You sound like a turkey voting for Christmas!
posted by Keep on Truckin. (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 2:27 PM Regardless of your means, if you pay NI all your working life you should always be entitled to state pension otherwise, what’s the point??
posted by MST (Moderator) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 3:53 PM They will start on the rich and then move onto the ordinary folk... you will be a pensioner one day.
posted by Krebs. (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 5:19 PM Kids can’t buy a house because too many people are chasing too few houses. Think the phrase too many people is important. Labour was purportedly the champion of the working class but it appears they want to concentrate on imported non working individuals who will drain the system more quickly and efficiently than British pensioners ever will. Tories are the same but Labour will accelerate the process. Immigration and net zero will destroy the UK and some idiot puts up a post blaming hard working pensioners. O’Doors is retiring early next year and the UK exchequer will get nothing from him from then onwards. They will not fritter another penny of mine on detritus.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 5:36 PM Agreed Paddy... plus Labour won't get away with blaming the Tories forever.
posted by Krebs. (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 5:55 PM I worked from the age if 14, so I have paid my taxes for every year of my working life, and I have lived under Labour, Conservatives and a coalition government, and by far the worst, have always been Labour governments, as they are rip off merchants, and always will be, and having this lot in charge is going be hell, over the next five and it will be like being in prison under a dictatorship under Mr flip flop, the awful Keir Starmer, and the even worse, the completely useless Rachel Reeves. They conned the electorate with their promises of change, and you Labour voters will now live to target it, as yes it is change, but a change for armageddon.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 6:19 PM PS Pointless; my state pension is the higher amount of £12,380 pa because I paid the higher rate of NI for 30+ years. May I remind you that the minimum wage is nearly double that at c£23,000!!!! Just because I saved all my life as well so that I can live a little less stressfully, why should I give up my "few hundred quid a week". You should be ashamed of yourself for even considering such a post!! In addition, my wife worked for the NHS most of her life caring for people and saving lives, paying into a government pension that has been massively reduced by 65% under the last Labour government and has an additional state pension of £11,542 when she can eventually retire at age 67 (I will be 70)!! Today's society want everything given to them on a plate today and don't want to save and work hard for anything - your post reads like you may be sat in one of those seats pointless! Lastly, I would also like to point out that some of us had to hold down three jobs when interest rates were more than double what they are now in the 1980's!! Rant over but perhaps a better thought through argument from you next time!!
posted by MST (Moderator) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 7:21 PM The law of supply and demand, which all business follow, says if their is a shortage to increase price to a level the customer will pay, if the there is a surplus prices will fall to a level that the supplier will not make a big loss.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 07th September 2024, 8:09 PM

Very optimistic!! Let’s wait and see. We learned our lessons the hard way with loan players. I can’t remember many done well in recent years except maybe Andersen. General problem if most of these loaned players have their own agenda (which I can understand) and whatever they say, their priority is not Fulham FC.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 8:32 AM Just wanted to say the game on the 14th against West Ham with home advantage is tough and i think we will have to raise our levels and our game. They got a spanking from Man City and the big giant at his best already going into this season. West Ham created some good chances and coming away with a loss they should have gotten at least two goals. Our current game level is not good enough to beat the Hammers, Marco will have to change something...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 07th September 2024, 10:07 AM Apart from last seasons 5-0 win over West Ham, they have been a bit of a bogey team to us, both at home and away, and to do the double over them, was quite unbelievable, so they will no doubt be looking out a bit of revenge. Saying that, we are no pushover now, and I will be a bit surprised, and rather disappointed, if we don't come out with at least a point from next weekend's encounter.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 1:13 PM

Heath and safety factors, mainly getting an effective entrance on Putney riverside.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 06th September 2024, 8:17 PM Riverside to fully open 25/26 season...
posted by Ted (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 11:00 PM What a bleedin farce, 100,mill and cant put a door in .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 12:04 PM All the various hospitality options will open for Southampton game on Dec 21. i.e.two "Originals" lounges, Thames Bar, Gourmet lounge and the Skydeck. At the moment there is "The Dugout" facility as the only hospitality option open. As it is it's quite a scrum on the concourse on match days, so filling the middle sections, without the hospitality lounges open for them to go into, will tip another load of people into the general melee. So its hard to see the stand being fully open before then i.e. Dec 21
posted by phild - Saturday 07th September 2024, 1:29 PM All the various hospitality options will open for Southampton game on Dec 21. i.e.two "Originals" lounges, Thames Bar, Gourmet lounge and the Skydeck. At the moment there is "The Dugout" facility as the only hospitality option open. As it is it's quite a scrum on the concourse on match days, so filling the middle sections, without the hospitality lounges open for them to go into, will tip another load of people into the general melee. So its hard to see the stand being fully open before then i.e. Dec 21
posted by phild - Saturday 07th September 2024, 1:29 PM

Where did you copy and paste that from?
posted by Barney (Guest) - Thursday 05th September 2024, 10:27 PM Disaster for Ffc!
posted by Waiting for... (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 5:00 AM Source main Fulham website so correct news
posted by Barney (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 7:26 AM Pajatizi goes on terrible loans abroad why can’t they find him a loan in the EFL. The secret scout rated him as one of the very best midfielders in the country I can see him being released on a free now they have given this club an option to buy but they so small they won’t be able to even pay his wages
posted by Barney (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 7:32 AM Where does it say there is an option to buy? You just made that part up.
posted by Horsham White (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 11:01 AM He will end up leaving Fulham as first team minutes under Marco extremely hard to come by for the lad
posted by Ted (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 4:08 PM Pajatizi last loan he asked to come back early he quoted its not like London I can’t imagine it went down well, to me you either want to earn good money or work in macdonalds he’s coming up to 22 I think he’s burnt a few bridges.
posted by MickTheBeard - Saturday 07th September 2024, 2:30 AM Now he is 22 somebody will buy him he is not good enough for the squad. At least we get decent money for him.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 07th September 2024, 11:12 AM

It's pay up or shut up...
posted by Barney (Guest) - Thursday 05th September 2024, 10:28 PM Two Tier Kier won’t have to pay. Not even for the ‘trendy’ clothes and glasses he’ll be wearing. Or the drinks, travel to the venue………….
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 5:49 AM

Let us see how many goals Muniz score by then, assuming we start getting the ball forward more often to him.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 7:45 PM What about singing in the rain .
posted by Gene K (Guest) - Thursday 05th September 2024, 1:20 PM I’d rather have Ron Greenwood. He might be dead, but at least he’s not a rapist.
posted by Allo Allo (Guest) - Thursday 05th September 2024, 7:49 PM A former Celtic player of course. And father of Debbie.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 06th September 2024, 6:24 PM

My big concern on this is an agent pushing a young man (20) to do what he does not want to do to make money, when he’s ment to be looking after him. It seems if you watched it unfold on deadline day the player had know say as the agent had him going to Everton Forest and fulham while he tied to fill his pocket with cash. When are clubs going to stick together and refuse to use this agents. Yes the young man was weak when I was that age would have told him where to go and sacked him. Yes could of cost us a lot of money and a unhappy player on our hands, while a agent fills his pocket’s
posted by DMK (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 8:47 AM I think the opposite
posted by Jim (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 8:53 AM You can think what you like Jim boy that’s what this board about all have different views what ever your opposite is
posted by DMK (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 9:32 AM Reminds of the Hungarian fella berbatoff think his name was, who didn't mind picking up he's pay packet but didn't want to play
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 8:08 PM But when he did play it made your heart sing. He was Tibetan by the way.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 8:29 PM He was a coaster , Yakety Yak .
posted by John (Guest) - Thursday 05th September 2024, 9:46 AM

Tony Khan signings! Look at the transfer policies of Brentford & Brighton...plus they have signed still young ex Fulham players.
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 4:30 AM More importantly with potential!
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 5:42 AM Khan promised Marco a winger and we tried everywhere to get one and when time ran out, we got Neilson on loan. I suspect he was not on our top 3 or even 5 targets. We got Neilson on loan and if he’s rubbish, we’d just send him back so it was a good move under the circumstances. But silly to suggest Iwobi asked Khan to bring his friend (not even sure they are good mates) in. All signing decisions are made by Khan and Marco. It was a bit strange going for a Targett unless there was a risk of losing Robinson in the final days of the transfer window. Overall, it was a decent transfer window.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 7:54 AM Still tony khan signings! Palace replaced Andersen with a younger player for half the price...and we know why Andersen moved...£150,000 wk.
posted by Krebs (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 8:27 AM Marco will say the positions we wants to fill the HR people will suggest possible player to fill the position and he will probably rank them and the recruiters will go and see who they can get. I am sure Marco watches lots of football and has recognised what a talent Anderson is.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 9:38 AM Krebs he wasn’t going to come for £50K a week was he…. Get real
posted by Dellers (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 12:06 PM Well Dellors, that took a lot of working out...
posted by Krebs (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 12:56 PM Dellers...
posted by Krebs (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 12:57 PM Well spotted sub...
posted by Krebs (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 12:58 PM Moan, moan, moan, seriously. This is what is wrong with this country, so f@#king entitled. You put your money up, you get to choose who signs. In the meantime enjoy the ride that is being a Fulham fan if you are, really, at all.
posted by Ted (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 10:58 PM Commentary on the transfer policy @ Ffc...
posted by Spizz'53. (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 5:40 AM Probably half as good as well 150 per week unlikely 70 tops
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 8:20 AM Most of the press is complementing Fulham how well they have done in the transfer market. Why do the so call Fulham fans who inhabit this site moan about everything and anything.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 06th September 2024, 11:26 AM

Christ! Makes me yearn for the halcyon days of Luke Harris.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 7:50 PM Unlike some, I was trying to be helpful.
posted by bigboy4650 - Monday 02nd September 2024, 7:53 PM So silva looks at a lot of football don’t tell Everton fans that they bought iwobi was bought for aprox 33 thousand sold to us for 22 mil lucky iwobi the Nigerian fans aren’t happy,everton fans weren’t happy,last few games not very good,silvas happy,now we have got rid of homegrown stansfield,room for mr injury prone Richardson shall we say 45 mil.I just love watching Bassey and iwobi play fighting on the training ground,imagine sitting down trying to talk tactics to those two,have they got those cars where the doors fall off.
posted by MickTheBeard - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 9:22 PM So silva looks at a lot of football don’t tell Everton fans that they bought iwobi was bought for aprox 33 thousand sold to us for 22 mil lucky iwobi the Nigerian fans aren’t happy,everton fans weren’t happy,last few games not very good,silvas happy,now we have got rid of homegrown stansfield,room for mr injury prone Richardson shall we say 45 mil.I just love watching Bassey and iwobi play fighting on the training ground,imagine sitting down trying to talk tactics to those two,have they got those cars where the doors fall off.
posted by MickTheBeard - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 9:22 PM MickTheBeard, as usual you are giving wrong information as listed in the transfermarket Alex Iwobi was purchased by Everton for €30.40m and sold for a fee of €25.70m to Fulham so I am not sure why you have always to talk as if you know everything making up facts for your little agenda !
posted by Morpheus The God of Dreams and Sleep (Guest) - Thursday 05th September 2024, 1:30 PM

How right you are.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 3:59 PM I am back as a member and the previous post was not me. Just another stupid idiot.
posted by bigboy4650 - Monday 02nd September 2024, 4:41 PM bigboy... don't rise upto the wind-up merchant's!
posted by Spizz'53. (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 5:37 PM I am not rising up SpIzz I just consider it to be infantile to shelter behind a cloak of anonymity and using someone else’s moniker.
posted by bigboy4650 - Monday 02nd September 2024, 6:10 PM Iwobi 30 odd mill to Everton and 20odd mill to fulham he is now 28 and he is following Wilson’s approach of 1 game in 4 worth their slot not worth the money have restructured my previous question so the person who replied earlier will realise that he’s far from a perfit fit a luxury player who isn’t the answer and definitely not captain material .
posted by MickTheBeard - Saturday 07th September 2024, 2:47 AM

Your email address must be linked to where you live, who you are and the device you use.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 4:14 PM How do foreign criminals claim benefits from made up addresses then? How is your e mail linked to your address?
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 9:08 PM

Usually six weeks before the game.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 1:38 PM We play them in four weeks.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 2:41 PM

BIG BOY , can you tell me how you cracked it, are you no longer a guest? , would like to know the secret, tried for at least two years on and of.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 1:08 PM Sorry reading your post further down assumed you got lucky , how ever as aboev seems you still cant get it right.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 1:09 PM If you’ve used a different device from last time, you’ll need to login again…
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 1:37 PM did that work?
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 10:22 AM Read my post sent on 2 September.
posted by bigboy4650 - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 10:15 AM

It’s not you LTS. There is no option to play the extended highlights for the Ipswich game!!
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 12:53 PM I watched the extended highlights yesterday, but you must have a Fulham account to see them and then log in.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 3:49 PM Why not use YouTube, were there's plenty of Fulham coverage.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 6:15 PM TTISN, I am a fully paid up member of the official Fulham website, and I can log in easily with the short version, but not the extended highlights.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 8:41 PM That is very puzzling.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 8:52 AM https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2024/august/31/extended-highlights--ipswich-town/
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 8:54 AM Did that work for you.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 2:35 PM Sorry, you have to pay the £50 membership fee to get all Fulham TV, this was not the case last season ticket gave you access.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 3:31 PM I have written to Fulham ask why season ticket holders have lost their Fulham TV privileges.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 05th September 2024, 11:42 AM

Sorry Owen, dont think Sess has enough to play the competition for places is hotting up. Castagne is pushing Tete Cuenca will be looking at Bassey's place, he can certainly knock a long ball very well as seen when playing against Birmingham. Andersen for Diop looks a certainty, once again the ability to supply long diagonals accurately the bonus.Berg and Lukic look to be the partnership in the middle with Berg's height the bonus. Forward players Iwobi Perrera and Smith-Rowe, Central strikers Muniz and Jiminez width supplied by Traore, Nelson and Wilson. Cairney, Reed and young King especially must be given game time. Don't think he will make the subs bench against West Ham.
posted by dennynot21 (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 9:55 PM Sorry Owen Sess not able to command a place in the current team. Don't think he will make the subs bench against West Ham.
posted by denny (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 9:57 PM Didn't Sess have a hamstring problem @ Spurs?...so he won't be running full tult.
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:28 PM Berg looked class when he came, if Castagne was better than Tete last season why is he not this season and we all no how good Anderson is. Marco has a very good reason to make changes as we have not played well in any of our four game.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 7:01 AM Diop ‘s been our best defender this season difficult to drop him
posted by Fulham supporter (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 8:14 AM I would say Diop has been our fourth best defender.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 1:08 PM I would say Diop is our fourth best defender.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 1:12 PM I would say Diop is our fourth best defender.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 1:16 PM I would say Diop is our 4th best defender.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 1:18 PM I would say Issa Diop our 4th best defender.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 1:23 PM I would suggest we have three defenders who have been better than Diop.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 1:25 PM If we have I’ve not seen a better one in his position so far this season
posted by Ipotombi (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 5:09 PM If we have I’ve not seen a better one in his position so far this season
posted by Ipotombi (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 5:11 PM

We lost to Man United. Says it all unfortunately
posted by Dellers (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 6:21 PM i do hope you stay up but not looking very convincing ,also very boring to watch
posted by dean (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 9:33 PM If we start playing better we will consistently win games as on paper at least we have a better, younger and fitter squad than we had last season.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 8:35 AM Dean, I can't say I wish then same for you, as I hope that the hoof it club do go down, as I fully expect you to. You say we are boring, but your lot are unwatchable. One lucky win, when a referees error helped you beat Palace, and now you have beaten your relegation companion Southampton, and you suddenly think that you are a good side, which you are not. Never mind you can always follow the lads from the Cottage in the Premier League next season.
posted by AC (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 2:04 PM i have been to the cottage many times
posted by dean (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 7:57 PM Liar .
posted by Stan (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 10:33 PM Liar a little strong without evidence, how about a few facts fulham was going to be fulham park rangers ,jimmy hill listed the building ,ernie clay was going to sell the club.
posted by dean (Guest) - Tuesday 03rd September 2024, 8:13 PM

Because of what ?
posted by Jim (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 4:55 PM You don’t know?
posted by Dellers (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 6:20 PM Dwellers, I agree with you and I warned last season before we Manu that we had previous with him and sure enough he went to town on us. He appears to hate London clubs and living within a few miles of Manu’s ground I suspect he is a closeted fan. The FA should keep a close eye on his performances this season.
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 01st September 2024, 6:24 PM Nope . enlighten me .
posted by Jim (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 6:54 PM

As I have found, if you start a thread praising the Club in anyway you will be ignored. Most of the contributors are trouble makers and moaners and what ever the support team, the owner, the manager and the players do they never improve in anyway in their eyes.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 3:54 PM

Just what i put in post further down big boy, tried few times you wont get a return because it aint your correct email address.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:44 AM Thank you and MST, I believe I have cracked it. I must add I think it was more by luck than ability. I was brought up, when abacuses were still being used.
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 01st September 2024, 3:30 PM Haha me too BB. Glad you got it sorted :0))
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 8:44 AM

100% agree, our midfield is fragmented. All of our rivals i.e. Brentford and Bournemouth are organised and scoring goals for fun. This mess is purely down to the management who will be held accountable if we inevitably end up getting relegated
posted by Loyal White (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 12:08 PM Loyal White, glad you agree but, I believe we are capable of finishing in the top ten with the present squad once Marco realises changes need to be made.
posted by bigboy.4650 (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 12:38 PM It will take a while for the players to get back to their match best and for the new signings to fully understand what is required of them. As has already been said it can take 10 games before full realisation of how good or bad your team is. Yesterday was a poor performance, but against such an all action team like Ipswich we defended very well to come away with a draw. We really did not play that well against Leicester, but scraped a win. If we can win and draw when paying badly, we should do a lot better if we can start playing well.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 12:58 PM And who is going to be scoring those important goals?
posted by Loyal White (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 1:08 PM Our big aggressive centre forward Muniz who will score enough goals for us to forget Mitro.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 1:59 PM

What is amusing is marco stating its very hard playing at ipswich, really ? how would he know he has never played there to my knowledge, and why hard ,has he for got the prem grounds we play in every week are they easy ?? just thinking out loud.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:42 AM You only batter teams when every thing you do in a match works. Those two 5 0 we had were just like that, virtually every time we attacked we scored. Yesterday we scored from probably the only decent attack we had.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 1:04 PM Fulham played at Portman Road last season in the Carabao Cup. And you expect us to take your opinion seriously?
posted by Visitor (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 3:00 PM Fulham played at Portman Road last season in the Carabao Cup. And you expect us to take your opinion seriously?
posted by Visitor (Guest) - Monday 02nd September 2024, 3:00 PM Ipswich have acquired Premier League quality players.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 02nd September 2024, 3:57 PM

Silva can’t complain he selects and picks the players
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:37 AM The players are quality but they are not doing what he tell them. He did not tell them to keep passing backwards and create virtually nothing.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 1:10 PM

I still think we have too many No 10s. Periera is wasted further back and doesn't provide much help to Lukic, definitely should have been closer to Delap and not allow him to run so far or have an unobstructed shot. Berge looked better when he came on. Iwobi is not a left winger hence why Robinson was pushed up so far leaving a hole for a quick counter attacking team to use this space. ESR, I'm not sure where he really plays and I'm not sure he knows what his role is yet. The reality is we struggled to get the ball to the midfield and from there to the forward players, often relying on a big punt up to Muniz or Traore, seldom picking up the second ball. I suspect Nelson is a direct replacement for Willian and Andersen and Berge will be regulars. That mean we have Iwobi, ESR and Periera to alternate in the attacking midfield space.
posted by Hints - Sunday 01st September 2024, 8:04 AM What are you on about,decent point there a good side,Marco wants to play a settled side and we don’t know how they train all week.
posted by Chief (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 9:08 AM Thought we was a bit under par should have matched there intensity level then imposed ourselves always bad playing Newley promoted sides first up ( still think it was a bad result not a disaster a loss would have been
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:50 AM Berg looked class when he came, if Castagne was better than Tete last season why is he not this season and we all no how good Anderson is. Marco has a very good reason to make changes as we have not played well in any of our four game.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 1:18 PM

Can Fulham practice their throw in routines as Kenny Tete had so many throw ins on the right side but hardly any found a Fulham player.
posted by Bertuvius (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 4:47 AM Why is playing Tete when Castagne is different class. He must have recovered from the European Championships by now. Why is he not starting with Berger who also looks different class. The team seem to have forgotten how to pass forward.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 6:53 AM It is not the striker fault if that ball is rarely passed to him. Mitro used to score about one in three chances, Muniz is not given three chances.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 01st September 2024, 6:57 AM

He wanted to go to Birmingham third choice at FFC good deal for everyone
posted by Fulham supporter (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 7:51 PM Thought you’ve always claimed to be Danish?
posted by MST (Moderator) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:03 PM Axminster is around 30 miles East of Exeter !
posted by Dave (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:10 PM My father is Dansk and my mother English!
posted by Rich of Cambridge (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 10:02 PM Which makes you ?
posted by Mike (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 7:48 AM Whether you like it or not you are a native of the country of your birth
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:54 AM

The Birmingham manager has said Luke Harris took a knockto his ankle in the game on the weekend that’s why he was withdrawn early but the player ratings did say he was hardly involved in the game. A scan has revealed Harris will be out for over a month
posted by Ted (Guest) - Wednesday 04th September 2024, 6:22 AM

Are Leicester a bottom team ?
posted by Mal (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:05 PM Silva's mask is beginning to slip, does he really know what he's doing. Been blagging it long enough now. Lets see how he does next week against wet spam
posted by Yoyo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:12 PM Seeing as we're not playing them next week !
posted by Bob (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:17 PM I stand corrected forgive me. Even the dons beat Ipswich during the week and we just about hold out for a draw while silva makes 3 changes right at the end to waste time like we were winning
posted by Yoyo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:29 PM More whine on the board! It will be mid table again. Imagine being Everton?!
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:33 PM T.NO, did we lose today. No we didn't, so don't be so downhearted, as that was a hard fought, and thoroughly deserved point, in a very difficult away fixture, and we went one down quite early on. However we are not an easy pushover these days and we came back with a good goal, and never looked like conceding again. It will take a few games before we settle in with a regular line up, and once our new players, and Marco have sorted it out. It will all come together after a few games, and we will be on our way up the table, which has hardly started yet.
posted by Brian from Sussex (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:48 PM Could have been worse just felt we let them dominate us
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:57 AM

If we did not keep giving the ball away and passed the ball forward occasionally we would have got more goals. This is our away game disease where the players stop playing. Our goal came from our only decent move in the match.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:15 PM

If Jay Stansfield had have played we would have won against Ipswich.
posted by LOR (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 4:57 PM We need to take a leaf out of bournmouth's book. At least we managed a draw though. Next
posted by Yoyo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:05 PM In this game there were chances that Jay would have taken.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:08 PM Muniz had two half chances in the match and now he is useless. If we can learn to keep the ball and get it forward quickly he will get decent chances and score. It is not the strikers fault if the rest of the team is playing badly.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 7:41 PM

Ipswich happy with draw we have been toothless again
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 4:48 PM Think Ipswich will be the best of promoted sides will be a handfull at home against bottom clubs
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 12:00 PM Dulap had a blinder touch of the mitros about him
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 12:01 PM

Get Perreira off and Cairney on to play central and then push Smith Rowe further forward to play off the striker ….if we do that we will get some joy
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 4:33 PM Silva sort your midfield out Perreira and Smith Rowe can’t play together in a flat three midfield
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 4:46 PM Should have sold peirerra and invested money more wisely. His distribution, corners and free kicks rarely contribute to much, and his crap pass today gifted Ipswich with a goal. Sure some people on this board will try and blame sasic who again looks a good player if given the right role and chance. Again nothing upfront for the second year, can’t keep crying over the fact that Mitrovic has gone, too content in buying multiple mid fielders. No way that Muniz and Jimineze will set the premiership alight. Luckily there will be at least three teams worse than us and we will,stay up.
posted by Sussex col (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:09 PM Sussex col you say that there will be three worse teams than us so we will stay up! Really, not a second year of mediocre performances for the increased cost of our season tickets. There are no Club Card points in the Premiership, we better look sharp or we could be in trouble by Christmas. Fact.
posted by Rich of Cambridge (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 6:54 PM

Maybe make one up and see if that works??
posted by MST (Moderator) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:07 PM Tried it , nothing comes back to you no matter how many times you try it,..has to return to your original email address.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Sunday 01st September 2024, 11:22 AM

Perhaps saying we were after a striker was a way of incentivising our two men up front who must now prove their worth and prove we do not need another striker.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 1:20 PM Every club want a 20 goal a season striker at least our squad looks better,players we lost apart from Stansfield we’re getting on a bit we spent a few quid
posted by Chief (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 1:27 PM

When I start a thread saying how clever the management of Fulham are nobody says anything because everyone but me on this site are inveterate moaners.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:18 PM

be careful Mick or you will be accused of not being a Fulham fan...you make a fair rationale
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 11:29 AM will silva be happy with the transfer business, loses Palhinha gets Berge, loses Ream, Tosin gets Andersen, Cuenca, loses Willian gets Smith Rowe, loses Deco-Reid gets Sess, but crucially loses Mitrovic and never replaced. This is not a squad making progress with leaps and bounds. Also we lost Rodak as well.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 11:36 AM usual negativity from all five of you.
posted by pretend scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 12:39 PM Perfectly true words , staring us in the face very average buys.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 1:14 PM Yep , your right beano , small bentford are going down , cheerio.
posted by Bee Swatter (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 3:43 PM Should have kept Stansfield and given him a chance, can’t be any worse than Jiminez and Muniz. Scored a good goal against Birmingham. Lack of insight I think, all these players we have the ability to produce and develop and them move on. Good luck to Stansfield and Birmingham
posted by Sussex col (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:15 PM We are rarely very good away, getting a draw from a team that played better than us is a good result in my mind.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 5:21 PM

we all want the best for our team, supporters will support and does not negate criticism, it can be healthy. Just blindly supporting isn't.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 11:39 AM Why is it always ten games or xmas we have to wait?,that thirty points max we could lose and then start worrying, really .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 1:17 PM

Scout' trust me we will be alright no worries. There are so many potential goal getters behind Muniz who will get us goals this season. The pressure is off Muniz because there is no big name striker coming in to cramp his style. Marco Knows what he is doing and i would suggest that we all relax sit back and enjoy our best season under Marco Silva. I hope my words don't come back to haunt me, lol...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:09 AM I have been quietly reflecting on our transfer window, and overall I think we have done pretty well, and that sadly includes losing Jay Stansfield. However I have to agree that although a talented young man, he is talented for the division he will now be playing in, and hopefully for both him and Birmingham, he will do OK next season in the Championship, but talented in the Premier League was never going to happen, so we have manipulated a good deal for the lad. I must admit I know very little about Reiss Nelson, although an Arsenal ST holder friend of mine, tells m e that he is a good player with a lot of pace. My main worries are injuries up front, with very little back ups, but I seem to have more faith in Rual that most on this board. He was a prolific scorer for Wolves, so you don't lose that knack overnight.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:57 AM It was a win win deal for Fulham and Stansfield. The only party taking risk is Birmingham, who have now committed £35-40m to this deal, including 7 years worth of salary! For Fulham, if owners choose to, with the FFP, we can spend another £60m in January. For Stansfield, he’s family is now set financially for life with a contract worth £17-18m. You have to remember Stansfield isn’t a kid anymore - he’s 21. Most elite players he’s age would have 50-100 games under their belt. Remember when we sold Sess to Spurs, he’s already played like 150 games and score 30-40goals. Look what happened to him. You could argue he should have stayed. Who knows what he could have been but he’s financially secured now whatever happens. Also some fans want a romantic tale. Stansfield isn’t one of ours like Sess, he joined us at 16 . So don’t blame Stansfield. So a win win for both parties. We wish Stansfield well.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 10:12 AM Owen always appreciate your comments and agree the goals will have to come from elsewhere but not sure there is enough goals in those players, Parreira, Traore, Wilson will not weigh in, S-R and iwobi are possibles to get ten each, we will need that from them.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 11:33 AM One day, hopefully in the far distant future, Scout, you will actually say something positive about Fulham, but I'm not holding my breath.
posted by Brian from Sussex (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 12:00 PM

He was never going to make a Premier League level striker and we are a Premier League Club. We got good money for him in the circumstance.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:46 AM Stansfield was a lightweight, good business
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:03 AM Emotionally, I'm with you. Think Stansfield is great and want him to stay and develop at the club. However, at the moment, he's not a Premier League goal scorer which is what we need, for Jay it makes sense as he's going to be the main man at a club that loves him and he'll get loads of game time. Financially for the club the £15-20m transposes to much more in purchasing power as he came through the academy. Not a bad bit of business really.
posted by SgtFargo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:16 AM Emotionally, I'm with you. Think Stansfield is great and want him to stay and develop at the club. However, at the moment, he's not a Premier League goal scorer which is what we need, for Jay it makes sense as he's going to be the main man at a club that loves him and he'll get loads of game time. Financially for the club the £15-20m transposes to much more in purchasing power as he came through the academy. Not a bad bit of business really.
posted by SgtFargo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:16 AM Emotionally, I'm with you. Think Stansfield is great and want him to stay and develop at the club. However, at the moment, he's not a Premier League goal scorer which is what we need, for Jay it makes sense as he's going to be the main man at a club that loves him and he'll get loads of game time. Financially for the club the £15-20m transposes to much more in purchasing power as he came through the academy. Not a bad bit of business really.
posted by SgtFargo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:16 AM Its a shame to see him go. But good for Jay and good for the club. Pretty sure we got more him than our other academy assets when selling to PL clubs. Good business really.
posted by SgtFargo (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:34 AM

Muniz will surprise everyone as he behaves and acts and performs like a top striker and when the goals start flowing soon he will be one. We have a much better squad than last season and consequently will do a lot better this season. Europe is possible.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:43 AM Muniz is big and strong and he is built for the prem and now we need goals from him. Stansfield is a good player but i think his build in the Micheal Owen image doesn't quite stack up somehow if that makes sense. Look at Chris Woods, Haarland, Toney, our Muniz etc? Managers. like the big boys it seems and it makes sense. The rigours and demand of a prem season is enormous and i think the big guys win over the little uns lol. The way how we are set up this season says a lot also. Smith Rowe can play behind a striker and he will get goals along with our new loanee from Arsenal who looks rapid. You can just see more goals flowing from our midfield more than ever this season and Sessegnon is not goal-shy. Trust me' the clever move by Marco not to add to another striker on top of what we have will give the likes of Muniz more slack and less pressure and he looks primed to get goals. If all else fails we definitely have our boys behind Muniz who will get goals. If plan 'A' falls flat, we do have a window after Christmas so relax and enjoy Marco's best season as Fulham manager me-thinks...
posted by OWEN - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:02 AM Some pundits are now talking about Fulham’s lack of fire power. Warnock on radio 5 correctly stated that Muniz had a short spell of scoring goals but then went dry and Jimenez has been a shadow of the player since his serious head injury. We don’t have anything else to offer. All this over hype for Muniz is totally deluded, this was a player who couldn’t cut it even in the Championship.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:08 AM

Max top earner is on 22k
posted by Roc (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 6:47 AM Not our business, what his wages are. Just shame we couldn't keep him.
posted by MG (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 7:14 AM Well if you put it like that it's not our business if the club decides to let him go and your shame doesn't even come in to it
posted by Roc (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 7:49 AM Good luck to Stansfield but Bham are doing a Chelsea. They happen be both owned by Americans. Spending 35m and paying 40k salaries is unlikely be FFP sustainable unless they are promoted to the premier league within 2 or 3 seasons.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:33 AM Maybey ffc don’t repay future talent with wages to match often hear of our wage structure when theses lads leave normally four far bigger wages as for stansfield 20 % of sell on fee if he comes good represents a good outcome that 15 mill could double at least
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:48 AM Stansfield is no loss he was never going to make a Premier League striker.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:48 AM

I cannot express just how disappointed I am to see Jay Stansfield go, I thought he would be a first team regular goal machine this season and home grown at that.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 4:50 AM I've been crying all night since the news broke about Stano it took hours taking the poster down, I still have hope Luke Harris gets in the team and on a positive note we still have Carlos Vinícius
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 6:30 AM Stansfield is not a Premier League striker fact. We did very well to get a good deal for him.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:50 AM The above person is not me. Just be a good little boy and go away.
posted by bigboy4650 Genuine (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:38 AM

Agree
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 11:55 PM Disagreed
posted by Ted (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 6:43 AM We have a much stronger and younger squad that last season and will get a high place in the League.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:51 AM

The opposite is true.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:52 AM

At least we won’t breach FFP rules
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 11:56 PM Agreed
posted by Ted (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 6:44 AM

So it looks like we have sold Jay Stansfield to Birmingham for 12m, which is huge for a Division 1 club, but we have just robbed Ipswich of Reiss Nelson at the last minute.
posted by Brian from Sussex (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 11:12 PM So that’s it Muniz and Jimenez are our strike force whilst Palace have Mateta and Nketieh……even Bournemouth paid £40m for a striker. After this window we will be very fortunate to finish in top half.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 11:23 PM Loan deal for Nelson does not cover the considerable gaps.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 11:54 PM Carlos Vinícius hasn't gone
posted by Creig (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 6:18 AM We will not miss him as he is not a Premier League striker and will probably not become one.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 8:55 AM it would have been good to give stansfield an opportunity to establish himself, now we will never know if he was any good.
posted by hippie tomboy (Guest) - Saturday 31st August 2024, 12:27 PM

It's not finished yet, and I think it's been pretty decent window so far.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 9:41 PM We were scrambling around for an attacking midfielder that Silva promised but nothing happened as we got refused by at least three players. Shambles. Awful window, we are weaker than last season especially as some clubs around us have done good business. Andre signed for Wolves in the end as well.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 11:20 PM We have a much stronger and much younger squad than we had last season so we will get much higher in the table. I do not understand all this moaning, We have got shot of players past their best or not good enough for the PL and have replaced them with betters players. We have also spent more money in a transfer window than we have ever done before.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:01 AM

If only there were a message on here to tell us that Brum had made an offer.
posted by Chas (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 8:48 PM Are we stark raving mad, as apparently we are going to sell Jay Stansfield to Brum, for 10k, with no incoming replacement. Mad, mad, mad.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 9:03 PM That's very good value at ten thousand pounds.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Friday 30th August 2024, 9:34 PM Not good enough for us.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 31st August 2024, 9:02 AM