder why we signed young forward in loan if not ready to start or come on. Think Marco is trying to prove a dangerous point post transfer window disappointment. Should give the kid a chance, think Kevin tries to hard to be spectacular, but other loanie looks impressive, would definitely sign before someone else does. Just an opinion but why, at 6ft4 tall throw Berge upfront as temp centre forward and bring in another midfielder.
posted by Sussexcol (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:12 PM

Kevin is a waste of money
posted by Keeper (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 8:47 PM Keeper you expect miracles from Kevin and Rowe who are not on the pitch long enough. You should also look at players playing regular time and you can argue too much time with not much input...
posted by OWEN - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:07 PM We paid over £60 million for those two players so yes do expect them to come on and make a big positive impact
posted by Keeper (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:31 PM Perhaps the reason that shed loads of money wasn’t spent in window is because Mr Khan can see nearly £70 million pounds worth of money sitting on the bench and not actually playing. These players need to be on the pitch in some capacity from the start and not given 12-20 minutes. We do not know who the club were after or whether they wanted to join Fulham, whether current club were willing to sell and whether we were willing to meet demands. I was disappointed with lack of new players but our squad should be good enough. Seems like if iwobi isn’t clicking we are not so much of a threat.
posted by Sussexcol (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 7:35 AM It does not matter how much a player costs ,it does not improve his ability, a waste of money yes! but that is todays game I am afraid there is loads of the filthy stuff floating about
posted by worple (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 8:11 AM It’s the same all round. A majority of the players aren’t worth the money they are sold for or the wages they demand. We were offered a Chelsea player for £22 million, wonder if he would be sitting on bench. As mentioned in a previous post, Silva is playing a dangerous game if he is trying to prove a point over lack of incomings. Watched Dewsbury Hall the other night and he looked good, another one we were supposedly after that went elsewhere, as I mentioned before need to know all the circumstances. Unfortunately upfront we have two players who are not, currently, massive goal threats, perhaps we should look at who is club free and available. Wouldn’t cost club anything and perhaps wouldn’t demand excessive wages.
posted by Susexcol (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 8:47 AM

The reason Diop didn’t block the shot was because he had already been subbed, he was no longer on the pitch. Just when we needed our defenders he was taken off. He went off on 76 and their first goal was on 78.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Saturday 04th October 2025, 5:12 PM

What? Not Castagne's weak defending???
posted by OWEN - Friday 03rd October 2025, 8:41 PM That as well, but Leno should save
posted by Keeper (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 8:48 PM

ESR having a stormer.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 7:42 PM Smith Rowe in there will do a darn site better than King all day long. Marco Silva has lost it with this selected 11 tonight.
posted by OWEN - Friday 03rd October 2025, 7:52 PM

Great player, always admired Dean .
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 12:53 PM Light rain and moderate winds in Bournemouth, they are missing the worst of the storm.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 03rd October 2025, 1:46 PM Worse ground in prem if raining ,you walk for ages then get herded into a small square opening concrete floor with an old hut serving crap drinks no cover so if wet ,so will you be as cant get into ground till about 15 minutes before, been like that for many years no idea when any improvements comming
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 1:58 PM TTIN don’t pay attention to weather forecasts it’s bloody miserable here. Ling ball to Jonah methinks but he won’t make the bench I doubt.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 5:34 PM I don't understand that statement from Marco. Jonah he feels not ready? No focal point tonight. Hopefully a few changes second half with Smith Rowe in and bring on Traore to deliver in a few crisp crosses. Why is everyone copying Millwall and long throw?
posted by OWEN - Friday 03rd October 2025, 7:56 PM

‘You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skys are grey!’
posted by Kier Appeaser (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 8:01 PM Jonah Daniel Kusi-Asare. I sincerely hope it's him! We just need a focal point tomorrow even if he doesn't score. With Robbo back at left back we could also accomodate Sessegnon somewhere further up the pitch and get Smith Rowe in there behind Jonah the big forward. Experience counts for everything in this league and the likes of Smith Rowe will more likely get you a goal more than Josh King. Rowe looked razor sharp against Cambridge with a goal and i don't understand what Marco is thinking? I get it to a point when favoured Josh King is in there but for 90 minutes? I am not the best mathematician but the stats say that Smith Rowe is the better bet to get goals. Traore right wing all day long and he will put those slick crosses over no problem.The rest of our boys will sort it and Marco can have an easy night, providing he plays the right team. Why make life difficult like at Villa...
posted by OWEN - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 9:06 PM I agree Owen we have him and if he is useless shame but he shows presence and class we are onto winner as the two injured strikers have had enough chances to prove themselves and failed. The only other option is to play without a striker in a very planned way, which Marco very is good at.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 9:27 PM Muniz has just signed a 5 year contract, is that really the extent of our ambition, I despair but will still keep on supporting as they are the most error ridden club in the World. Great fun.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 03rd October 2025, 9:27 AM Play without a striker. Arsenal played without one for majority of their season and they still finished 2nd. So it can be done! Marco just need to show some flexibility in his tactics. I'd play both Smith Rowe and Josh, with ESR slightly highly up in what they call a false 9.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 2:11 PM TTIN, I think that you are being a little bit unfair To Muniz, when you say is that a limit to our ambitions when we signed him. If my memory serves me correctly, I think that he has been with us for about seasons now, and when he arrived, he was like a little boy lost, and not speaking a word of English, which was extremely difficult for him, and then he was shipped off to Boro' where he didn't know a soul, so he must have been completely bewildered by it all. When he returned to the club, and lot of us, including myself, would of happily driven him to the airport, to wave goodbye. However, under Marco, he knuckled down, and got on with learning English, and scored some very important goals. I know say, well done to the lad, andI am delighted that he has signed for 5 years or more, and he is obviously happy with us, and at this stage, we should give him a welcome hug, and I'm sure that he will replay or faith, once fit again, by scoring a few goals for us, and help us to head for Europe.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 5:35 PM

Ah, the Baker Street Irregulars.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 10:54 PM

Started by us with Johnny Haynes !
posted by Jim (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 4:52 PM Silly money is what the likes of Rashford is on. Somehow i don't think that Muniz is on anything over 50k.
posted by OWEN - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 9:17 PM

what makes you think the fans are not backing the team. yes, some of us were critical of the 2nd half display against Villa and maybe have questioned Marco's decision making in the same game. This does not mean the fans are not backing the teams - especially, Josh King! He will be the biggest product out of our academy!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 10:08 AM With the bad decisions we’re getting a lot of you are very harsh. And only put the bad points and not the good and don’t seem to realise how bad decisions can change a game specially when it keeps happening like Chelsea game, your doing your best and it happens again it drains your confidence, just feel some don’t see what a great bunch of players we have and manager mistakes happen there human . And don’t get me wrong I hurt every time they lose
posted by DMK (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 11:02 AM ITs ok Munez has signed a 5 year contract so will have big sell on fee.???.now for smith rowe to do same then we have a few bob in bank if other come calling , also king and robbo tie them down with big contracts 4/5 years, who knows we might compete with chelsea.????
posted by pointless (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 12:04 PM Big contracts big wages !!
posted by Ipiyombi (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 7:19 AM

Come back H7 all is forgiven
posted by Tailgater (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 5:56 AM In my view Marco is to loyal, do not change a team because a player has a bad game. If however a player is inconsistently poor he should be dropped. Pierra could not shoot straight and his free kicks an corners we dreadful, that is an area where we have improved incredibly. He should have dropped. You also have to appreciate for some reason supporters need a player to moan about and Smith-Rowe has inherited that title. He of course make a rod for his own back with his inconsistency, but if he had a regular place that might change. Marco set an aim to have two good players in each position which he has achieved. The most difficult positions to fill are the strikers. We have two who do not score regularly which is their function. We at least now have more goal scoring alternative in the team but we still have not solved. In Miro we had a value gen and those are not easy to replace with the money we have. A final point is the mental state of the players as against Villa when they equalised it was as if a shadow had fallen over us and we played badly from that point. Players must learn to control their minds and ever get depressed in match, for example if you striker has gone off injured find an effective way to play without them. They are professional and should know how to react. For top teams this sort of reaction is rare for us it happens often. If we want to become a top team we must act as one.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 7:47 AM TTIN' Smith Rowe should not have inherited a title of spare tyre. You guys need to understand and accept that we signed him and he should be first priority over Josh King. King is a huge talent but the minutes are stacking up and sooner or later someone has to decide if minutes is good economically, if that makes sense? Smith Rowe and goal returns is actually good and a reasonable return for minutes on the pitch. I will not win a popularity contest by saying that Smith Rowe would have given Fulham better returns for Fulham but i am going to say it regardless. What was the point of spending 39 odd million on Smith Rowe to leave him on limited game time on the bench? I like Marco and he is one of our best managers to manage Fulham but i think he has got this badly wrong. I admit and we can see the improvement in Josh King but at this level it needs to be more. We know our strikers are not that prolific but Jimenez has his limitations and Muniz is still young and raw but we need to grow him and see him mature. Smith Rowe i feel with more pitch time will improve his goal stats further than the six last year or was it 8?
posted by OWEN - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 8:16 PM Owen, open you eyes mate. Sometimes even top managers get it wrong,ESR is only able to manage 15 minutes. He's the little tubby kid at cubs who looks ok but can't stay off the donuts. Marco got stitched up, it happens.
posted by Ted (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 6:42 AM I'll say it again! No other club bid for Smith-Rowe and I quite like him. Let's hope Marco can get a tune.
posted by Turlough O'C. (Guest) - Thursday 02nd October 2025, 3:11 PM

We never lost it officials stole it just like Chelsea game we’re getting done up get of players and managers back what’s happening is well out of order
posted by DMK (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 9:09 PM Marco in his pre talk always spends nearly all of the time talking about how good the opposition is, a way of motivating the players to give their best. O course it does not work as something that happens on the pitch changes the situation.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 03rd October 2025, 1:42 PM

At University Starmer was into Abba, Motorhead, Simon and Garfunkel, the Clash and Orange Juice. He's great !
posted by Fergal (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 5:22 PM He also spent time in a Czechoslovakian work camp. Who knows what his communist masters planted in his head, after all, there’s plenty of room.
posted by Igor O’Stazi (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 6:38 PM Nigel has been accused by Lamey, of being in the Hitler youth. That was a miracle, as he wasn't even born then ! ! This government gets worse by the day, and whatever chance Starmer had of gaining ground, crashed majestically today, after his dreadful speech, and to think that we have got another 3 years of this traitor to the people of this once lovely country.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 7:18 PM Farage is right since this clowns got in there’s been nothing good to say about the uk made himself look stupid sounded like a Dalek with his hour long rant over farage actually think farage is right speeches like that crosses the boundary
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 6:15 PM Farage flying the flag is racist? Starmer and co waving the flags are the good and right? LOL'!!! Starmer is wooden and no personality and he is turns one way and that way as the wind blows. Is his wife Jewish? Nothing is real about Starmer and i think his public showing with his wife is staged; they don't look comfortable. I will say one thing about Tony Blair. He was slick with shiny teeth but he was a real personality with his wife Cherie and kids in public. Cherie Blair was chatty and real and the Blair family were warm towards labour minded people. I don't feel the love about Starmer, who is Starmer? Local elections next year i think he is gone. Write the Conservatives off with 100 and more mp's still in tow. I think they will make a surprise comeback because the Conservatives have a balance and more know-how on money business etc. In Covid and the Ukraine war, how better would Starmer and Labour be? Farage? none of his limited pot of MP's have the experience...
posted by OWEN - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 8:32 PM The Conservatives with Badenhoc in in toe will not win a raffle. They need to get their Leader and act together and drop the woke.
posted by OWEN - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 8:42 PM Notice how fat the Labour MPS are getting. Nothing like the gravy train to pile on the pounds, invest any spare cash you have in zip manufacturing, this lot are keeping a whole industry going.
posted by Paddy O’Greggs (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 9:09 PM And the poison dwarf Thunberg, looks she’s eaten that aid flotilla all by herself.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 11:04 PM

All managers make mistakes, Marco make less of them that is why he is a very good manager. I believe he has an obsession with having a team full of experienced players and any young player has to very, very good to come into his thoughts. Younger players give you more energy and have different ways of thinking. Even Muniz looks good at times except in his lack of scoring potential, which proves Marco's point, But if you are good enough you are old enough.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 12:55 PM

Jesus wept! What a miserable bastard you must be. We have 8 points from six games (plus a further 2 or 3 owed to us by VAR), on course for at least 50 points and after one poor second half you are talking about relegation? We have a brilliant emerging star 18 year old and a new signing who looks like he could brighten up the whole league,we are waiting for one of the best left backs to come back from injury and maybe even the long awaited main striker to come into the side and you think these are worrying times? Maybe you should follow bake off - I think football might be to stressful for you
posted by Eeyore (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 2:23 PM Eeyore, I am not a miserable bastard as you you so eloquently it, but an ardent, genuinely, long standing Fulham fan, who wishes nothing but the best for our club. However am I not allowed to voice my concerns over the next few fixtures. Hopefully, I am way off of the mark, and we win them all, and a lot depends on whether we can get Rual and Muniz back for these games. This time, we might actually be grateful for the the two week break.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 5:07 PM Eeyore i like your optimism but please do not take the good Lords name in vain. Jonah Kusi-Asare we await his debut and i hope there were good reasons he couldn't make the bench at Villa. Marco Silva didn't look interested are particularly excited about the win against Cambridge but there is a lot we should have taken from that game. Our squad is decent enough and we have January to tweak it if needed...
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 9:06 PM Eeyore, you are either a new poster or someone using another moniker to disguise your actual moniker. For your information, Craven is a long standing poster, knowledgeable, a genuine long term supporter of Fulham which unfortunately, you are not. I also support Owen’s comment regarding taking the Lord’s name in vain which many of us find unnecessary and abhorrent. Please be respectful when posting or alternatively, don’t post.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 9:25 AM

Sounds just the sort of young player we should sign. Maybe in the January window.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 10:49 PM We have signed him on loan with option to buy and he is in the squad.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 6:27 AM You have been told abruptly by Time!
posted by Krebs. (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 8:13 AM So why was he not on the bench at villa.
posted by pointless (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 10:52 AM Don't ask me, my theory is that Marco even in a desperate situation he would rather not play a young player. King has forced his way into the team because he looks the best player in the squad.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 11:25 AM He's not going to get a better chance to excel! with an option to buy, the current appetite for very tall strikers, we will find out in the next few weeks if we have gem!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 11:38 AM Harland was 16 when he transferred to Manchester City he played almost immediately and scored very quickly. I am not saying our signing is as good but until we try him we will not know.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 12:03 PM He was 21 When he joined citeh !
posted by Jim (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 12:38 PM You are correct, I apologise, I got false information from google after spelling his name wrong. Anyway if you are good enough you are old enough and however he has looked in training he need to play this week to see if can step up and surprise all of us.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 12:44 PM Luckily it looks like Jimenez, might be fit enough to play on Friday after all.
posted by AC (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 5:47 PM But Jimenez, is one of our two non-scoring strikers we need and alternative, perhaps no strikers for a change with a plan that makes that work.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 10:05 AM If he’s any good we will have to pay through the nose for him
posted by Ipotombi (Guest) - Wednesday 01st October 2025, 6:22 PM

VAR is looking for obvious mistakes by a ref, they have learnt from the King mess against Chelsea. For both our penalty you could see why the referee did not give them and why VAR could not see an obvious mistake.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 12:08 PM

1962 !
posted by Ted (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 1:53 PM Thanks
posted by Bill@USA (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 3:01 PM

If we had come in at half time 2-0 up we would still have lost as without a striker most of our fire power had gone and it was easy for villa to attack us. I blame Marco, we have an 18 year old striker who has scored lots of goals and should have been on the bench. Marco must know if only one of your strikers is injured the other will give his all, but his all last a few minutes and without a striker we looked rudderless.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 29th September 2025, 1:06 PM Definitely agree, Marco responsible for some serious errors of judgement. He appears very stubborn at times and extremely slow to respond to a change of circumstances or simply to adapt. Has a pre-match plan and seems determined to stick to it.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 2:41 PM Everyone is now noticing Josh King which of the teams that will not lose to a useless Villa will buu him in January.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 29th September 2025, 5:21 PM If we had come in two goals up we would not have lost villa fans snd team would have folded officials var and team selection done us again
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Friday 03rd October 2025, 7:29 AM

This is an ID card site. Keep your filthy football chat out of it.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Sunday 28th September 2025, 5:46 PM Sort your spelling out paddy, did you mean IDIOT
posted by Magic man (Guest) - Sunday 28th September 2025, 6:37 PM We got four very good players it was an excellent window. Trouble is none of the have forced there way into the team. This is Marco way of making a point even if he is wrong.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:38 PM Pretty sure it was Marco that pushed to sign Kevin. Need to give the guy a chance to settle in. Not sure if he even speaks English yet and he’s been playing for one of the best teams in a very poor league. Playing for Fulham in the best league in the world is a completely different proposition. Chuck looks like he could do a job for us but agree with most that we should have signed a striker (even before) Mitro left. Still think we’ll have a good season though although Bournemouth will be tough.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 29th September 2025, 6:00 AM We’re having a good season MST know team have beaten us yet only VAR and the officiating have beaten us so far, but if that carries on we could go down
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 8:14 AM I know it's early days, and we are sitting quite comfortably in 10th place, along with Chelsea and Brighton, but I have a horrible feeling that this season is beginning to look like we are in for a struggle to avoid being in a fight to stay up, basically because our obvious lack of a real striker. Even at this time of the season we can usually have a perspective as to which teams will be in a relegation fight, but this season it's going to be very hard to pinpoint, and it is not going to be a case of, we are far too good to go down. Even with only 8 points we could be much higher up the table, if our goal difference was better, which it isn't. Luckily Arsenal beat Newcastle yesterday saved us from dropping another place, and that is scary.
posted by Alan B (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 9:50 AM Good season, not to sure about that one win and villa pass us in table as bournmouth will be a duffing for sure.No 6/5 striker on bench, why ? traore on for raul !!!!what for , selections looking very iffy right now , two 30 mill players sit on bench for 60 minutes , yep thats money well spent.Sort it marco its your call .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 10:57 AM

A bit like your assessment of Watkins' ability to score, especially when he plays against us.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Sunday 28th September 2025, 5:35 PM He shouldn't have scored! If you guys think Watkins is great, fine by me. If Watkins is showing world cup form on that one we have no chance.
posted by OWEN - Sunday 28th September 2025, 5:39 PM I agree, but he did and that's what the record books will say.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Sunday 28th September 2025, 6:33 PM Record books can’t tell the story. If Var had done there job could of been 1-3 up at HT same with Chelsea and we’re be unbeaten this season
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 8:19 AM

Mr Angry I can't argue against that, as over the years, this type of results, have happened so many times, and it is getting beyond a joke. I could see this result coming for the whole week.
posted by AC (Guest) - Sunday 28th September 2025, 6:45 PM That was all Marco fault for not putting our 6ft 5 inches 18 year old striker on the bench. None of our midfielders have the characteristics of a striker. Marco does not like young players so did not put the 18 year old on the bench as their was a big risk he would play.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:43 PM Your right Mr Angry, and I know the reason why because your have the Ref and VAR on your side
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 8:22 AM

Once we lost our striker we fell apart. We forgot to attack and forgot to defend. WE played truly dreadfully. Even if we had been given those two dodgy penalties and were sy 3-0 at half time we would still of lost.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:46 PM Dodgy ? Stonewall penalties both of them !
posted by Jim (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 7:14 AM We were never winning that game the powers that be be showed that. The time it took to give our first goal they didn’t want to give it . Looked so hard for something. Not saying Watkins goal was offside but very close they hardly looked two stone wall pens not given. Even with second halve mistakes we would of got point and in winning position may not of made them
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 8:36 AM Thought the lead up to there goal was close but no one mentioned it not the final movement
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 6:01 PM

Agree MST typical supporters after ten minutes he was the greatest player. But to be fair he doesn’t look anything like a £35 million player. His performance against Cambridge was woeful and today when you need your star signing to show up he didn’t.
posted by Mr Angry (Guest) - Sunday 28th September 2025, 5:08 PM He put in the team and forced to stay their like the rest of the team who are picked even if another player in the squad is better.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:35 PM Yes MST to quick to over hype to quick to have a pop. He’s young in new country just show some support
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 8:41 AM Kevin has enough skill to win some games for us. For £35m you cannot get a player who is good all the time, they cost £120m with wages we cannot afford.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 30th September 2025, 1:01 PM

It was the worst Fulham performance I can remember, we seemed embarrassed at taking the lead and did not know what to do without a striker.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 28th September 2025, 10:50 PM We started so well,got our goal we were all over them. 2 penalties denied us referee and VAR were awful Villa came out 2nd half and unlike us took there chances which unfortunately for us yesterday cost us the points.
posted by Chief (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 5:59 AM We were not great but better than than them could have been 3-0 up to stonewall pens officials were poor and keeps happening it will knock stuffing out of players. There only human
posted by DMK (Guest) - Monday 29th September 2025, 8:47 AM This is what Sess said and I agree with him: “We started the game very well and then conceded quite a bizarre first goal, and then I think we kind of just collapsed to be honest with you".
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 29th September 2025, 1:13 PM