Yes that young lad Stansfield at Birmingham looks pretty useful, we ought to sign him. ! !
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 9:15 PM League 1 he should get £10 million pounds worth
posted by Chief (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 9:20 PM It is easy to score goals in the lower divisions. Strikers need the ball given to them in front of the goal. Midfielders need to score goal. Defenders need to score goals at set pieces.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 16th September 2024, 9:51 PM

The match report in the Sun was the same. There were three quite long columns about the game, but apart from giving our line up at the bottom of the third column, we are not mentioned. What is it the press don't like about us ?
posted by HammyEnder (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 5:27 PM Give it a rest boy.
posted by Bob (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 7:45 PM

Didn't help that Robinson was walking back.
posted by blgboy4650 - Monday 16th September 2024, 11:43 AM Thought that was our throw in so did ffc should have been awake. Though just knew they would mess up incredibley unprofessional cost us Three points so far you could argue 5 with slap dash display at Ipswich sub decisions worry me but looking on the bright side see shoots of a decent team when Marco sorts out his best eleven now I’ve calmed down point in London derby ok but we need to lay ghost against Geordies they’ve been a bit of a jinx last 3 or four games
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 12:48 PM

The reprobate who said Fulham West Ham were ordinary teams is talking nonsense as they are both good teams. We played well in the first half but missed a few good chances, they played well in the second half and we did well to hang on for as long as we did. This best League in the World there are no easy teams but if we can get better at finishing and improve the determination of the defence we become a very good team and finish high in the table.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 16th September 2024, 7:30 AM Thourogly agree zodsee the making of a good team there
posted by Ipotombi (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 12:50 PM Zod' we are not in prison so no need for you know what? I like your post because i think you are on to something and that something is this Fulham machine just getting started. Arsenal lite, lol, yes! And Nelson is rapid and he should feature from the start against Newcastle. We have big guns and they come no bigger than player of the season so far 'Adama Traore' who is getting better than he has ever shown anywhere. Andersen was a smart signing and his blocks and kick-outs from defence cuts down the potential goals opposition used to get when we messed about in defence. Andersen is also intelligent enough to pass the ball out when necessary which is what we need defending. I like your patients Zod and i agree that goals will come from Muniz etc. It is also important that we take our chances from midfield also, i mean players like Pereira, Bassey, and Traore missed big chances against West Ham. Don't just look at Muniz when chances are going begging elsewhere. We are all in it together in our team and with the fans so tell em Zod but what your 'er' p's and q's....
posted by OWEN - Monday 16th September 2024, 7:21 PM

Why did you not follow my previous instructions to get back to not being a Guest?
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 15th September 2024, 2:07 PM I did my friend as i said way down on this site nothing happened all ok till sending to me an email that never arrived keep trying diff way still blocks me.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 2:31 PM Is it about strikers yesterday?? Jimenez did his job. We didn’t score more because Traore missed a couple of half chance headers, probably should have a pen, Bassey definitely should have scored. I don’t recall Jimenez or even Muniz missed any sitters. So while I agree we are weak up front but losing 2 points yesterday had nothing to do with that problem.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 4:12 PM The email always ends up in your Junk box. Trust you checked this. I only just got back in and will probably be removed again in a couple of days. Trust you requested board to resend activation link.
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 15th September 2024, 6:35 PM Most of the missed chances in that match were by midfielders who need to improve their finishing. Pereira is the worst he looks incapable of scoring to the extent that when he shoots you know he will miss.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 16th September 2024, 7:35 AM Yes!
posted by blgboy4650 - Monday 16th September 2024, 10:46 AM Not to concerned about our strikers missing chances time to worry if no chances are being made we have players capable of striking from all positions
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 12:56 PM Point is we keep missing sitters , dont matter who by it keeps on happening,a natural striker at least would add to the goals coming a bit more often , who knows ,Traore is very complex,fast scary but oh my word does he need a sat nav fitted on his boots,we just seem to score in any position at he moment,but dont matter we are after free agent 33 from liver pool another mid/f to join the other mid/f club .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 1:40 PM Sorry dont seem to score.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 1:41 PM Big Boy, why are you showing guest one minute and not the next ?.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 1:43 PM That wasn't me,, saying that . Fulham shut ball
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 5:02 PM

just because west ham made 5 subs - did we need to do the same? they had to make changes to try to change the game. we were in control of the game, even in the second half. Also last year in such situation, we'd switch to 5 at the back and maybe brought Diop on instead of Cairney and keep Jimenez in a deeper role. So penalty of not - we also have ourselves to blame!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 11:55 AM Precisely, lunatic substitutions, as you say, were they necessary? We have a history of poor substitutions very late in the game. If nothing else it upset the balance of the team. If you’re in control stop tinkering.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 12:15 PM Should have said, If you can only score one goal per game mistakes will cost you dearly. There is no margin for error. Somebody somewhere has got to start scoring, if they can’t we will have a very difficult time of it.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 12:19 PM The question was “Penalty or not” but no one attempted to answer the question. Using this post to check if I have managed to remove Guest against my post.
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 15th September 2024, 12:57 PM Your right big boy stone wall pen red card top six club would have got pen. Switch off for throw for goal not an excuse but I believe and I’m sure the players did was our throw anyway. Subs did there jobs when they came on needed fresh legs. Must take our chances when on top,gutting to only get a point but on the whole played well
posted by DMK (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 2:02 PM Didn't get a good view of it from my seat, but on replay it looked like it was a 50/50 - VAR wouldn't have overturned whatever the ref's original decision was.
posted by Finlay (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 6:59 PM Finlay it was not 50/50. The Referee bottled it as he,knew if he awarded a penalty he would also have to issue a straight red card. How could it be a 50/50 when Traore was pushed from behind. Suspect you and the referee need to SpecSavers.
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 15th September 2024, 7:57 PM Not really any point banging on about whether it was a penalty or not as it’s a done deal nothing is going to change. The question we have to ask ourselves is, would he have scored? Based on our current goal scoring record, probably not.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 8:42 AM In this current var climate stonewall pen we will get and get pens like that this year
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 12:58 PM

A gentle push and a man falls over, is that really a penalty, it probably not be a free kick anywhere else on the pitch. Ref are now not so fussy which has improved the game so we must except the same rules apply in the penalty area.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 15th September 2024, 7:39 PM Saw a lighter push outside the box foul given to West Ham after appeal for pen. I remember the barge shoulder to shoulder. But when did the law change when you could push someone in the back when they had beaten you for pace , and of course you go down puts you of balance when your moving that quickly. Seems to me since they banned the tackle from behind your pushed instead . Don’t get how anyone can say that’s not a pen . Any big club would have got pen for that player would have been sent of nothing said. Ream did it last season not so blatantly pen given Ream got red card
posted by DMK (Guest) - Tuesday 17th September 2024, 10:15 AM

Utter crap.
posted by BC (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 10:36 AM It’s official now if a player is running towards your goal in your penalty box and is about to score just push him over from behind and you won’t concede a penalty.
posted by Referee (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 11:18 AM

He dived the right way but it was just out of his reach to save. The defending up to that point was to blame, also Marco made substitutions that affected the strength of the squad. I am beginning to think Cairney may have reached the end of his usefulness.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 15th September 2024, 9:47 AM Bit harsh but if you watched him afterwards he was well annoyed with himself he didn’t save it
posted by DMK (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 2:06 PM

Fair points Mortlake …even a poor West Ham managed to wriggle a draw out of us. Their fans thought they won the cup final because they knew they had got out of jail. West Ham looked very poor yesterday can’t see them finishing in top half this season.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 8:46 AM West Ham were much better in the second half and were were much worse. The substitution also made us even worse.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 15th September 2024, 9:51 AM

As usual Owen some valid points. However, thought Leno had chocolate wrists for their goal.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 8:49 AM As usual Owen some valid well made points. However, thought Leno had chocolate wrists for their goal.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 8:52 AM Yes, good points, Owen. I’ve wondered for some time about Pereira. For me, it’s a bit of a mystery how he keeps his place, starting every game, keeping Tom Cairney, Harrison Reed and Harry Wilson on the bench . He buzzes about but seems really quite ineffectual. Can’t remember the last time he scored or even made an assist.
posted by peterjeremy - Sunday 15th September 2024, 10:39 PM Yes, good points, Owen. I’ve wondered for some time about Pereira. For me, it’s a bit of a mystery how he keeps his place, starting every game, keeping Tom Cairney, Harrison Reed and Harry Wilson on the bench . He buzzes about but seems really quite ineffectual. Can’t remember the last time he scored or even made an assist.
posted by peterjeremy - Sunday 15th September 2024, 10:41 PM Yes, good points, Owen. I’ve wondered for some time about Pereira. For me, it’s a bit of a mystery how he keeps his place, starting every game, keeping Tom Cairney, Harrison Reed and Harry Wilson on the bench. He buzzes about but seems really quite ineffectual. Can’t remember the last time he scored or even made an assist.
posted by peterjeremy - Sunday 15th September 2024, 10:42 PM Yes, good points, Owen. I’ve wondered for some time about Pereira. For me, it’s a bit of a mystery how he keeps his place, starting every game, keeping Tom Cairney, Harrison Reed and Harry Wilson on the bench. He buzzes about but seems really quite ineffectual. Can’t remember the last time he scored or even made an assist.
posted by peterjeremy - Sunday 15th September 2024, 10:43 PM Yes, good points, Owen. I’ve wondered for some time about Pereira. For me, it’s a bit of a mystery how he keeps his place, starting every game, keeping Tom Cairney, Harrison Reed and Harry Wilson on the bench. He buzzes about but seems really quite ineffectual. Can’t remember the last time he scored or even made an assist.
posted by peterjeremy - Sunday 15th September 2024, 11:01 PM I’m sorry everyone that my post was repeated several times. It’s good but it’s not that good. Quite simply, the site kept producing an error message, encouraging me to try again. I eventually gave up feeling irritated, only to find this morning that I must have irritated everyone else as well!
posted by peterjeremy - Monday 16th September 2024, 8:35 AM The Fulham site is a bit like the team. Won’t let anything in until the last minute.
posted by peterjeremy - Monday 16th September 2024, 8:47 AM

Agree, Andersen is a massive-massive signing!!!!!
posted by OWEN - Sunday 15th September 2024, 1:27 AM Defence switched off for the Wham goal...
posted by Krebs. (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 6:39 AM Robinson switched off, Fulham thought it was there throw in
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 8:39 AM Defense looked like they were trying to play them offside from the late throw in ! Robinson completely at fault for allowing Bowen to blind side him . Saying that we should have had a stonewall penalty for the push in the back as Traore was about to score not surprised Marco was yellow carded for complaining . PC bbc said it was 50/50 disappointing comment from Danny Murphy if I recall he was pushed in the back at Man U complainrd like hell as he was about to score but of course little Fulham get nothing at Old Trafford similarly at Craven Cottage away end . Makes you wonder about neutrality of referees
posted by FULHAM SUPPORTER (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 9:49 AM Yes' Andersen needs a mention from the West Ham game he was superb without being a standout and that is Andersen's game. Did you notice the blocks and instant kick-outs from the danger areas? Apparently Andersen wasn't the standout defender for Palace and this has been noted now Palace are having one of their worst run of games. Andersen is a great passer of the ball out from defence firstly and he will do the necessary things to prevent a goal so expect a yellow every other game or so. What was happening with Diop and Bassey was that together they were doing too many suicide passes out of defence that got us into trouble. Andersen will not mess about in danger moments and his instant hoof it from the danger areas save goals from the opposition more than we can know and that is Andersen in a nutshell. Bassey is more a left sided centre-back but with Andersen i think Marco has nailed it and our defence now looks rock solid. We shouldn't dwell on our 90 odd minute lapse because we had more than enough chances to win it if only Bassey, Pereira, and Traore put away their chances. This is prem football and i agree we had the beating of West Ham but even they will put away some chances and we limited them to our credit which shows how far progressive we are now.
posted by OWEN - Sunday 15th September 2024, 9:58 AM

Correct in your statement about not being good enough, but I’m not sure that in todays game either had enough service. Muniz puts himself about more than Jimenez, but neither really get enough service.
posted by Sir Craven (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 11:36 PM

From my seat, that looked a blatant penalty to me, but you never know, we could have missed it. I wasn't a happy bunny coming home tonight, and after that very late goal, and I was thinking, oh not again. How many wins have we thrown away over the years, with late goals against us, as it seems a regular event. We should be good enough to avoid a relegation scrap, but I have a horrible feeling that we are going to be in the bottom 10 all season, with a constant look over our shoulders. Newcastle at home is another hard match coming up, as they always seem to take the points away from CC.
posted by Brian from Sussex (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 9:01 PM It was a clear penalty….both in real time and watching again. When an attacker gets wrong side of defender and there is contact it’s a penalty. The defender makes no effort to play the ball but just ploughs in the back of Traore. An absolute disgrace it wasn’t given….the ref bottled it and looked to his linesman who didn’t give it.
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 9:05 PM I had a very good view of that penalty incident, and I can assure you that Troare was pushed in the back, and if that had been at the other end, West Ham would have been taking a spot kick. All of the people around us, were furious about that decision, and we could fully understand Marco blowing his top. However we should still have taken all three points, as we were streets ahead of the Hammers. The semi good news is that we have stopped losing to West Ham on a regular basis. Now we need to do the same to our other nemesis clubs like Newcastle, Palace, and Brentford.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 8:30 AM If we had been Man Utd at Old Trafford the penalty would have been given….absolute disgrace it wasn’t given
posted by The Real Scout (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 8:42 AM A gentle push and a man falls over, is that really a penalty, it probably not be a free kick anywhere else on the pitch. Ref are now not so fussy which has improved the game so we must except the same rules apply in the penalty area.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 15th September 2024, 9:55 AM

We will never change until we get a goal scorer, not sure where he comes from but what we have on the books now will never get us into the top eight. We dominate so many games and get stuffed by late goals.
posted by cottager48 (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 8:12 PM

Tom, what's that rubbish all about ?
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 8:46 PM

PATHETIC
posted by GHOST (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 5:27 PM Would the late substitutions have anything to do with it?
posted by Observer (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 5:45 PM Going to sleep and not contesting a throw in. Not the first time. Robinson the culprit.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 6:05 PM

Said by me and many in the past WE NEED A GOOD FITNESS COACH.
posted by Cottager (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 5:19 PM More Fulhamish...You're supposed to see the game out!
posted by T. O'C (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 5:19 PM We don't score enough goals to kill the game off...
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 5:30 PM

No more than they deserve.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 4:55 PM 90+5? give me a break,but thats Fulhamish Sack the manager.
posted by Peed off (Guest) - Saturday 14th September 2024, 5:11 PM

It’s only money part 2: ‘Low-skilled migrants are costing the taxpayer a staggering £150,000 each, according to the latest findings from the OBR. The tax watchdog revealed that migrants coming to Britain are draining public resources, such as the NHS, while the tax they contribute is minimal, as low-skilled migrants earn half the average wage. And these are legal migrants… By the time a low-skilled migrant who’s come to the UK aged 25 reaches pension age at 66, they’ve already cost the taxpayer £151,000. And if they make it to 80, the bill skyrockets to nearly £500,000. Bear in mind the price tag doesn’t include education or other youth services. So the bill for the taxpayer could be even higher for low-skilled migrants who come to the UK before the age of 25’
posted by Paddy O’Fiscal (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 1:01 PM I don’t care. I got my 20% pay rise and I am just getting ready to come back for more. I think my drivers should be on £100k minimal salary - after all, sitting around in the driver cabin with the train running in auto mode is pretty boring. That Angela Rayner lass will sign off anything if the unions give her a jolly!
posted by Mick Lynch (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 2:19 PM A jolly? I take that’s a euphemism.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 3:02 PM OK, let Putin take over the Ukraine, them the rest of the Old Russian empire, then the rest of the World will be his next target. Is that what the little Britain people want, I hope not.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 13th September 2024, 5:51 PM The consequence of poking a hornets nest, we've been warned for years not to install any military installations along the russian border which went unheeded.
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 6:01 PM At least Putin is a patriot. Perhaps western leaders should give that a go and see what happens. The original point mentions pensioners and Ukraine. Ukrainian citizens retire a lot earlier than British pensioners, maybe any money sent there should come with conditions around raising the their pension age to see how that goes down.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 6:26 PM Easy there paddy, you'll be accused of being a putin sympathiser and sent to Coventry if you're not careful..
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 10:21 PM This war has gone on for more than two years now and it will be three years before we know it. The West causing provocation to Putin is a bit more than Nato who are set up to keep tabs on the old enemy of Communism and the Soviet Union. The 2nd world war went on no longer than 5-6 years and i have no doubt that somebody can and will tell me how long exactly. Putin is not even in any league a war general like your Napolians or even Alexander the Great and he has badly miscalculated this war which he foolishly started. The Russian economy will slowly grind to an halt because wars cost big bucks and even with the help of North Korea and Iran Putin is not even close to victory over the Ukrainians who in his mind are Russians in disguise. The Ukraine rightly deserves and gets the help needed to stand up to Putin who is trying the convince Russia that they are a threat to real Russians. How do you think Putin will defeat Nato, America, and the rest of the world when they can't even finish off where he started in Ukraine? No' this war is a serious misjudgement of calculations by Putin who has to convince Russia that Ukraine and the West will attack Russia. Nato alone will defeat Russia who admittedly has the nukes which are dangerous if fired and hit their targets. That Nuclear button will take minutes to launch off and America and satelights will know exactly when they are launched and react accordingly. If anyone has noticed that the kinsal or the greatest undetectable Russian missile was shot down by a basic atcam made in the 1980's. Those yankee-doodle-doo folks who some think are war-mongers and arrogant are truly the world policemen and they will know when mad Putin decides to press the nuclear button on a Western threat that he believes wants to destroy Russia. The yanks will have noted that missiles Putin has acquired from North Korea are unreliable and shoot off in different directions before you can whistle dixie and even the Ukranians joke about that one. If Putin and Russia was so great how come they need the help of Korea and Iran to defeat Ukraine who we are supplying weapons too along with the Americans and a few other nations? The weapons supplied are old equipment that is nothing to write home about but we have to admire those Atcams dated from the 1980's and Bradleys and some of our own stuff which are old stuff and would have been scrapped anyway. This so called war in particular is mistimed by Putin but in many ways, it is a great lesson for future wars and if anyone has noticed the great use of drones that is a game changer in all future wars. I know it isn't real but just imagine a world war like 'Terminator Salvation' and with all the drones and high tech flying about and i think future wars will be fought like this. Humans can't possibly sustain war for longer than so long and it is interesting to see how long those Russian guys can stay out in the heat of it for longer than 3 years without a break. Putin is not Alexander the Great or even a war general that is in the top ten of war generals and the great Russian army is struggling to recruit from a generation of youths who are more interested in playing video games like call of duty from the comfort of their armchairs and thats where we are at folks. Even we would struggle to recruit and motivate so many hundreds of thousands needed to join Putins war.
posted by OWEN - Saturday 14th September 2024, 2:25 AM

Very subjective and who cares.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 12th September 2024, 4:23 PM Palace?
posted by Fred (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 2:28 AM This is a Fulham site so it must be Fulham and I really believe that as all the evidence supports that.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 13th September 2024, 6:39 AM Been coming to Fulham since 1960 my family before that MAF and Khans for different reasons best owners we have ever had. Yes that includes Tommy Trinder who sold Alan Mullery without telling the Manager he read it in paper. Also sacked Bobby Robson first he knew of it was papers. And he’s still would come 4th in my list, The Muddymen come 3rd Fulham fans who saved the club with Jimmy Hill. But didn’t have enough money to run the club. We also had a few crooks I won’t mention
posted by DMK (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 7:03 AM On balance I’d say with the exception of Chelsea they are all currently pretty well run, as we all know hasn’t always been the case. Have to admit to a sneaky respect for Brentford in particular. Really do punch way above their weight. Watkins and Tooney have been great financially sound signings for them and definitely balanced the books. Not sure they’ll keep it going at current level.
posted by Mortlake (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 8:28 AM Have any other owner got loans to buy shares in Fulham to increase our income to enable us to spend more on new players then we have ever done before.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 13th September 2024, 5:55 PM Deano, you've obviously never been to Legoland!
posted by Vig (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 9:32 PM

I do not think Ancelotti nor Sven used to sing the English national anthem along with the players and was never an issue so why now ? Just because Sky is on the case ? Why anyone should expect a non English manager to sing the English national anthem ?
posted by Morpheus The God of Dreams and Sleep (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:26 PM The interim manager of England is Irish in all but birth and has a perfect right to not sing the UK anthem. The press love to raise false controversy and simple minded people believe it.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 10:01 PM What's the big deal. Who says you must sing. it's like people say if you don't wear the poppy you are not respecting the remembrance. You don't need to cry at a funeral so show you are sad. Or some fans think you don't stand up at Fulham you don't love Fulham. Apart from the general courtesy (clapping hands, stay silent or still, etc) People don't need be dictated how they show their love or respect.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 10:20 AM I can't honestly say that I'm happy about our non singing anthem temporary manager, but I would be pleased if he could by some miracle turn England into a good to watch footballing team, but that is far from the case. I know we have a few of our top players missing, but Finland were a pretty poor outfit, and any decent side would have had a hatful of goals, and even Greece scored 3 goals against them. We will probably get through this below standard group, but so far our performances have not been very encouraging, and it's about time that the FA gave us a permanent manager, that we could have a bit of faith in. By the way congratulations to Harry Kane on his 100th cap, and his two well taken goals last night, but we need more than him to score goals.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 10:52 AM Lee Carsley is English! Born in Birmingham. He played for Ireland due to his grandmother being from Cork! He should sing the national anthem while he’s there which I hope is not long. Couldn’t see any difference from Southgate’s rubbish.
posted by Midds (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 11:04 AM I’m English and I won’t sing it, why should I
posted by Magicman - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 12:46 PM I dong sing it and I’m English. It was sung at school when I was a kid all to there own , but always fought it was rubbish why save a king more than anyone else all. Equal in my book
posted by DMK (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 1:26 PM Well not in a sporting manner but every time I leave these shores I do and I behave myself
posted by Magicman - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 5:10 PM What about if he whistled it? You know, like a Roger Whittaker/Uncle Fester hybrid.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 5:40 PM On anthems though I prefer flower of Scotland
posted by Magicman - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 5:52 PM I like the Ukrainian one, the one about Swiss bank accounts and cold British pensioners.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 5:57 PM Morpheus- no. I don't remember Ancelotti singing the English national anthem, but then there's something else about him I don't remember!
posted by Chas (Guest) - Wednesday 11th September 2024, 8:09 PM Why have we still got royalty, virtually every other Country has got rid. We have to be bloody different over everything and suffer for it.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 12th September 2024, 7:19 AM Yes you should behave when you go aboard and respect other country’s as I’ve said all to their own. And if you don’t agree with something does not mean your always right
posted by DMK (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 8:53 AM Don’t recall Sven bursting out thr anthem north Italian fella anyway footballers don’t seem to share the same enthusiasm as the rugby boys at least they bust t it out your lucky if some of our,,fans don’t boo it
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 12:18 PM Pure choice if you don’t want to sing don’t bother don’t expect the football fraternity to sing rugby lads are more patriotic that’s blatantly obvous
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 12:21 PM I meant Fabio Capello ... anyway you people got the idea ! hopefully ...
posted by Morpheus The God of Dreams and sleep (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 1:25 PM As I have said before ... an issue created to sell news that is about !
posted by Morpheus The God of Dreams Sleep (Guest) - Sunday 15th September 2024, 1:27 PM

Work hard, aspire, do things, then the government can take it, and give it to those who won't and don't. Rachel Thieves and her top civil servant husband earn over £300k per year between them. Luckily she was able to claim £3000 heating allowance last year to keep her adenoids from freezing over. Does that bloke who kicked his cat still play for West Ham?
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 6:11 PM Nice one Paddy. The cat kicker was, I believe, shown the door by the Hammers.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:04 PM I’m not big on cats, cruel animals. Wonder if Paul Peskysolido will be at the match ?
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:15 PM Cats , beautiful creatures, as for dogs , how many people have died after being attacked by them ?
posted by Vic (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:41 PM I suspect it's a size thing. They'd have you in bits if you were action man height. If there's any antelopes online perhaps they'd give an opinion on the perils of walking round the Serengeti
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:55 PM Lots of cate have killed people in africa
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 12:27 PM Cate ? Must be some sort of drug !
posted by Vic (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 8:36 PM You can mock, but while you’re stroking it, kitty has only thing on its mind. What would you taste like.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 8:47 PM A lot of people got killed by lions, tigers, leopards etc. Infact on balance probably more than dogs.
posted by Observer (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 8:19 AM I’ve heard Hippos are the ones to watch out for. Although living in Two Tier Britain now with the weeds in the gutters three feet tall, pot holed roads, broken pavements and local parks flower beds looking like the upper Congo I’d not be surprised to see some big cats roaming around not to mention the feral, armed to the teeth yoots.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Friday 13th September 2024, 4:46 PM

Thats ok whats the problem with that, we have the ability to watch their every move with the countries network of cameras which are there to protect us all from any criminal activities so that we can go about our daily lives unhindered
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 3:49 PM oh yes because the net work of cameras is a deterrent for muggings stabbings and gang culture, if you had a ounce of intelligence, you would be dangerous in society
posted by dean (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:21 PM You can guarantee the Home Office won't be releasing any re offending figures. I'm guessing 99%
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 9:05 PM And if you had an ounce of intelligence you'd understand irony but thanks for the compliment all the same
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 10:28 PM Would it not be just fully ironic, if a rereleased prisoner attacked Starmer or one of his cohorts
posted by Bc (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 11:03 PM Trouble is those cameras only catch speeding motorists About to invent the games machine the game game well last night come up game house together together to find out what altogether last time he said 20,000 things separate he didn’t make any money so she was out he was out he was out last he said what he said I’ll give you 40. I’ll buy you pay, I want 40% Survivors survive the pulled out
posted by Ipotombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 12:32 PM The policing minister had her purse nicked today while attending a conference full of senior policemen to discuss how to tackle crime. I’d suggest first thing on next year’s agenda should be ‘zip your bag up’. Especially in a room full of coppers. They’ll nick anything.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 9:21 PM

Wonder how many are as boring as watching englands matches ,?at least second half ,always puts u to sleep.No one seem to happy to play int matches any more as well, so boredom will set in also punters will lose interest in there teams sooner or later as prices keep rising and breaks keep coming.
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 11:49 AM Never used to. But then players were normal human beings years ago, capable of doing a full weeks work. Too many matches? Reduce the physical training sessions between games. Simple.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 9:00 PM

No defence? Perhaps you should take a trip to one of our naval or garrison towns/cities lol.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 09th September 2024, 3:30 PM Luckily we are importing 400 hardy seafaring folk every day via Dover. They’ll keep the Senior Service topped up for decades.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 5:27 PM The tactics of war has changed very much since the world wars which has pretty much rendered having large armies useless, we're already at war by proxy with putin and he's using a different method called asymmetrical warfare on us whilst we are being distracted by Ukraine and the Middle East.
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 8:35 PM Putin who is a dictator wants to recapture the Russian empire and does not want to be surrounded by NATO countries. He must be surprized about the World wide support for Ukraine but a dangerous man like him must be stopped before he decides he wants to conquer the World. History tells us how dangerous this situation is and must be stopped before all hell breaks loose.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 7:07 AM Dont get the comparison MST how does a garrison with no anti missile defence system in place defend britain ,?just saying never seen any signs \360 degrees to protect, how and with what .? Also how many garrrison towns do we now have ?that are full .?
posted by pointless (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 11:43 AM You wrote “ ever seen signs of defence on the shores on britain?? no me neither”. I am just pointing out that towns/cities like Portsmouth, Plymouth, Aldershot, Tidworth, etc. are overflowing with the signs you miss….
posted by MST (Moderator) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 4:41 PM Reckon we are on the edge if china wants to pitch in and we allow long range missiles-to hit moscow See what putin is made of
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 1:01 PM

I lost interest in the England match before the KO, when Lee Carsley, point blank refused to neither sing or pretend to sing our national anthem. He is of course entitled to do that, but in my opinion, not when he is manager of ENGLAND. A lot of our players do not sing the national anthem, and Wayne Rooney never did, but he wasn't our manager ! !
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 7:10 PM You can bet none of them know it. It should be made compulsory to sing it daily at schools and in cinemas after the film. Of course it help if the Monarch wasn’t a jug eared eco loon(and doing very well out of it) but insanity has never deterred us in the past.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 7:33 PM "God save the king" what a dirge, bet even our late queen even detested it. I wonder how many people even realise there's 5 other verses and what the words mean. Well at least the commonwealth enjoy singing their hearts out to it. Think its time to change our national anthem to William Blake's Jerusalem
posted by Voice of reason (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 9:00 PM Doesn’t matter what the anthem i, I’d opt for the Sex Pistols version myself. Should be taught in schools and compulsory to sing it every day. I doubt ‘Jerusalem’ would go down well in certain schools.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 9:25 PM The interim manager of England is Irish in all but birth and has a perfect right to not sing the UK anthem. The press love to raise false controversy and simple minded people believe it.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 7:13 AM Internationals are out of date it is for while now been a cosmopolitan world, they have be come a joke when some player can chose between 4 different country’s. To much football is played there mostly boring games. In papers before game prime ministers Keir Starmer had Irish football shirt on. Only thing I worry about when there being played is Fulham players don’t get injured
posted by DMK (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 9:09 AM Fred … Grealish played up to the under 21’s only for Ireland and Declan Rice has played only 3 friendlies which is the maximum number of friendlies matches that a player can play before switching … if he had played one minute in an official match he would not be allowed to switch !
posted by Morpheus The God of Dreams and Sleep (Guest) - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 8:36 PM Jerusalem suits me
posted by Iptombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 1:04 PM Jerusalem suits me
posted by Iptombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 1:09 PM Jerusalem suits me
posted by Iptombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 1:09 PM Jerusalem suits me
posted by Iptombi (Guest) - Thursday 12th September 2024, 1:09 PM

I hear you. Perhaps Labour want to punish (tbh maybe rightly so) the large number of pensioners who naively, stupidly and fooled (by Boris and Farage) voted to leave the EU. Having left, we are 4-5 years behind the growth curve and left with little money in the kitty.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 1:13 PM Not Brexit again! Democratic vote...
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 2:52 PM Not really Spizz
posted by MST (Moderator) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 3:29 PM Majority vote... democracy at play. As Mick would say..."You can't always get what you want."
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 4:06 PM To my mind democracy stands for a fair debate, culminating in voting with full knowledge for what your vote indicates. That was definitely NOT the case with the Brexit referendum.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 4:35 PM Correct. No one on the remain side mentioned having to repopulate Europe with the dregs of the world. I’m guessing if the vote was held now Brexit would be a landslide. Europe is an open sewer full of invaders , gangsters and petty geographical in fighting from the Balkan pickpockets to basque separatists. The sooner Brexit is ratified and we cut ourselves loose from this filth with actual border controls the better.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 4:46 PM Paddy - just wonder if you have any facts and statistics that support your assertion that more percentage of immigrants commit crime than British Citizen (or are you just repeating Farage's words)? Also its clear now that Brexit was not the solution for reducing illegal immigrants. So quite surprise if you think another Brexit vote today, there will be a landslide.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 5:30 PM Well, I’d not actually said immigrants commit more crime but I think you’d agree there’s more British in Britain than foreigners. The prison population is 90,000 and over 10,000 of them are foreigners. Now, for the past 20 years or so governments have been giving out British passports like sweets so how many of those prisoners are in that category is anyone’s guess. I think I’m a bit like the Home Office, I haven’t a clue who’s in the country but I do know the crime rate has rocketed in the past 35 years despite the constantly changing way statistics are gathered. It’s probably the far right doing all the stabbing etc.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 5:54 PM You are correct, approximately 11.6% of prisoners in this UK are foreigners. However, my understanding of the definition here is people not born in UK (I personally think that's unfair definition - e.g. a 50 year old man lived in UK for 49 years is deemed a foreigner??!). However, taking this foreigner definition, according to the last censor, we have 16% foreigners in this country. Still 30% less than 11.6%. I totally agree we need a better and quicker screening and the rules to accept immigrants maybe a bit too soft - but that's global human rights that we have signed up to. Not EU. Hence, Brexit doesn't help!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 6:22 PM As I said I’ve no idea. No one does. Think you’ll find that that British passport holders in prisons who are from other countries but the Home Office have given passports to are counted as British. Personally I think the immigration topic is nonsense. There’s 70 million people here so more than enough to staff the NHS and care homes and deliver pizza. Anyone who doesn’t want to do it should have their greedy lips removed from the teat of benefits.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 8:33 PM MST...So you mean like Starmer not mentioning that he was going to shaft the pensioners over heating. More democracy @ play!
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 8:46 PM Exactement!!
posted by MST (Moderator) - Monday 09th September 2024, 7:31 AM MST... not sure about the big word.
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 8:21 AM It’s a French word, no wonder he is pro EU.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 10:24 AM Cheers Smith! Their were a lack of facts on both sides in the great Brexit debate...
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 10:39 AM One thing that did not get much attention but was important to me was the EU military where we were expected to turn over our military to EU control, it could have led to our military fighting for something we did not want. I cannot understand anyone giving their military to another countries control. Guess which country is in charge of the EU military, it is Germany.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 12:15 PM Plus the remain side seemed to believe that we wouldn't be able to fly in the EU anymore! At least the leave side turned out to vote...
posted by Spizz '53 (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 12:54 PM ‘The Centre for Migration Control has just released a bombshell report, revealing that migrants are far more likely to be arrested than to their British-born counterparts. The analysis, based on data from police forces across England and Wales, projects that in the past three years alone, a staggering 369,000 arrests were linked to foreign-born nationals. Looks like while the prisons are filling up, so are the rap sheets of migrants… For context, in 2023 the arrest rate for British nationals stood at one per 94 people. For foreign-born nationals, that number shoots up to one in 70—a whopping 34% higher than the native-born population. Meanwhile, Farage has been calling on Labour to deport the “10,000 foreign nationals in our prisons” instead of letting “dangerous criminals” roam free. The real Leader of the Opposition…’
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 16th September 2024, 11:58 AM

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 To be honest if you’ve looked after your money and been shrewd your definitely entitled to a state pension provided you’ve paid in,so if you spunked all your money and got nothing in the bank why should you be more entitled to a pension.Means testing shouldn’t happen.
posted by Chief (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 9:38 PM What a stupid idea to think a 30plus year contract I had with the gov, paying my NI, tax and saved prudently, my reward is for the them to rescind my pension contract?! However, if I spent all the money I earned, I would be rewarded with the pension. Yes there are a lot of needy people and they should be helped but equally there are also a lot of people living above their means all their lives (not saving any money even though they could), labour government are choosing to reward them.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 10:47 AM As i pointed out its not my thoughts just read an article on same thing and wondered what your take on it was , i to am a pension person so i am in same boat,at least it got a reaction<,how ever i would say many rich folk wanted to send winter warmer payments back but were told cant do it dont have comps to handle it ,how ever elton john getting 300 quid a week in his bank is very amusing for his pension .Means testing pensions???? dont rule it out with this lot.
posted by pointless (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 10:59 AM Anyone can return or pay money to the government. Just a simple process to set it up via HMRC. Just because you have to pay 20% or 40% tax doesn’t mean you can’t offer to pay 50% tax if you choose to. Despite all the hand wringing on telly etc. about public services and housing you can guarantee not one of the bleeding hearts is paying a penny more tax than they have to.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 11:13 AM Take away from pensioners who have worked and payed in all their lives. And give to people who have not put money in and only been here five minutes. What’s the point of working hard and saving for old age, if it’s just gonna be stolen off you
posted by DMK (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 11:27 AM When I was young we were told work hard get a good pension tax free and your be ok in your old age and be able to live a comfortable live. What they didn’t tell us was we can change the law anytime and take your savings off you . So my advice to the young is spend in joy yourself and spong of the state when your old your be fought better of
posted by DMK (Guest) - Sunday 08th September 2024, 11:42 AM A very interesting discussion with most posters firmly against Labour’s illogical and dangerous policy of implementing policies which will hurt many pensioners who do not live in big houses. I feel terribly sad for those who are struggling to survive on limited pensions with utility bills stating to astronomical levels. In addition, Council Tax increases seemingly out of control due to incompetent councils frittering away money leading to many declaring bankruptcy over the past two years. Now the Government has decided to alter the bands based on the current value of houses which means that Council Tax will increase sharply allowing councils to waste more money on idiotic schemes. Interestingly, Paddy makes some valid points, for a change, and many others including MST why Labour must not penalise the elderly. At the time of my retirement I elected to defer my State Pension for three years as I received 10% p.a. and with the triple lock my pension is in excess of £17k but a large chunk goes in tax. The strategy behind the raid on the elderly has nothing to do with the country’s debt burden it is purely robbing Peter to pay Paul who happens to be the Government pay masters, the Unions. Strange how quickly the rail and junior doctors strikes were resolved following Labour’s victory which, to me, suggest the strikes were politically motivated. However, the greedy rail unions have already decided to come back for more. Next we will see a wealth tax which will affect those who own their own houses whilst those with real wealth will follow Charlie Mullins and move to a friendly tax country with Eire and certain European countries quite happy to welcome tax exiles. Looks like we are all in for a rough time as the Conservative Party needs a radical overhaul which will take years as they do not realise the damage the have done to their cause by their cavalier approach during their last term in office and with no prospective leader in sight. They have lost the public trust which will take a decade to repair and the removal of the tired top echelon which needs to be replaced by a younger group who are actually in touch with the man in the street. In the meantime, Starmer, Reeves and Rayner will wreck havoc with the economy which may well result with a run on the £ driving up inflation. Whilst I have lived my life I fear for my children and grandchildren.
posted by bigboy4650 - Sunday 08th September 2024, 7:32 PM Get yourself some bullion and leave them that, bigboy. None of the nasty taxes to bother HMRC with then. Just leave a sealed letter with a solicitor and tell them where where your safe deposit is. Better still, bury some of it and they can go on a treasure hunt.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Monday 09th September 2024, 1:59 PM Agree the Conservative Party need an immediate overall and i am not sure the public will buy into any of the next potential candidates for leadership to tell you the truth. They have behaved shamefully and badly starting with the Boris lies, the Matt Handcock affair etc etc and we could write a book on how to use Trussenomics and so on. Saying all that, these are unusual times and only a wise man will see and come through the mist. If only we didn't have the biggest pandemic in a hundred years which cost us millions and leading into billions after all the costs. If only not for the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees, 22 thousand rescued Afghans from the Taliban and i could go on. Flip and Government around and would they fair any better in dealing with a load of this? How is Labour and Mr flip-flop doing so far? He gives a big pay rise to train drivers already on 60-70 grand a year etc, why not reward our over-worked NHS staff before the train staff etc? Something just doesn't sit right with this Labour Government who really have dodged a bullet, how would they have coped or make decisions on who gets what money and how much etc? No point going on and on but if only i could make a ringtone saying over and over again? 14 years of Conservative rule and this is the worst it's ever been, really?
posted by OWEN - Monday 09th September 2024, 9:16 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 Delays? How could there possibly be more delays? It's already been delayed by over 3 years! How do they need yet more time?
posted by Finlay (Guest) - Saturday 07th September 2024, 9:21 PM The original contractor went bust that has been the main delaying factor. It still does not fundamentally change our status as a small struggling Club stuck on the banks of an old river.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 10th September 2024, 7:18 AM

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