It now appears we are the bookies favourite for relegation, surpassing Leeds Brentford And Notts F
posted by Old Un (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 11:05 PM

Perhaps it's time we concentrated on our own interests and let other countries rule over their citizens as they see fit. As long as they don't export their issues to this country it's not our problem anymore. We are no longer a colonial power at the popular request of these nations. Or are you suggesting we deploy gunboats and give Johnny Foreigner a bloody nose?
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:26 PM Quite right Paddy. Our era of power and influence has long since waned and it is time to let others resolve their issues. I am nopt including Ukraine in this as they deserve all the support they can muster.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:52 PM Good thing too. I doubt we'd fill a gun boat anyway. Our youth seems to be more concerned with guzzling as many drugs as possible, stabbing each other or prancing around central London in feather boas. Dulce et decorum est indeed.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:21 PM

Think the difference is that Bailly's injuries have come during games, something Kongolo can't be accused of. I can't remember ever seeing Kongolo play one. Think you'll find several times Bailly has been rushed back and the coaching staff have had issues restraining him after lay offs. Again something Kongolo can't be accused of. Maybe signing him on loan and partnering him with Ream might be worth taking a chance. Bailly prefers right side of the defence and Ream the left. Bailly can also play right back and has been used in midfield now and again. Kongolo also tends to prefer the left side of defence do more likely be cover for Ream. You rarely get two left footed centre halves in a rean together anyway.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 1:49 PM Sorry, rarely get two left footed centre halves in the same TEAM.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 1:51 PM Good old Fulham, never lets us down in the transfer market we are still in pursuit of the injured, and one legged arse kickers.
posted by Cottager (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:33 PM I could be wrong but think Kongolo has played twice for us and got injured in the first 20 minutes of each. Not what you call a good investment. We have one PL quality centre back so we must sign three. Two right sided two left sided.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:44 PM Or even one left footed and two right sided ones.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:46 PM I am getting concerned about rumours surrounding Marco's eminent departure, from Fulham, due to our lack of signings, and if there is any substance in these rumours and he does leave, then despite my great affection for this club, I will lose complete interest, and I will seriously think about watching Wimbledon or Sutton, with no high expectations.
posted by Malden Mick (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:57 PM MM I know how you feel, and although I have not heard any rumours about Marco leaving, if the situation arises, that he does not get the backing of the board to sign new squad players, or alternatively that players just not want to join us under any circumstances, then what would be the point of him carrying on, and he might well call it a day. If, and it's a big if, that did happen, then my ST, will be ending up in the dustbin. I find it difficult to believe that lesser clubs like Bournemouth and Notts Forest, are already way ahead of us with their signings, its oh so disappointing.
posted by A B (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:44 PM

Including our scouts who have evidently watched him several times. indecently we have already made 2 signings so far, winger and C/H
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:35 PM Indecently ?
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:44 PM Who cares who your pub side has or has not bought, have you bought a new Mac yet to stalk in at the budget stadium M4 Hounslow
posted by Small bentford (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 7:33 PM

Great News!
posted by More Useless... (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:40 AM Nothing to do with him reporting late due to his international duties?
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:59 AM Think that’s right Ernie, no Wilson either
posted by Scout (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 10:51 AM All players that played for there country when season ended got extra days
posted by DMK (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 2:32 PM

Will the Royal Navy be marching through London?
posted by Any Old Port... (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:24 AM Pride! is holding its rally at the " Cottage" the week you play Liverpool, where all you fans will be SHAFTED by the "SCOUSERS"
posted by Hoops (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 7:59 PM The next time scousers shaft you lot will be when you play Tranmere. Won't be long now.
posted by Paddy ODoors (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:14 PM

Are you drunk? Loris World Cup winner leave Spurs and join Fulham,Crazy man
posted by Chief (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 12:35 AM More tight and logical conversation on the board!
posted by Old Cottagian (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 5:49 AM Tosin, Bryan, Robinson and Tete could all do a job for us in the premier league so that leaves us needing a couple of centre backs and a decent right back.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:57 AM You lot have very short memories, it was Parkers toothless tactics up front (9 goals at home) that got us relegated. Marco Silva will not fall into that negative trap.
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 1:18 PM It was also Parker’s tactics that won at Liverpool and Everton and Leicester and get honourable away draws at Spurs and Arsenal if we manage that under Silva we will be doing very well
posted by Scout (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 2:42 PM Good point Scout and too many drawn games got us relegated. It was Parker's rookie season as a manager and we can argue that a more experienced manager in at the time would have kept us up. Another reason we were relegated was the volume of missed penalties after the Lookman disaster of a penalty. Fulham in my opinion was not even the 3rd worst team to go down in that period. Goalkeeper errors and defensive lapses played a part but every team is just as guilty on that one. Our failures to put away golden chances on a plate was also a factor. Prem games are run on very fine margins on hit and miss and we so cannot get away with misses and the other factors that account for points. To me this term looks a strong one and most teams will be strong. By the looks of it, Brentford are not only looking to survive for a 2nd time, they are also building for the future. Fulham must discover a hardness and resilience again just to even put roots down this time around. Lessons have to be learned from our last venture in the Championship. For example, there are too many missed chances from Bobby Reid and Kebano, etc in front of goal. We got away with it because we were scoring hatfuls but the prem is a different animal. Games against Brentford, Brighton and Forest early on, we can consider them as 6-pointers. I know that is early to look at it that way, but i also think that this year is the toughest for opponents. Lose too many of these games early, and it will be hard to catch up later on. Scott Parker's way of playing for us wasn't that much of a factor if you compare our missed chances on goal, there is not much different to last season. Saying that, Mitrovic was the difference but this team as it is, we still have the same weaknesses, and that is being clinnical in front of goal...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 4:53 PM

That’s more like it , clear and concise !
posted by Stan (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 7:19 AM Are you sure it wasn’t the lionesses. I can’t see a report of it anywhere. Anyway boys or girls, well done NOW ON TO THE EROS
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 10:02 AM Eros ? What’s happening at Piccadilly circus ?
posted by Tim nice but dim (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 10:09 AM I missed U Tim
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 10:35 AM

Sky news saying Fulham have asked Man Utd if we can get Eric Bailey on loan. Wouldn’t mind that to be honest.
posted by Gaz - Friday 01st July 2022, 7:54 PM Who is he, and what position does he play in, as I've never heard of him. Isn't that a typical Fulham move though for someone nobody has ever heard of.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:17 PM Centre half, good player.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:18 PM Just like LTS, I have never heard of Bailey, and trying to picture previous Manchester United line ups in my mind, I can never remember seeing his name mentioned, but at least I now know that he is a defender, so thanks for that. Has Mr Bailey ever appeared in any of United's Premier League games ?
posted by Alan B (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:51 PM Try Bailly.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:55 PM Why does everyone panic so much about transfers it’s par for the course We will buy players it’s just about whether there good enough to help us stay in the PL I’m sure there’s a lot going on to help us get the the right players
posted by Magicman - Friday 01st July 2022, 9:12 PM Sorry about my spelling mistake lads. Bailly. He has played for Utd 113 times. He is a centre half and can also play right back. Again sorry about spelling. LTS Try looking at Google before you lose the plot LOL.
posted by Gaz - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 7:17 AM Palhinha should finally sign next week. Hopefully, more signings will follow shortly after and in enough time to be ready for the season kick off against Liverpool.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:00 AM

There have always been problems with all countries... stop pretending this is first moment of turmoil.
posted by John (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 2:39 PM We're going back to the 70's, the good old days but this time it isn't the unions causing it it's down to years of inept government selling off everything, now theirs nothing left to sell we're going to have pay for all the debt and this country is meant to be the 5th richest country in the world. What a mess we're in.
posted by Jm (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 2:55 PM whos pretending. Not thinking about any body else. Just whats going wrong here.
posted by geezer (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 2:56 PM Don't the Police not attend crime already?
posted by Young Dixon (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 3:24 PM

Nice girl but she doesn't have the quality to win a major. She will never win a major like Fulham will never win the premier league! But then again, once in a 1000 years you will get a Leicester city and a Raducanu. SO who knows...but I wouldn't bet my coffee money on it. Keep an eye on Gauff!! She's the real deal.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 1:16 PM Once in a thousand years John? We are broken men...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 1:20 PM Perhaps Katie Boulter might keep the old flag flying for a bit longer !
posted by John H (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 1:50 PM More middle class tennis players...
posted by Fred Perry's Polo Shirt (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 3:22 PM Don’t care if their upper, middle or lower if they are representing GB will always cheer them on !
posted by John H (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 4:33 PM More humour from big H!
posted by John G (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:55 PM

I’m working on it !
posted by Anna Gram (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 7:50 AM Your pontification offends those of us that objectify the English Language with a purity that should not be enveloped by debris.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:15 AM why is language capitalised?
posted by dave (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 10:24 AM To stress it's importance.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 01st July 2022, 3:45 PM

Wonder if he'd be happy if his daughter took the bullet? Thankfully there's as much chance of Ukrainian hit men reading this board as there are Fulhsm supporters so she can probably breath easy. Or can she? Old Paddy's just thinking out loud so any psychopathic Vladimirs or Ivans out there just don't get any ideas and trot off to Mayfair with your Makarovs. You could get a hefty fine and tagged.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 8:48 PM She lives in a drum opposite Kensington palace, Bayswater. Think it was 25 million, then she spent another 25 million doing the place up to her taste. They have a place in belgravia near one of those oligarchs which is one of the most expensive places in London at 90 million. No worries about the cost of living criss round there.
posted by Jm (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:07 PM He has 3 daughters !
posted by John (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 7:54 AM Ecclestone in part is right. Zelenski is off his socks on steroids. Biden is completely demented, even the Yanks now know he is the worst president in history and Boris blowing more money on weapons that could help us through this inflationery recession. You could not odds it having so many idiots in charge at the same time. I do not like Macron but he is bang in with his call on this one!
posted by Tony R (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 11:43 AM Part right ? Hitler or Putin ?
posted by Colin (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 12:15 PM Not to mention xi jin ping and kim jong un, biden who seems to be regressing into a child and putin looking like he's on steroids for whatever reason, war monger zelenski with bodger appeasing him. The lunatics are truly running the asylum.
posted by Jm (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 2:40 PM Tony, no way is Putin part right. He has caused the murder of children, and innocent civilians in his quest for more power. He has ruined the lives of so many people so totally wrong its off the scale any where being right. Never mind the antics of Boris Or Joe Biden, they are humans like everyone else but have not set out to murder innocent people.
posted by MG (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 4:26 PM JM. Warmonger? His country has been invaded and innocent people murdered. The russians blew up a shopping centre FFS.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 4:41 PM Yeah but he's been poking the hornets nest for years knowing the yanks and europe will back him up.
posted by Jm (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 5:45 PM Speaking of poking the hornet's nest. Anyone know what Jumy Somerville is up to nowadays? Been years since we've heard from the spud faced songster. I was saddle soaping my leather chaps to get them ready for Oride this weekend and his image popped up for some reason.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 5:53 PM Watching Tour de France and not watching my chubby digits. You get my drift though. Yves Lampaert today? Controversial?
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 6:01 PM All that money flying about for a few cars going around and around no wonder the world is on it's ar--
posted by Worple (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 6:36 PM More lubricant O'Drawers!
posted by Binkey O'Beaumont (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:58 PM Me or Somerville? Expect he's got loads.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 9:01 PM

Benitez also got shot of Mitrovic……..
posted by Keetch54 - Thursday 30th June 2022, 5:09 PM By way of clarification, one of his biggest mistakes.
posted by Keetch54 - Thursday 30th June 2022, 5:11 PM Williams isn’t worth 15 million so we are looking elsewhere simple.
posted by Philmidd (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 5:37 PM So Liverpool steal Fabio and Harvey for £10 million and want £20 million for an average right back a ou mad? Long window left be patient.
posted by Chief (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 6:26 PM Lets wait and see if MITRO can hack it in the PREM::
posted by Cottager (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 6:52 PM Good point there Chief.
posted by Kunye (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 6:55 PM I am still keeping the faith in Marco. It's as we are finding probably not surprising some players are reluctant to come to Fulham. Let's face it,it's not hard to see why. Marco might just have to extract that little bit extra out of our current squad together with some new signings.And he will. As long as we tighten up our defence and give Mitro more support up front,we might just scrape survival next season. Do we have some gems in the reserves? Stansfield ? In Marco I trust.
posted by Aussie Mal (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:33 PM I reserve my judgement on MARCO. 25wks time I will make my decision.
posted by Cottager (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 10:53 AM

How do you know we were even involved in the bidding process? Wait for the club to make official announcements and don't believe everything you read in the press. Personally I think Tete is the more all round player in any case and he has more Prem experience - especially when it comes to fighting relegation....
posted by MT - Thursday 30th June 2022, 3:54 PM Neco goes missing in action, he is a good player but not a true right-back defender...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 9:23 PM MT - are you telling me that Fulham never had any interest in getting Neco? If we can’t speculate and wait until the club make announcements, we might as well shut up shop here. Cos no clubs ever make any announcement or provide updates on transfers anymore.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 8:33 AM

And agents fee is scuppering Palhinha deal. We really need to close these deals.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 10:04 AM The Khan's are simply not prepared to pay the rate for the job. It begs the question why did they buy the club in the first place? It was not because they wanted to own a successful Premier Football club. They are doing to FFC what Mike Ashley did to Newcastle;. buy players on the cheap and try to sell them for big money. So as I see it we are going to remain a yo-yo club unless they bring in a Director of Football who knows what he is doing! I'm sorry to sound downhearted but the way in which we seem to be losing out in so many of these transfer deals is becoming a bit depressing.
posted by Ancient Chris (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:00 AM How many of us now regret paying for seasons tickets, for what looks like being another wasted season in the Premier League, and even Brentford supporters will be laughing their heads off, at the way we conduct our transfer, or non transfer business.
posted by Alan B (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:22 AM will be very disappointing if we don't sign Soloman or Palhina, given they were our top priority and we had time to close the deal. Let's wait and see. could be just agents talk to drum up more interest and a bigger commission. The Khans are business men and they probably operate on principle (which is good) but Football business is so corrupted and wild, as much as you don't like someone coming back asking for more money having agreed a fee, you sometimes have to suck it up and accept it (like in a crazy housing boom to avoid being gazumped). Let's wait an see. But really having already missed the start of the pre-season, don't want to see last minute panic buys this summer!!!
posted by johnC (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:41 AM btw if true that Nice have offered a bigger salary, Fulham have to match it otherwise, it will be like the bad start Seri had who felt he was cheated and lost out on a £1m bonus. You don't want to the player to feel he could have earned more. You want him to think he made the best decision possible at the time.
posted by johnC (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:46 AM Looking and reading about your club it appears that you are in a complete mess scouting, medical & management resources appear to require a compete overhaul. scenario : another Derby
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:08 PM At what point have the club said Solomon and Palhinha are our priority signings …it’s all newspaper , social media speculation .. maybe we should trust our management team and owners .. Marco knows what he needs… and we aren’t the only club trying to sign players .. let’s just wait and see ..
posted by Markrightback (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:10 PM Be realistic in every window each club chases a couple of dozen players, if they are lucky they get 4 or five. Other people are chasing the people we want so may be able to out bid us, that is how it is not inefficiency, we a small fish in a big pond.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:27 PM Palhinha would be a key signing and Solomon has been a transfer target for the past six weeks. We are after five or six players, Marco Silva is not able to attract top players unless they are Portuguese and our scouting network is non existent compared to most elite clubs. We will get players but they will be third choice transfers and they will be done late which is not helpful and a couple of loans. Club hasn't learnt lessons we need to pay big money to get first choice selections through the door. And, they have to be the right players.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:54 PM Agree Scout' Palhinha is a key signing because he ticks all the boxes starting in the position we need him to fill. Between Harrison, Cairney, Wilson, Chabolha and co, we look very vulnerable to pace attacks coming through us and i am concerned. It is no time to start pointing fingers on who can or who can't. All i would say is, if we are able to secure the services of Palhinha, it would help Cairney to concentrate on going forward and passing. You mentioned the Portuguese element and connections and i would add that Wolves and their manager are also in the queue for Palhinha. It's not only the dynamics with the agents pushing the fees up, but this extra competition. We just have to hold our hands up and hope Khan is willing to dig even deeper to get these players over the line. We are in the prem now and competition will be fierce...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 1:32 PM Clean that dirty old mac you wear every day while you are stalking.I hope your pub team is relegated every season for the next few years.
posted by small bentford (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 2:56 PM Whoops , last message meant for bentfords message board !
posted by small bentford (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 3:38 PM Markrightback, I could not agree with you more. Seems a lot of people read everything they read on the "news now" site which, in most cases, is regurgitated nonsense. As I wrote above, why not just wait for the club to make an announcement rather than slag them off for a rumour that is likely to be fake in any case....
posted by MT - Thursday 30th June 2022, 3:57 PM Will we become the "Frankie Howard" football club "All fur coat no knickers" FUR COAT new stand, NO KNICKERS no players.
posted by DC (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 4:33 PM Ancient off hand which big transfers was there cant think of many
posted by John h (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 5:20 PM It is so rather frustrating, but only one more day and then we will know what's what...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 9:26 PM But will we? Thought we were normally scrabbling around on the last day.
posted by Snoops (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 7:22 AM Isn’t that the fun of the preseason build up, the transfer rumours, whether true or false. Half the rumours always have an element of truth but half are complete rubbish. We do realise that.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:04 AM

Apparently we also exported a record amount of gas to europe.
posted by Mike (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:11 PM

Canada dry humour!
posted by Oddave (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:27 PM Another one bites the dust. Perhaps Sir Andy will fare better ?
posted by John H (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:31 PM Buster Mottram is my tip.
posted by Bled Perry (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 7:11 PM A fan of hers personally. Good young player in my opinion. Is all the hatred just racism?
posted by Russell Percy (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 9:15 PM I’ve never minded Canadians !
posted by Oddave (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 9:19 PM Not racism Russell. There are just some people on this board who live to hate.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 9:46 PM Our new girl wonder vastly overrated well done to our unsung brits
posted by Johnh (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 5:23 PM Of course if anyone or anything mediocre is criticised it automatically becomes racist. Think it says more about the accuser than than the accused., Some of these brainwashed clowns beggar belief, they're the sort of idiots who run unconscious bias classes and mindfulness courses.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 6:01 PM Bit unfair to describe Raducanu as mediocre Paddy. You don't fluke a Grand Slam title. Trouble is it sent her ranking sky high and she hasn't adjusted yet.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 10:07 PM

…and our reputation in the toilet
posted by Rm (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 5:18 PM Fulham supporter your recommendation will have us relegated with lowest points ever.
posted by cottager (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 8:06 PM

WHAT!!!!! Memories May be beautiful and yet What's too painful to remember We simply to choose to forget
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 4:39 PM I know how you feel Ernie I go back even further than you do. But try as I have done through the years I cannot shake off the Fulham disease. It's been a tough slog but there have been some exciting times and some excellent players have given us as much pleasure as misery! Once a Fulham man always a Fulham man! Sorry should I say 'person'?
posted by Ancient Chris (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:35 PM I know what you mean Ernie, the last game I saw was our 3-0 win over Preston that ensured promotion but I didn't see any of the goals. What the point having seats when people won't sit in them? I can't jump up and down so I'm relegated to being an armchair fan nowadays.
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:44 PM Ancient Chris, you’re right, sometimes you think if I only could let it go; but you just can’t shake it off. Laying awake at night after a loss putting them in peril, or laying awake thinking about a big game coming up. And Nigel, you can never replace the atmosphere, but at least watching it on tv you can see the game. As I said it just isn’t the same for me personally
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 7:12 PM I have lived a long life and seen a lot of change most of it for the good. Fulham has hardly changed at all in that time. I am in the JH stand where the facilities have got worse not better in that time. The toilets being the worst example, horrible. If we are ever going to be a bigger club we more capacity and the new stand is a start. The old Riverside was an ugly monstrosity and the new stand is a big improvement. I cannot see why that would put anyone off going, in fact quite the opposite.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 7:12 PM I am with you ERNIE and ANCIENT CRISS on those points the excitement reading and seeing the opposition stars and just as they kicked off climbing over the railings and sitting on the cinder track surrounding the pitch. Watching my favourite players, especially Bedford Jezzard. No season ticket either for me this season
posted by Kunye (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 8:16 PM Old times alway seem great been coming since 1960 some were poor but I was hooked, loved last season. Some may thing we not got great players but I think there a great bunch of lads
posted by DMK (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:31 PM I say it as it is, don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out. After a season like the last one you lot decide "it's not like it was". Get lost, the club doesn't need fans like you and you'll probably only be around another 5 years or so, so it's hardly a loss is it. Good riddance to the lot of you moaners.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:02 AM What a vile and horrible person you are Bobby.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 10:08 AM Bobby, I never criticised the Club or the direction it’s taking, just expressing my views and feelings. I wish nothing but the best for Fulham and hope they achieve all the Club’s ambitions. Perhaps the way you have responded, typifies the sort of new fans Fulham (and the game generally) now attracts and is one of the reason a lot of older fans don’t feel part of it anymore. All the best for the new season
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 10:42 AM While not participating in this particular item i must say that the article by this so called bobby is disgraceful, does the club really need SLIME balls like him calling themselves FULHAM supporters
posted by Old Un (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 12:03 PM Ha ha. Pot Kettle Scout, Ernie and Old Un. Take a long look at yourselves and the sh!te you all post and get real.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 2:40 PM Bobby , you are one sick wan**r , do one before you find yourself in trouble .
posted by George (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 3:43 PM Is this scum bobby the type of supporter we are attracting. I do hope not.
posted by Puyney Pete (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 4:36 PM We don't get such vitriolic comments from others that come on our board, as this statement from the so called Fulham supporter bobby. An apology would not go amiss.
posted by kunye (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 7:02 PM Life evolves and so does football. It's like a marriage for better for worse. Because someone doesn't like how football has developed, like ownership, money, diving, var and dubious refereeing, that in my opinion is not a reason to surrender your season ticket. I would understand more if you stated that you were financially stressed or physically unable to attend because of your age. When we got relegated in 2013, I never dreamt that we would ever return to the top division in my life time, but we have 3 times. It's now time for the younger generation , but there's room for you and I as well.
posted by Observer (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 7:45 PM This scumbag is not a fan of the club at all, he is a thick moronic creep who thinks it is clever to upset genuine supporters. We have all had arguments with each other in the past, but as Fulham fans we don’t get abusive and wish posters death. What an Appalling little man you are Bobby. Do us all a favour and go back to your cesspit and wallow in your disgusting comments.
posted by Gaz - Thursday 30th June 2022, 8:03 PM Bobby, you're exactly what's wrong, it's not the football we're complaining about, it's the selfish few who ruin it for the masses. I'd be there all the time if people would stop refusing to use the seats.It never used to be so bad. Stadiums are designed so everyone can see if they use the seats properly. We never used to have you culture at the Cottage.It's come from the modern age of self, self,self
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:11 PM Wow I'd love to know what planet you lot live on! "Vile & Horrible" "slime ball" "sick w@nker" "scum" "moronic creep" & "appalling little man" I have read and re-read my comments and fail to see how I could have stirred such emotions for calling out a poster who is a bigoted bore for failing to support the team after the year we have just had. Then we have Scout who is one the most outspoken anti Khan/Marco posters and fails to see the joy in just about anything. And Gaz, can you point out where I wished for anyone's death? No I thought not. You lot are exactly what the club doesn't need, you can f@#k off the lot of you. I will continue to post and to call out all you pathetic, moaning, asswipes as and when i see fit. You need to man up. Grumpy old men are fine but you lot are worse than a bunch of rent seeking entitled millennials, I feel sorry for your families if this is what they have to look up to.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 11:25 PM Bobby you sicko , you are obviously not a Fulham fan so take your vile comments somewhere else . Bet the other school children in your class love you , not ! Your parents must be so proud of you !
posted by George (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 10:57 AM Don't post much, but what a horrible cretin this bobby is. Never thought i see the day when a Fulham supporter ranted such vile abuse. A good call for a moderator
posted by OZ (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 10:58 AM Bobby, I couldn’t care if you want to keep posting on this site and call real fans out. None of them will take notice of a mug like you. Your behaviour yesterday has highlighted what you are, a nasty waste of breath, get lost.
posted by Gaz - Friday 01st July 2022, 11:58 AM Grow up you Muppets and try reading people's post properly and not what's going on in your own tiny minds. D!ckheads.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 12:51 PM Gobby Bobby , is your mouth that big at cc ? Doubt it !
posted by George (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 1:11 PM I know the toilet situation is bad But it must of been worse in the day's of 35,000 plus crowds my dad told me you had to take your inner tube with you so you could pee down it so it landed on the terrace ,of course cut it to length!
posted by worple (Guest) - Friday 01st July 2022, 6:51 PM More and longer than you Boy George. Do you really want to hurt me? Nah, I thought not you are a real cottager, get back to doing your make up.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 12:30 AM So gobby, you like uphill gardening ! Small bentford are the right team for you ! Keep biting sonny !
posted by George (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:54 AM Is that pillows Boy George? You and Jeremy Thorpe would make a right pair.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 8:56 AM Keep biting sonny . You just can’t help yourself ! But your juvenile comments on here give us proper Fulham fans a good laugh . Now be a good boy and get on with your school homework !
posted by George (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 9:16 AM That's OK Boy George you'll keep. I'm happy to meet you and all you other knobs in the Eight Bells before the Liverpool game. Look for the FFC shirt with Zamora on the back and introduce yourselves. Of course you won't, you're sh!t scared and don't go to games anyway.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 1:49 PM Being an ex marine there's not much that scares me , least of all you ! But threatening someone via a key board is cowardly! As if I'm gonna travel up from my home in Cornwall just to meet some herbert like you , who no doubt wont be there anyway is laughable !
posted by George (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 4:46 PM George , I’m with you but best to leave it at that , don’t rise to this idiot Bobby , it’s not worth it ,
posted by Pete (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 6:27 PM Yet again you fail to read a post correctly. Explain where I threatened you? And there we have it. You live in Cornwall and don't attend games.. You stay down there in the Duchy Ducky, enjoy the clotted cream and pasties, it's safer that way.
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 11:37 PM

We saw what he/the club wanted us to see which, in any case, was only a few seconds so I would have thought that there is one for the cameras and one for the team. You've heard the phrase "nothing leaves the changing room" ;0)
posted by MT - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:48 AM Marco's team talks were trite, banal and basic, and if they were just for the camera then it's even worse, surely you want the best for the camera. You should watch the Diego Simeone documentary to see a decent and motivating coach. Marco Silva is certainly no Simeone.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 11:08 AM I am sure most of the tactical, motivational and fitness training goes on at Motspur Park. The last minute team talk is just a call for arms stressing the most important lessons they have learned. Whatever he is doing works on the pitch which is all that matters.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 11:37 AM Why are people looking to criticise Marco Silva? He took a squad of under performing players off of Parker and inspired them to one of the best seasons in our history. The man deserves all of our thanks and support for the coming season
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 3:18 PM Talking of tactics, with the amount of talent at his disposal watching England should be good but not sure ‘ crablike ‘ footie will win us the World Cup !
posted by John H (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 3:21 PM

You need to give it a few games MT before you make any predictions about FFC this season, whoever they buy. Sometimes clubs buy players we've never heard of and they come up trumps. Also, you can buy so-called 'named Players' who couldn't give a toss. We all want Fulham to do well and not struggle. I personally don't want them to go down again, we need to shake off the 'yo-yo' image.
posted by Fulham Addict (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:46 AM Well said MT. At least someone is being positive about our prospects for the new season. I must say I find it difficult to share your optimism as I cannot bring myself to trust the Khan's and their true intentions. But like you I live in hopes!
posted by Ancient Chris (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:55 AM it will be the strongest PL for many a season. if we finish 17th it will be a successful season.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 11:12 AM just to add....playing in the PL is where we should be, every game in that league is a massive cup final and every point won is massive achievement unlike the boring tedium of the Championship. It is weak and pathetic not to strive to test ourselves against the very best. As long as we put up a good fight, like we did at times last time then we can be proud of our club, we mustn't be a Norwich.
posted by Scout (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 11:22 AM 100% Scout' we wanna be' and we are here we are Fulham!!! I also agree that it is a strong and tough prem this year. Even the likes of Forest are not messing about. Just get that defensive midfielder in, build around him, and feed Mitrovic who is starved of supply, and 'BOOM'!!!!! We take off! Whats so difficult about that? COME ON KHAN' BRING ON THOSE TRANSFERS!!!!!
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 12:11 PM I just want to say MT that the baz(Guest) is not me.
posted by Baz (Moderator) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 1:50 PM Kind of guessed the Baz but thanks in any case ;0)
posted by MT - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 1:56 PM Strange... No one else can be called Baz now. Nice one plebs.
posted by Baz (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 7:28 PM I do not know of any other site where two people are allowed to have the same name. First come ect.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Saturday 02nd July 2022, 1:02 PM

Under Parker the squad we have now looked very ordinary, under Silver they look brilliant. If you are a professional player you are not useless, you just need a talented manager to get the best out of you. We have a very talented manager.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:51 AM I agree. Silva is a smart cookie and a good manager can bring the best out of a player. Look how Pep made Sterling into a quasi- world class player we used to shudder when Raheem minced on to the pitch for England.
posted by Vin (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:04 AM At present Man U spend big bucks on players but they have not found a manager to get the best out of them. If the manager of Man C or Liverpool managed Man U they would probably win the League. The manager is so much more important than any player.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 12:15 PM

At what ?
posted by Stan (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:28 PM Well done U19 Lionesses. Just Israel in thr final. Womens football on the rise
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:59 PM Men's team Ernie.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 10:10 PM What do think Stan? This is a football forum so if it had been any other sport I would have said so.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 10:12 PM So no other sport is mentioned on here ? Odd , very odd !
posted by Stan (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 5:05 AM Read it again Stan.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:02 AM

Owen now we have a corrupt Charlie taking back handers. For the royals
posted by Geezer (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:06 PM Get rid of that loud mouthed idiot outside Parliament
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 10:01 PM

You do know that not all Scots want it and the latest poll puts it at 50-50?
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 7:15 PM I suggest you read the guidance on the common travel area MT. Which is the right to travel reside, vote, be educated and claim benefits in the UK. Irish citizens currently have this right along with Channel Islands residents. I'm assuming wee Jimmy Krankie will expect Scottish citizens to have these rights too i.e. have their cake and eat it. A change to the common area would save this country billions in needless benefit payments etc.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 7:28 PM I think majority of Scot’s dislike English in general but I do still think majority like to stay in Uk. The issue is Nicola sturgeon. She hates the union and she has a personal mission to separate the country. A bit like Farage wanted Brexit. And at the extreme level, Putin will not stop his barbaric attack until he has recreated Soviet Union. When leaders have a personal mission that is divisive, generally it will end with tears and regret.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 7:42 PM John and what did the yanks and do in Vietnam. And Blair and bush have done to other countries. Big gob Boris is going to get us in the s]]]t with Putin. All because of the yanks.
posted by Geezer (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:14 PM Don't very often agree with MT but this time I'm with him 100%.Why don't we have the vote this side of the border so us English can get a say for a change? I think Sturgeon might be (politely or otherwise) be told to go forth and multiply. It's time we took charge of our country instead of all and sundry telling us what we can and can't do.
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:34 PM The United States had provided funding, armaments, and training to South Vietnam’s government and military since Vietnam’s partition into the communist North and the democratic South in 1954. Tensions escalated into armed conflict between the two sides, and in 1961 U.S. President John F. Kennedy chose to expand the military aid program. The terms of this expansion included yet more funding and arms, but a key alteration was the commitment of U.S. soldiers to the region. Kennedy’s expansion stemmed in part from Cold War-era fears about the “domino theory”: if communism took hold in Vietnam, it would topple democracies throughout the whole of Southeast Asia, it was thought. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, but his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, continued the work that Kennedy had started. Johnson raised the number of South Vietnam deployments to 23,000 U.S. soldiers by the end of his first year in office. Political turbulence there and two alleged North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. naval vessels spurred Johnson to demand the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964. It granted him broad latitude in handling the struggle against communism in Southeast Asia... Just a little insight on how and why the Vietnam war started. maybe there is more to this, i don't know the full facts. I am not too convinced that the yanks and Britain go around war-mongering? That Iraq war was not instigated or started by Blair, there is more to it than that. War-mongering is what Putin is doing right now, but Nato who was formed on merely self-defence purposes 70 odd years ago are seen as war-mongers who have upset Putin, and they have never fired a bullet in anger...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:38 PM This one was a reply to Geezer and it is pasted from some real facts about the Vietnam war.
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:42 PM Owen, your obviously very studious but sometimes you just go a bit too far. Do we really need a lesson on the USA's futile venture into Vietnam?
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:43 PM John c your wrong The majority of Scot’s like the English My mum was Scottish and my dad from Fulham I have spent loads of my life in Scotland even working there for six years and have many friends there Your seeing it as england v Scotland in football terms like fulham v Chelsea However if Scotland voted as a majority for independence let them have it I just moved an English couple from Dundee to Kent and they were sad to leave and said everyone there was lovely
posted by Magicman - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:15 PM MT YOu forget free university education! My granddaughter has got a BA and a MA at St Andrews recently. Of course she was born in Scotland and has lived there all her life! As Broadsword mentions it is 50/50 at the moment but it is the youngsters who could swing it. They think the sun shines through the Sturgeon women. But the Welsh will love it! NS wants to kick out The Royal Navy and it's neucleur submarines. The Welsh would welcome them down to Milford Haven because it would provide plenty of employment down there. Don't under- estimate the Sturgeon woman but hopefully there will be enough Scots with a bit of common sense!
posted by Ancient Chris (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:41 PM In any kind of referendum people appear to vote with their hearts rather than their heads and are rarely fully informed - look at Brexit and the pigs ear that was! I know several people who voted for Brexit, did not really know the consequences of their actions, regret doing it and with hindsight would have either not voted or voted to remain...
posted by MT - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 6:14 AM Northern Ireland will eventually become part of Ireland, the Welsh will wake up to the advantages of independence and we will go from being Great Britain to Little England.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 8:49 AM Let the Scots have their referendum and when they vote to remain tell the poison dwarf to find another job because they are happy as they are. And she s obviously not
posted by Johnh (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 9:49 AM Good post Owen actually read it through pretty accurate overall!!
posted by John h (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 9:53 AM I have spent a lot of my retirement walking and staying in Scotland. I think it's a beautiful place and while we've still got that idiot in at No.10,I would gladly live there permanently.
posted by Fulha Addict (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:54 AM Owen the French were there first. It was called French Indochina since 1887. Until Ho Chi Minh got rid of them. Like the rest of European powers that went around the world taking what ever they wanted. And the yanks have always wanted it. One senator said that Europe will be in chaos with out the Americans policing the world and that is exactly what they are doing now. Using Nato and and Russia to do there dirty work for them. And now with Finland and Sweden joining Nato .America is using Europe and Nato as there Berlin wall. Tony Blair came back from America and said he had seen the evidence that Gaddafi had weapons of mass destruction and lied to all of us. Owen The TRUMAN doctrine was the offical beginning of an aggressive peacetime intervention during which America became the worlds policeman. Friendly nations were often bought off by supporting cooperative but repressive leaders. Unfriendly ones often experienced economic sanctions and arming of there opponents. Just what is going on today with the UKRAINE. Its America fault with Russia they want world power
posted by Geezer (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 11:02 AM It was the communist threat from both sides of nam that the Americans were concerned with. I agree that the nam war was a fruitless one because no one can say who really won it and besides that, it didn't stop the to sides of nam from forming an even more powerful communist alliance. The argument now is should we have bolstered our forces and alliances even before Putin started his so-called special operations? And that answer is yes' Russia is a huge threat to world peace. If you are saying that Boris is crazy for beefing up security and alliances and he has lost the plot, what else do you suggest geezer? Labour are too far apart in policies and ideas to even bring anything to the table. Starmer does not have the charisma or the talk or nohow to talk to those big-shots abroad. America's fault with Russia? This is history repeated concerning Russia, they choked the Ukraines. In 1932 and 1933, millions of Ukrainians were killed in the Holodomor, a man-made famine engineered by the Soviet government of Joseph Stalin. This is history repeating itself through Putin. You say Blair came back from America and deliberately lied? Blair was nieve and blindsided by a bluff and we all agree that Bush wasn't very bright anyway. Capitalism isn't perfect by a long way but it is the best we got Saddam Hussein was also a big fan of Stalin and that says a lot without going into the gory details about the persecutions of the tribes and peoples he favoured and didn't like. If we the West should have stood aside and looked, it would have made no difference. Globally, people will always run away from tyrants and cruel leaders interference or not. There was always something brewing around Putin for years and you can see that through the Salisbury poisoning, Putin poisoning and locking up and killing political rivals etc. Geezer' you almost sound like we should apologise to Putin who is no more than a thug who worked his way up to power?
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 12:59 PM Owen your still missing the point. Its not Russia we need to watch out for its America needs watching. Also the yanks have twenty five countries that they have sanctions on. The worst one is CUBA since 1959. But then they use CUBA to hold prisoners with out charge all this time since the towers. So if people wanted to get them out they would to go to CUBA to get them instead of America Please dont for get the yanks have never been bombed. they use other countries for that just like now. Also OWEN IM ENJOYING OUR CHAT
posted by Geezer (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 3:29 PM Geezer' it's been great but i feel we should get back to some football now. I am surprised that we have gotten away with this topic and not a word on the Scotts and our dear Nicola, lol. From the looks of it, MT might have been bored silly on the subject of Scottish independence and Auntie Sturgeon to let us get away with volumes of literature on Putin and the Nam war. Putney Pete must be savouring over this stuff which he must find interesting, lol. Nigel' somebody stop me! Back to the football and 'TRANSFERS'!!!!!!!!!!
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 4:34 PM Wasn’t it a Russian politician and Putin ally who recently said London would be the first to go in any conflict? Keep looking west Geezer, ‘cause the danger is going to hit you right up your exposed backside. And you need to do a little research on Cuba and Gitmo. And when YOU were bombed, thousands of Americans answered the call and risked their lives long before the their country entered the war, let alone the many thousands after. Am curious though, what drives the hatred to the point where nothing but absolute nonsense spews out. Foreign meddling? The sun never sets on the Yank empire? Oh wait. That phrase has never been uttered. Pot? Kettle? You choose first.
posted by Californian - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:20 PM I am sure when the Russian had their revolution in 1917 they did not expect one dictatorship to be replaced by another. When they shed communism they did not expect it to be replaced by another dictator.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 30th June 2022, 7:32 AM

Greedy overpaid agents are a blight on the modern game, but if we get this transfer over the line it say's a lot for the reputation of Marco Silva. Apparently, the Wolves manager who is also Portuguese was a solid favourite to sign this rated defensive midfielder...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 4:04 PM JohnC. Why have agents at all. Never used to years ago before business and money took over. The manager ran the football side of things, buying of players, contracts, wages. Footballers represented themselves. Agents have come in, and who are they anyway, just people the feather their own nest, one of Tony Blair's sons is a football agent, says it all.
posted by FulhamFred (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 4:18 PM The Bosman ruling and the arrival of agents has changed the face of football and probably not for the best. Second rate players are earning ridiculous amounts of money and led to elitism at the top killing off the " Working class heroes"
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 5:04 PM Probably more to do with back handers, bungs in football no different than bungs in politics.
posted by Drain the pond (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 5:59 PM If Mendez failed to broker a deal with Wolves WTF has he got to do with our business via another agent with Sporting. Perhaps it's time for Tony to get one of his mountainous wrestlers to pay him a visit.. Lolxxxxx
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:40 PM Fulham Fred, professional footballers are Limited companies these days and employ agents to do many things, not just negotiate their salary package. It is not much different to you and I having a Financial Adviser for our savings/pension. I have to be honest and write that I would definitely have one were I a footballer. It's not about greed, it's about doing the best you can for your business, you and your family. Clubs have agents too and if the club's agents are stupid enough to agree a deal with a player's agent that is beyond tenable for both parties than more fool the club to be honest!!
posted by MT - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 2:30 PM

Where does that leave Fabio then, a season of bench warming I would think. With Sane leaving he must have been expecting that spot in the side.
posted by A C (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 4:33 PM Wonder who they mugged to buy him? Think Michael Owen will have the hump?
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 4:48 PM We had John Collins and Colin John
posted by Magicman - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 5:18 PM

Do you write a blog as that is what you contributions appear like. Manchester United and Arsenal do not have the buying power they had when the two of them fought out the league title. Players wages now excessive and all the clubs have essential support staff in huge numbers. Man C seem to have owners who have found, so far, ways around the FIFA financial rules and spend what they want without limit. In my view it is only them and Liverpool are nearly unbeatable. All the rest with the right tactics and motivation we can beat, we should do better than survive.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 7:48 PM TTIN' i say whoopee if we can take as many points from the likes of Arsenal in these lean times, but even you must admit that they were a force at one time. I still consider them top 6 because they always beat us and it is only rookie Arteta holding them or growing with them. Arguably, if they had gone for Ancelloti who went to Everton at the time, they might have fared better? In any case you have to have a top 6 and i think that my assessments wouldn't be too far apart from the so-called experts. Some would drop man utd and Arsenal out of the 6 but who do we put in place? Our record is good recently against Liverpool thanks to Parker and maybe we can add to that. for starters?
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:01 PM Of course Chelsea are an oddity they collect players like others collect stamps, perhaps without Russian money and methods they won't.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:43 PM Think Arsenal started last years premier campaign against littlest bees they was shocking !! And Look where they finished cert home win to palace
posted by John h (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:02 AM Our nearest and dearest seem to be chasing some big hitters so there must be a few Bob there. ( can’t understand why richarlson is wanted though and by spurs average at best !!
posted by John h (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:07 AM By the way Newcastle will enter the top six club this year maybey even top 4 someone s nose will be put out of joint
posted by John h (Guest) - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 10:09 AM John' just look at the service opportunities Richarleson will have for Spurs. There is a rumour going around that Mitrovic is wanted by Everton believe it or not. They are not looking at how many goals these guys have clocked in a season, Lampard and Conte are looking at supplying them more opportunities, that we haven't done for Mitro enough.
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Thursday 30th June 2022, 1:43 PM

Give me a kiss and I'll tell you. ! !
posted by Alan B (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 2:53 PM CHEEKY!!
posted by Iron Fender (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 4:21 PM Ironman. They don't like it up them, ooohh, but I do ...
posted by Poofy Pete (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 4:24 PM We have the advantage. We are the original Cottagers & have the towpath to promanade along.
posted by Barn Elms (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 5:40 PM I troll the towpath at least once a week. You get a lovely view of the Cottage on a moon lite night...
posted by Anal Ernie (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 7:17 PM I've spent many a night under the stars cruising the tow path opposite the cottage. You'd be surprised who went down there stars of stage and screen and some MP's they liked a bit of rough and being six foot three with a body like a Greek God I could only oblige them, well you had to supplement a Corporals pay where ever you could, happily married now with three grown up kids.
posted by Gordon the Gay Guardsmen (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:20 PM

Who is probably a far better keeper than all of those that you mentioned.
posted by A C (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:16 AM I’m really not sure Pope, Henderson would ever have joined us no matter what was on offer. They have better options. If rumours ( that’s all we have to go on) are true I think we’ve been pretty active in pursuit of a new, much needed goalkeeper. I’m sure the manager appreciates the need at least as much as we do. You can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
posted by Duh (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:21 AM The last few keepers we have had, in my opinion have not rated very highly,no doubt at the last moment we will by some old over the hill stumer
posted by Kunye (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:35 AM Cannot wait untill AUG: 20th 5 pm, when you have suffered your 3rd defeat at the hands of the "BEES"
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:38 AM loathed to say it, the way we are dithering around in the transfer market it could be quite possible.
posted by Putney Pete (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:46 AM I cant understand why a Fulham fan comes on here calling him / her self buzzi b , strange !
posted by George (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 12:59 PM I know he went down as a dud, but West Ham signed Ariola for 7m. I wouldn't put David Moyes in the idiot category. Sorry for harping on about Ariola Kunye' just saying...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 2:34 PM I have been called many things but to be called a Fulham fan. How very dare you!
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 5:43 PM You've been sussed buzzi, lol.
posted by John (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 5:51 PM So sad he’s regularly watching our site,must be either worried or obsessed have never checked out Brentford message board(if they have one) what a saddo
posted by Chief (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 6:15 PM AUG: 20h 5PM
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 6:25 PM Well sussed buzzi , where about do you sit at craven cottage ? Bet you're a season ticket holder !
posted by John (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 6:34 PM The only time Fulham have realised how important a keeper is when we acquired Edwin Van De Sar for the first four years of our long return to the PL. A top keeper stabilises the whole defence and probably save more goals than your striker scores. I have always believed the keeper is the most important player in the team. Trouble is most of the Fulham do not agree and get second or third best or worse.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 29th June 2022, 12:24 PM

General Krebs. Short answer I invited myself to the site. Some friends thought they could promote my book on this site, it failed as I knew it would and stopped them when I found out. Paddy O Doors will go to his grave not believing that. Last night someone posted as M. Kent so that could become confusing. Anyway I have had enough it is a site for sore eyes. An echo chamber of a small group that post, some funny, some thoughtful, some quite boring. Some will say goodbye M. Kent and in a friendly manner. Others good riddance and Eff Off. Others I guess will simply think who cares if you depart. The other M. Kent may continue, but I won't care because I will be gone. Cheerio.
posted by M .kent (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:48 AM Are new people not allowed to join the board?
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:49 AM I'll miss you M Kent, we seem to be on the same wavelength.
posted by Fulham Addfict (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:30 AM More humour on the glorious massageboard...
posted by G. Krebs (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 12:41 PM I've no feelings either way. Enjoy your career as an author.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 3:41 PM

Dan, what an idiotic post.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:00 AM What's it got to do with Ffc?!
posted by T. O'C (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:13 AM Bigboy, an even more idiotic response !
posted by Dan (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:26 AM Saying he wants England to lose at football does not means he hates the English and she is a British citizen. No more Canadian than she is Romanian or Chinese.
posted by Broadsword (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:48 AM It’s Wimbledon fortnight, the rest of news good or bad is put on the back burner. Just wait till the World Cup starts, even Katie Price will ‘ disappear. - if only !
posted by John H (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 10:27 AM And her birth certificate says ?
posted by Dan (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:04 AM Hahaha, good one John. If only.
posted by Realistic (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:14 AM

Don't panic Tony Jnr!
posted by MTB (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:14 AM Dont panic,to be honest i quite like watching football in the championship.
posted by Old Un (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:48 AM

Liverpool are a greedy club and always over value players on their way out. They, one the other hand expect and pay way under for players they buy in, but hey that's business. Shame not to sign Neco but can't blame Fulham if they don't pay out 20 million for him.
posted by MG (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:28 PM Who said we folded and dropped out? How do you know that Fulham were actually looking to buy him?
posted by MT - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:48 PM Maybe we can find a way of stopping doing business with Liverpool. They're fleecing us left, right and centre, in effect they've managed to swap Elliott and Carvalho for Harry Wilson. Maybe our fabulous academy is a waste as it seems to be costing us in the long run.
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 5:33 PM I am heartedly fed up with Liverpool at the way they keeping taking our players off of us, for bargain prices, like Harvey Elliot, Fabio recently, then in the past with Ray Houghton, and I hope that I am right, Richard Money, and there are probably more, yet even if we wanted Neco Williams, and I'm not sure that we really do, they pile on the asking for cash. They are, as already been mentioned, a really greedy nasty club.
posted by Brian Jarvis (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 6:35 PM Not just the club, their supporters are, well, not nice. Didn't they mug us over Sreve Finnan too?
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 6:52 PM Think some Fulham supporters are pointing the blame in the wrong direction. The Fulham board set the prices for players, not Liverpool. The Fulham board decide who stays and who goes, with some input from the manager. If Liverpool and any club undervalue or overvalue a player, the Fulham board can say on your bike and set the fee as they see fit.
posted by M. Kent (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 7:11 PM I'd stick to the colouring in if I was you MK.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 7:13 PM I don't really like red.
posted by M. Kent (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 7:53 PM As far as our dealings with liverpool are concerned could maybe brown envelopes be mentioned
posted by Putney Pete (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 9:11 PM M.kent posted at 7.53 PM. I do like red, and could get quite confusing you posting using my name, and Paddy O Doors will think here he goes again. Just making the point, football is big business and money has taken over so it is up to the clubs and people that run the clubs to make sure of sound financial dealings. So if Liverpool offers less than a player is worth, the club should and could turn them down. And if Liverpool ask more than a player is worth, simply don't buy that player. If all clubs did that some financial sanity may return.
posted by M. Kent (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 9:37 PM Paddy, perhaps we should go back as far as Ray Houghton and Richard Money LOL.
posted by MT - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:11 AM If a player young or old wants to leave ffc nothing the board can do to stop them if he’s a younger one his agent will tell him he will get 5 times more somewhere else and as he’s got nothing to keep him at club he’d be a fool to refuse no loyalty in football any more
posted by John h (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:54 AM Didnt Ray Houghton go to QPR on a fire sale under Clay along with Dean Coney?
posted by Keetch54 - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:07 AM Just looked it up -he went to Oxford United (!) then on to Liverpool
posted by Keetch54 - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 9:11 AM In my opinion the most important piece of poaching by Liverpool from us was when they took Roy Hodgson at a time when he was doing so well for us. Unfortunately it is not just Liverpool who practice the business of luring players away from other clubs. Man U and City have both been guilty with the help of greedy agents of taking young stars away from us. Something has to be done to prevent poaching of players from other clubs. Quite how I do not know! Maybe we could start by giving our youngsters an earlier opportunity to be promoted to the senior squad or at least to offer them more attractive contracts. We should certainly be making more effort to keep our academy stars. An example is Sonny Hilton. Having recently been given awards for his efforts in the last season he has now been packed off to Carlisle on loan!!
posted by Ancient Chris (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:11 AM Not only agents but often the arogance of managers.
posted by Kunye (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 11:52 AM I'm sure Fulham has mugged clubs too. It's the nature of the business. However, there is a way to do things and a way to behave. Liverpool have no class, their porcelain toothed manager moaning about other teams tactics, inviting ticketless fans to travel to Paris despite knowing the fans history and their inability to follow rules and behave themselves with any decorum. I would make it a rule never to sell them a player again.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 3:50 PM

Don't worry M.K, same things happened to me...
posted by MTB (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 3:34 PM Just imagine someone sitting somewhere and reading posts and deciding, oh, tut, tut, delete that. And what criteria they would use. And wish they wouldn't, free speech and all that, eh.
posted by M. Kent (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 3:51 PM These kinds of accusations are why I gave up moderating on this site. How do you know it isn't a computer glitch or maybe you didn't look properly and your post is further down the board. I can't imagine anything that Owen posts would be deleted by moderators. This kind of remark was always being aimed at me and I was always being accused of deleting stuff that I didn't - glad I gave it up but I notice how much gobbledegook, misogynistic, racist and xenophobic posts have appeared on this board since I did lol - be careful what you wish for ;0)).
posted by MT - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:54 PM MT. Could be a glitch I guess. Definitely not further down the board, I looked. You are right the posts do stray into stuff that a moderator may well want to delete. Owen may have thoughts about posts disappearing, and may not care either way, thank him anyway for taking time to respond earlier.
posted by M. Kent (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 5:48 PM You don't own the board and you barely contribute anything worthwhile MK so you don't get to choose. I for one would happily take on a moderator's role to delete some of the rubbish that's posted here. Come to think of it there wouldn't be much left it the were the case...
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 12:52 AM A post from Owen being deleted never probably mst successor still reading it ,!!!
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Tuesday 28th June 2022, 8:59 AM

45 appearances for manure, apparently.
posted by Oddave (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 2:39 PM Could be a hell of a signing if he maintains his club firm. He's been brilliant at his loan club apparently. They can't afford him.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 3:51 PM He is a high quality player, and one who who will slot in nicely alongside Harry Wilson in midfield.
posted by MG (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:31 PM Many thanks for the information, at least I know a bit more about the lad.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:54 PM

UH???
posted by MT - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:57 PM

Most of the Premier sides have strengthened their squad so feel that survival will be a tough ask, but if we can manage it there is no reason why we cant go on to be a decent Premier club !
posted by John H (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 2:22 PM We will strengthen our squad by the time the season start. Show patience, people moan when we rush to buy unsuitable people and moan when we are taking time to get the right people. Buying a new team does not work, three or four really good players could make a big difference. Getting them quickly to satisfy impatience supporters is not the way to go.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 26th June 2022, 4:12 PM ? ? ? like the last promotion,last minute rubbish.
posted by Putney Pete (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 5:05 PM Short answer to this is - yes, you will go straight back down
posted by Bee Bop (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 10:25 PM Says the person who said we would finish mid table last season ! Not very good with the predictions small bentford at the budget stadium fan !
posted by Sw6 (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 5:04 AM Says the person who said we would finish mid table last season ! Not very good with the predictions small bentford at the budget stadium fan !
posted by Sw6 (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 5:04 AM

Never felt Neco had any affection for Fulham. I know at professional level, you don’t need love to do well but for a club like Fulham, we need more than that. We need the likes of Mitro, Cairney, kebano, etc who genuinely want to play for the club. So a bit disappointing if Nottingham first gets him, we Have Tete.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 12:55 PM Personally I like Tete a lot, and if Neco decides his career will be better at Forest, then good luck to him, but he won't be missed here. He played his part last season, no doubt, and we are grateful for that, but I never felt that he was ever really happy with us. His best game for Wales was on the left had side, and we have enough cover there anyway. So goodbye Neco and good luck, but fortunately not with us.
posted by A C (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 1:11 PM Who said Fulham want hi in any case?
posted by MT - Sunday 26th June 2022, 2:24 PM MT, you have a good point, as I don't feel that we have actually been falling over ourselves to sign him.
posted by Alan (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 3:55 PM I hope this isn't history repeating.We should've tried harder to sign Target after his successful loan and promotion. Sincerely hope this is just media mischief making
posted by Nigel (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 4:17 PM Djibril Sidibé??? I wrote in a previous post about this guy in place for Neco Williams. If Silva is thinking along these lines, i would say that Sidibe would be or can be a tactical alternative right-back he can use along with Tete. Neco is a good decent player but his positioning or maybe i should say out of position would be problematic if that makes sense? How many times have we seen the adventurous Williams cover many areas than a Friesian Cow?
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 6:26 PM AC who do we have at left back for the PL? Please don't tell me you are considering Robinson?
posted by Bobby (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 12:47 PM Liverpool allegedly want £20m for Williams. He is not worth that.
posted by Delhiwood (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 3:05 PM

Merson's double entendre comment means we already have a great CF in Mitro so he wouldn't get a start
posted by fulham supporter (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 7:03 AM I wouldn't have minded him at Fulham as an understudy to Mitro though....
posted by MT - Sunday 26th June 2022, 7:25 AM I’ll drink to that !
posted by Paul M (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 8:08 AM He spoke specifically about nketiah who is their main striker now. He said he wouldn’t get ahead of Calvert Lewis or Richardson who were almost relegated or in front of mitrovic for us who have only just been promoted. You disagree with that? I sure as hell don’t. Plenty of others for arsenal who’d walk into our team but not him and that’s the only person Mersin was speaking about
posted by Tot (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 4:02 PM I am not sure Merson was a nice person ever, but his period on drink and drugs have made him a really nasty one. Ignore anything he says I would suggest.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 27th June 2022, 1:46 PM If you are old enough to remember he said "what is the point of Fulham" on Sky TV. He does not like us and does not believe we should be a Premier League team, as unfortunately, so do some Fulham fans.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 27th June 2022, 3:37 PM

LAFC and Galaxy are not the same club but who cares. MLS is about equal in quality to lower level Championship or upper level League one. He’s just using this to get fit for the World Cup and make a lot of money doing it. That being said, will attend a few more matches than planned.
posted by Californian - Sunday 26th June 2022, 5:14 AM Never on my list, been a great player. Turns it on for Wales, but could never do whole season in Championship now let alone Premiership . Bit of a luxury to have on bench with his wages
posted by DMK (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 9:32 AM Thanks for the correction Californian' and good to see our oversea number 1 fan still keeping in touch with us fans so much in need of that Californian rays of sunshine and light. We are stocking up on candles for the next month when darkness reigns and our electricity is rationed and no one can afford to pay bills apart from Boris and MT. Apparently' LAFC are top of their league? This tells me that Gareth Bale has probably engineered a smart move that sees him win another title and medal to go with his growing collection. Bale has more than a Welsh rabbit's foot behind his ears i tell you. It looks like a good move for him. I say number one fan? I will have that Aussie guy chucking boomerangs my way...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 8:39 PM Cheers Owen. Will be scouting the local golf courses for any Welsh footballers. Hear he’s quite addicted. Meanwhile, the need for a GK and CB far outweigh any other needs at the moment. Would love to hear your thoughts on who’s available. Don’t believe the AC Milan captain. Give us something realistic. A Prem level keeper has to be the priority. Pope? Henderson?
posted by Californian - Monday 27th June 2022, 6:03 AM Sadly Pope has gone to Newcastle now. The lure of the booty and shekels has drawn Pope into its grasp and he is off up North to scran and chip-butties and some football apparently. We keep looking and hoping that King Khan will get deals over the line, and at the last hour and minutes as per usual. Me thinks i will slink off into the sunset for a while on here now. I i have written enough to start a Hollywood script...
posted by OWEN (Guest) - Monday 27th June 2022, 7:56 AM Good idea, paste all you worthwhile contributions into a script and send them to Hollywood. It cannot be worse than most of the USA films which only appeals to kids and mental defects.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 27th June 2022, 3:41 PM See ya soon Owen. TTIN, would appear to explain why you know so much about American cinema. Pot? Kettle? Pick one.
posted by Californian - Monday 27th June 2022, 4:45 PM I have ten movie channels and rarely find anything I want to see. Most movies aim at the lowest common denominator.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 27th June 2022, 5:17 PM

You are right Ernie, and I’m for one prepared to get behind them when I’m standing up for them. They certainly shouldn’t be penalised if they take their shirts off when they score
posted by Percy The Piccolo Player (Guest) - Saturday 25th June 2022, 1:58 PM Sooner watch Sunday morning football
posted by Liam (Guest) - Saturday 25th June 2022, 2:24 PM I wonder when we will get a trans into the lioness team? Imagine any of the premier league players decided to become a female and then play for the lioness.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Saturday 25th June 2022, 3:39 PM Well said"tranny" ERNIE
posted by DC (Guest) - Saturday 25th June 2022, 8:26 PM DC tranny to my generation is short for transistor radio.
posted by Ernie (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 6:26 AM Some of the girls are very skillful players. My problem with womens' football however is that they appear to be using the same coaching manuels as the men. Hence football with the usual backwards and sideways dull as ditch water style which is currently being served up by the England mens' team. Why is holding the ball, dribbling and passing the ball in the direction of the goal in which you are supposed to be putting it so frowned upon?
posted by Ancient Chris (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 11:29 AM Ancient Chris. Well said. Game has got so boring. You see coaches fill the heads of players with diagrams that go everywhere but the goal. Time and again a quick pass to another player as soon as they get the ball, like they are scared to use it. Half way up the pitch and back it goes all the way to the goalkeeper. The only dribbling they do is what dribbles out of their mouths, like, lets take the knee lads and where is my pride armband.
posted by M. Kent (Guest) - Sunday 26th June 2022, 4:59 PM