I’m sure there will be a few more comedy capers for us all to enjoy as you gift Leicester 3 points on Saturday
posted by Bee Bop (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 9:51 PM Definitely no to European football haven’t got a big enough squad and quite frankly we’re not up to it, need to pin Silva down to long contract as he is most definitely our future
posted by Chief (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 10:22 PM

Rather they took Vinicious, but surprise surprise no one interested in him. We got well mugged there.
posted by Sussexcol (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:30 PM

They're probably watching coronation street first
posted by Buz (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:26 PM Flackjack was talking about small bentford.
posted by TB (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:49 PM

As I have said, Leno will not make the same mistake again. Football is funny, I said to my wife when we were dominating the game in the first half, if we do not score they will break away and score. Football is never fair and frequently decided by who makes the least mistakes.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 5:52 PM Perhaps now we will stop this p…..g about at the back and attack a bit quicker. We are not good enough and somewhat predictable. By the time we eventually pass 5he half way line the opposition have 9 men behind the ball and unfortunately we haven’t the ability to break it down. As much as Jiminez has progressed he doesn’t always hold the ball up as well as Mitro used to, the same with Muniz. Still a bit worried that there may not be any additions this month, even though we desperately need a more dominant striker, or creative player. Would like to see Josh King given a run, but realize this must be managed properly and for his own good. I hope their is an improvement Saturday and we come away with three more points
posted by Sussexcol (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 6:28 PM

What is up with ESR ? He looked very confident and threatening at the start of the season but now he totally disappears from games .
posted by Brain Doctor (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 3:55 PM Hopefully not the same reasons why the Gunners let him go!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 4:02 PM Needs a conditioning coach. Obviously has some weight issues. He’ll end up like Alan Brazil.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 4:56 PM He looks like some bouncer that does the doors on some dodgy nightclub up north
posted by Dibdab (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:23 PM He's on the Alf Tupper diet without the corresponding running around to shed the calories.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 11:30 PM

You really must try harder Get a mindset that you must beat the teams below you. Then you may be able like. us to Perform against the big boys. Goalkeepers are not ball players So they must stop this tippy tapy From the back, watch Liverpool They have cut out at least fifty percent of this nonsense.
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 11:02 AM Plymouth
posted by Dellers (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 1:28 PM Wolves Southampton ?????
posted by Buzzi B (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 2:19 PM Fulham.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 6:55 PM

Great Fulhamish performance...all the Wham goals were completely avoidable!
posted by Spizz '53. (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:56 AM Agree with this. Fulham were far superior to a poor West Ham team but gifted two soft goals and paid the price. We didn’t play badly overall and dominated for large stretches of the game.But we don’t take our chances, the big weakness in the team. Two hit the bar and Traioré missed from very close range at the death. Need to bounce back now and beat Leicester. More needed from Smith Rowe too
posted by Lillywhite (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 9:42 AM We have a player we have been offered 20m euros for who is no good as an attacking midfielder and is no good as a defensive midfielder. Take the money please he is a terrible liability. Marco is an excellent manager but he has a blind spot about this Brazilian.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 10:01 AM

When Pereira first joined the club Marco played him in an attacking No10 role where he looked dangerous and creative , this season he has played as some sort of holding midfielder which he clearly is not . Smith Rowe is clearly a great footballer with amazing ball control on the run but he appears to be stifled and unsure of his role now . Marco needs to resolve this .
posted by Brain Doctor (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:10 AM

I lost you at Potencial then at gametos
posted by Randy McDanndy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:57 PM Watch out the grammar police are sniffing around
posted by Please sir (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:08 PM T.No are you new to this board? I agree entirely with you although, my comments would be more eloquent. I am totally gutted and will not be commenting on the game as I am appalled that the defence makes the same mistakes week after week and have yet to realise that we do not have the players capable of playing the ball in their own penalty area. We had far more of the play but woeful finishing as well as gifting them two goals cost us dearly. Why take Iwobi off and leave Traore and Smith Rowe on when neither of them was playing well.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:13 PM We have to suck it up and move on now. A defeat like this was coming after our good unbeaten run and it had to be West Ham. Marco will expect a reaction at Leicester on Saturday, we are better than we showed tonight and we all know it. Our weakness for a long time is not to take chances and we can count chances in a lot of games that we don't capitalise on. Smith Rowe is low on confidence and he needs to get more involved in games.
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 11:08 PM Have to agree, it’s time that the manager told Leno to stop pratting about and get the ball up field when in a tight spot
posted by Dallag (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 11:37 AM

I dont think they will
posted by Rand 4 And (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:54 PM One fluke from this game, how often does a player score 2 goals in a game from looping crosses.
posted by The Time Is Now - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 10:04 AM Not sure how often in a match but I saw Les Barrett do it a couple times
posted by Ted (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:43 PM

Leno, AP and SR hang your heads in shame …..you cost us 3 points
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:29 PM In deed brain of sausage
posted by Randy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:29 PM Adama is useless in front of goal. That was Europe we were playing for tonight. We had to have three points to make up for dropped points to the strugglers.
posted by Drago (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:30 PM How many times has Traore missed sitters from four yards out, maybe he's got a phobia about shooting into the goal.
posted by My Granny would have scored that. (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:32 PM Fago did you watch it?
posted by Randy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:32 PM Only we can concede three goals against a team without a forward. Threw the game away against a crap west ham team. Still the pundits will love the result, all TNT could talk about was west ham and potter. Back to the drawing board, looks like no new incomings currently, but will,probably only need another 8 points to stay up.
posted by Sussexcol (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:34 PM Yes brain of sausage you have nailed it, what great support you have for this club. Your not based in Asia BTW
posted by Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:41 PM You cannot expect to get anything out of a game if you gift two goals to the opposition.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:42 PM Tin tit it happens but your another die hard supporter
posted by Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:48 PM Josh King the only bright spark.
posted by Cottager (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:50 PM I know absolutely nothing about being a manager, but even I wouldn't have taken Iwobi off, after scoring 2 goals, and looked our best player. We were the only losers tonight, and we were playing the worst team. We seem to have a mental block, when we play teams well below our standard. Every team beats Leicester, and they are very poor, so we will probably lose that one as well.
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:55 PM Drago i think Robinson had the clearcut better chance on goal than Traore . Agree Traore should at least keep shot on target but again, it is difficult in a crowded area. We don't have high expectations for goals from these two, at least i don't.
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:58 PM Owen don't review highlights please ffs
posted by Randy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:05 PM Please forgive andy as he's been at the sherry again so doesn't know what he's chatting about
posted by Andys mummy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:17 PM Personally, I like defeat.
posted by Jamaican O’Chiropodist (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 12:06 AM If I was a hammers fan this morning take a good look at last nights game and say once again we got lucky against ffc allied to the fact their defence was. Shocking ha d 4 shots on target gifted 3 goals ffc should and could have got at least one point going forward future teams won’t be so generous and the forwards are non existent think they could be in for a tough time without there best players as for us typical display same defensive problems not sure we are up to playing the ball around defensively our strengths are forward at pace hopefully berg will be fit soon and a rethink of personal and formation with regret pereira of form needs to be benched ditto smith rowe must win Saturday after Wednesdays game played we will probably drop a couple of places next home game Man U not our best home fixture historically
posted by Ioitombi (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:38 AM

Then he subs our goal scorer so no hope
posted by Jj (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:21 PM It's good to see all the supporters on ear watchin tell text ffs
posted by Randy Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:24 PM Speak for yourself...
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:28 PM No over the top novel.. bone.. Sorry owen
posted by Randy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:31 PM Andy is a Brentford fan
posted by Frogman (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:34 PM Owen... Yes... Indeed... Now what is your bible on the game you watched
posted by Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:37 PM Text isn't on my radar. I saw every minute of the game and i can say 100% that Iwobi scored the two goals. Marco made a mistake in taking him off to tell you the truth...
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:47 PM Yes Owen you watched BBC telly texted
posted by Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:50 PM Andy was at the game so knows what hes chatting about, he's on the tube back home to sw6 so won't be able to respond till he gets a signal
posted by Horace (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:56 PM Andy' text is for Peasants...
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:01 PM Taxi horhay Taxi
posted by Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:02 PM 45 mines cheers die hard supporters
posted by Horhay (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 10:08 PM If Andy was at the game like iwobl he probably was not aware that he scored two goals on the face of it you would have needed tv to confirm
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:44 AM

Could have told you they would be off half hour ago! Gimp
posted by Randy Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:21 PM Wow you are so clever Randy Andy
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:35 PM Thanks
posted by Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:37 PM

Potter outclasses Marco tonight
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:04 PM No he didn't, your on BBC sh*t flicks like most on this halfer board. Watch the match MST fanny boys
posted by Randy Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:17 PM Don't be silly, Freddie Potter got lucky. Our incompetence help them win tonight, they are not that good and Potter out the game too long. We are our own worst enemy, we know suicide passes out from the back would catch up with us and unfortunately it was tonight against a ordinary West Ham. If that was a tactical game in master-class from Potter, perhaps we should hire him? Not a chance!!!!!!
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:40 PM Don't be to modest bone, your ullage is normally longer than that
posted by Randy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:46 PM Hammers got very lucky tonight our defence was shambolic perrrera if my granson had played that pass to gift them that goal never do what he done play the ball forward not across
posted by Ipiyombi (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 8:49 AM

Happy to see back of both ….what a waste of money
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:03 PM Leno, has had a real shocker tonight, and I blame him for 2 goals. We deserve nothing from this game. European football we are having a laugh. We must concentrate on an FA Cup run now, with absolutely nothing else to play for.
posted by Brian from West Sussex (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:06 PM Really please explain? Please...
posted by Randy Andy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:26 PM Obviously Andy doesn’t understand football
posted by MT (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:31 PM Maybe MST should shut down this fake Fulham site
posted by Randy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:34 PM

Lack of proper coaching just like our pathetic set plays
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:02 PM

Time for the Board to step in and make the sale. More time for Josh King. Berge returning in the near future. Iwobi can play the 8. Sell AP and strengthen!!!
posted by Drago (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:29 PM The pundits keep singing Silvas praises , Fulham fans know he iIS responsible for a lot of dropped points , let’s see if he can turn this round . Early substitutions are needed but they will park the bus and we can’t break that down
posted by Brain Doctor (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:32 PM

agree re AP but what was Leno thinking. We look stale, flat and out of ideas.
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:17 PM lukic smith and pereira pathetic today. josh reed and adama would do a better job. Nobody like us to make an ordinary team look good
posted by T.NO (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:22 PM It’s been proven time and again. AP isn’t a starting player in a top 10 team. He and ESR together are incredibly lightweight. We are much stronger with Iwobi or Berge partnering Lukic. It’s time to sell AP — he keeps costing us points, starting with the botched pass against Man U on opening day. Silva has such unjustified faith, given the mountain of evidence, including statistics that show AP as a poor passer who is weak in the tackle. Were it not for the false inflation of his performance by taking corners, it would be clear he’s nowhere near the top half of CMs in the Prem.
posted by Drago (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:27 PM AP, should be sold immediately, whatever the offer. He has just cost us 3 points, but I'm sick ant tired of this short passing in our penalty area. Get the ball as far away from our goal as possible, as they can't score from their end. This display is garbage.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:27 PM Agree West Ham are very ordinary. We do the monster work and squeeze them and they have no runners up top. A bad miss from Wilson early on maybe set the scene and tell us that we won't get nothing from this game no matter the amount of possession. Jimenez has got to do better with that header point-blank. Our shooting is woeful! I didn't expect Robinson to slot in a routine ball that every striker should get on target. Why we can't get shots on target is a mystery with Wilson Pereira Smith Rowe showing no direction. Things can only get better with the obvious subs second half. I would slot Muniz in because of his quality goal last week. take Jimenez of and Pereira
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:35 PM

is Smith Rowe going to put in any effort
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:14 PM our season has already peaked ....watch it slide now.....we need a few new signings to keep it fresh
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:16 PM

Simple Simon .
posted by John (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 5:24 PM

BBC made a good choice! Jason isn’t pretty nor he has big ears! So no.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 2:49 PM BBC? Didn’t know it was still doing sport. Any updates on climate change? What about little kids getting raped?
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 5:19 PM Or dirty old Egyptian men
posted by Where's me camel (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 8:08 PM

no. all gone.
posted by cantridge (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 12:52 PM

it was only when i met a fellow staying at the Oberoi Hotel in Lombok who said he worked a tube train driver in London that it really came home to me how well some jobs must be paid.
posted by piers (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 1:06 AM

We're more likely to sign Douglas Bader.
posted by Paddy O'Doors (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 11:20 PM Arsenal tried so many times to sign Luiz from Aston Villa. I can't say that I was never that impressed with him.
posted by LTS (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 8:50 AM Wasn’t Bader related to Graham Leggat !
posted by Bob (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 11:09 AM i thought he was related to Pegguy who played for Liverpool at one stage.
posted by rupert (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 11:19 AM Nah..more likely related to Chris Waddle.
posted by Old man river (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 1:22 PM Would we stump up the money ?
posted by Bob (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 6:44 PM what a load of limp responses !
posted by nobby (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 1:03 AM you must reach for the sky!
posted by imput with the output (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 12:55 PM Could be Graham Legg@ FFC
posted by deeny (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 5:17 PM Was Bader wide eyed and legless. ?
posted by Andy Fairweather low (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 6:09 PM

Arch-bishop, I think that the George Eastham case in 1963 abolished the retain and transfer system. Players are able to request a transfer regardless of the length of their contract.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 3:16 PM The luck of the draw, as even being Fulhamish, we should beat either team, Mansfield or Wigan, despite being drawn away. Could this be our year ?
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 6:15 PM no.
posted by negati9ve ned (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 4:08 PM

I’m too busy reading their climate change exclusives on the ‘news’ site. There’s an article there asking why it’s so cold. It’s the middle of January so the only explanation must be some dastardly Elon Musk plot to destroy Britain. The man’s a monster!
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 7:42 PM The BBC like hammerings.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 12th January 2025, 7:58 AM Miliband turned the gas off!
posted by All Gas and Gaiters... (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 2:29 PM Great humour...Watching Premiership players celebrating scoring against lower league sides!
posted by Walkinstown Avenue. (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 2:42 PM Correct' Milliband turned the gas off leaving Labour p.ss.ng in the wind on wind farms that need manual workers to climb up there and turn the wheels. The only snag is we need to get some of our slackers to toe the line if only we could sign them off the sick. I wonder if we can get remote control drones to work those windmills? I am not a fan of fruit-nut Trump but he is onto a winner by using old God given tried and tested methods for getting energy and the saying goes' 'DRILL BABY' DRILL' OIL!!!!!!! It's not rocket science but we manage to wreak our economy wide open again and again. Meanwile Starmer sends that woman who used to work in a bank for customer services to try and drum up business and all we get offered is chump change from the Chinese at what cost i do wonder?
posted by OWEN - Sunday 12th January 2025, 3:11 PM Some strange strategies...why would you want to punish your own nation?
posted by Keep the Home Fires Burning. (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 4:49 PM The whole of London according to the air quality index website showing extremely unhealthy air quality right now over London, guess the clean air zone isn't working like they claim it is. Heard electric vehicles are going cheap or you could always pay 12.50 because that stops pollution too. The mayor should start changing the planes at Heathrow 12.50 to stop them polluting he'd make a fortune
posted by Your names not down you're not coming in (Guest) - Sunday 12th January 2025, 4:58 PM Think the air quality is pretty low in my safety concerns when walking around Stabbytown.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 6:48 PM

Would we? Hahaha. Buzz will claim they want to concentrate on getting into Europe the hard way.
posted by Mortlake - Saturday 11th January 2025, 5:13 PM Shame but Plymouth are a top championship side
posted by Chief (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 6:22 PM I now live in South Devon, equidistant between Exeter and Plymouth so lots of smiles down here. For now.
posted by Mortlake - Saturday 11th January 2025, 6:38 PM nobody would dream of belittling their gentle , inoffensive, non-grudge bearing fans- except they dont have any of them, and deserved all they got. good luck pilgrims, their fans have had a terrible time recently, and earned the tie they now have.
posted by tom hark (Guest) - Monday 13th January 2025, 4:04 PM

If a player hammers a ball into the net from just outside box you just have to accept it. My only thought is Leno might have saved that. But we won handsomely so why worry.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 11th January 2025, 11:02 AM Its hard to save a shot like that, even tougher if you are sitting on a bench by the half way line. Sorry TTIM could'nt resist.
posted by denny (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 12:37 PM Vata's strike from 28/30 yards out ,at an angle and rising, not many keepers would have saved that strike. As for Leno saving it, remember the B'ford goal. He got wrong footed, as he usually does for long range shots.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 7:46 PM What’s it like down there Mortlake.
posted by Harry Haynes (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 8:43 PM Hate to stress the point Leno was not in goal.
posted by denny (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 10:04 PM I was trying to make the point that if Leno had been in goal he may have had a clean sheet, but of course in the cup, goal difference does not matter so why worry. We are not a clean sheet team we are a scoring team.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 12th January 2025, 6:32 AM Agree, Bigboy' we should be more organised and close down Vata. To execute a shot like that you have to be talented and have composure to even pull it off. Even though a division down Vata obviously has talent and we know more for next time when and if there is a next time. Interestingly, i would like to add that it would be nice for some of ours to show more composure in similar situations when a potential goal opportunity arises and its not like we haven't had some opportunities to shoot. We pass around a lot and wait for openings and my gripe is that sometimes, we can load off a shot after 52 passes etc. The snag is to control the sudden rush of blood from some of our forward players. Why is it that i have to hark back to Willian, who was good at finding openings and unleashing a good one? Rowe Wilson and especially Pereira need to step up...
posted by OWEN - Sunday 12th January 2025, 2:48 PM

Been trying to post this all week… my son has come to the rescue!
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 8:38 PM No doubt potter will implement the same tactics when we go to the public funded athletics track over at east London, we mustn't go there thinking west hampton will roll over and gift us 3 points
posted by Jj (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 11:57 PM It has improved the flow of the game but referees cannot see everything and is bound at times by to give free kicks when players are touched and throw themselves to the ground screaming in pain as if they have been shot. Other time high tackles and penalties will be missed. On balance the game has been improved by the change in procedure.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 11th January 2025, 10:20 AM TTIN, agreed the game flows better but it is noticeable that certain players, as was Wilson, will be subject to gbh in order to take them out of the game. Many years ago, a left winger went around Tommy Smith in a Liverpool home game and the story goes that Smith said to the youngster “do that again and I will break your effing leg”. The youngster steered well clear of Tommy for the rest of the game. You will, I am sure, remember the 1974 Charity Shield Final between Leeds v Liverpool when Bremner and Keegan were involved in the infamous fist fight and were both sent off. Leeds were a nasty team in those days with Hunter bites your legs and Bremner the enforcers. The Daily Mail a few days later stated”Footballers who throw their fists at each other are symbolically licensing violence”. Both players were suspended for 11 games and fined £500 which was quite a substantial amount in those days.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 11:07 AM

We are going all the way kid, and just imagine the FA Cup back at the Cottage if Tamworth beat Spurs and we beat Tamworth and Newcastle and whoever. How hard can it be with the top team, Liverpool nearly out?
posted by OWEN - Friday 10th January 2025, 7:35 PM Nearly out ? How do you think that ?
posted by Bob (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 9:02 PM Maybe he was thinking of Liverpool and the league cup? Fulham for the FA Cup, however I do not see how it can be back at the cottage as we have never won it.
posted by Smith (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 11:46 AM

castnge?
posted by west london pride (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:39 PM Why don't these players have proper names like Steve, Dave, or Gaz anymore???
posted by OWEN - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:43 PM I like Jim's comment when Godo came on, "we have been waiting for him.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:53 PM TTIN, I went to see it at the Royal Court theatre many years ago and still waiting for someone to explain it to me.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 5:12 PM Owen, wash your mouth out. From September I have been praising the team with the proviso that they have yet to realise how good they can be if they play attacking football. I have stated many times this season that their latent talent needs harnessing and it is up to Marco to make them believe and to do that he must adopt an attacking formation game. Alternatively, bring in a psychologist to resolve their lack of belief problem. I am sure other posters have also praised the team.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 5:25 PM Everybody in the team must to be able to defend as well and must get behind the ball as soon as we lose it, which we still do to much to be a great team.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 10th January 2025, 5:40 PM Nice to see you back Bigboy' i thought i was the only regular mug managing this site and everyone else with their feet up and retired from tapping a keyboard. Did you see that Muniz goal? That was quality and we want to see more of it. Hey,' Sess is back! Why isn't Marco playing him more than slacker Pereira? To give Pereira his due's he managed an assist from a corner, which i will be talking about into the spring...
posted by OWEN - Friday 10th January 2025, 7:04 PM Beckets play attempts to exercise your mind and make you thing more deeply. About 80% of the population cannot do that and live in a bubble of ignorance.
posted by The Time Is Now - Saturday 11th January 2025, 11:37 AM I prefer the sequel, ‘Here He Comes Now’.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 15th January 2025, 12:09 AM

On Tuesday, a £2 billion auction of 30-year UK government debt sold at an interest rate of 5.198 per cent, which outpaced increases for other governments’ bonds. Ten-year borrowing costs have since surged to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, and as of today the pound continues to fall.
posted by Rachel from accounts (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 3:31 PM I don't think he played too badly, considering he was out for a while, and he looks fitter and he was busy without threatening on goal. Rowe was industrious and a good link up with Iwobi and co. Give him his dues i think Pereira had one of his better games and he did contribute an assist from a corner for one of our goals and we got to give him that one. Pereira was busy from the halfway line and linked up well with everyone. We would all like to see him connect a lot more with corners and assist and you got to admit that he was unlucky with a quality shot that hit the crossbar, that was a good one. Muniz? Why is no one talking about him and what a goal, it was top quality, whats wrong with you guys? Give credit where its due i say. I thought we had good manners etiquette and decorum. We don't want to get like that no class Brentford lot down the road guys. I also want to say a well done to our forgotten man Sessegnon and i think he should get a lot more games. Hereally has muscled out and he looks stronger and harder to shake off the ball. I always forget Sessegnon is here when i moan about recruitment. A nice MOTM for Sess and come on Marco get with the program and drop some who are not pulling their weight and play the boy genius!!!!!!
posted by OWEN - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:17 PM Rachel Reeves' just like to say that Liz Truss is better than you coz she only crashed the economy for 7 seconds or is it 8?
posted by OWEN - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:39 PM He still need to eat less in my view.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 10th January 2025, 5:41 PM

They also played a lot of kids so the comparison was not correct. I agree however there is a huge class gap between 9th in the Championship and 9th in the Premier League. We played a team with a few reserves in it, but it did not weaken it at all. Our under 21s and our under 18s are doing very well so even if we played dome of our best children we would probably have won but Marco wanted to be sure we won showing he would like to win the FA Cup.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 10th January 2025, 10:29 AM The class difference obviously does not apply to Brentford.
posted by The Time Is Now - Sunday 12th January 2025, 8:58 AM nothing whatsoever applies to brentford, even things that do.
posted by uvavu (Guest) - Tuesday 14th January 2025, 12:10 PM

And can we get someone who can actually deliver a decent set piece
posted by Ready Freddy (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 9:24 AM

I rather he stayed. But since he's not appreciated by many fans (unfair and I don't understand) and as a result, he probably wants to leave - yeah, take the money. I think we should sell Muniz (some strange reason, very much loved and highly rated by the fans!?) as well maybe for 10-15m. With the money, let's get Mcatee from Man City!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 2:55 PM Think AP wants to move on, and if the case let him go. I’m afraid, in my opinion, he is not effective enough and doesn’t deliver quality into and around the box. Everyone was scared of losing Paulinho, but hasn’t been missed and isn’t taking Germany by storm. (Maybe suspended…). I would probably try and hang onto Muniz as I think he shows some potential, but would definitely elbow Vinicious as completely ineffective. Why we ever got him I don’t know. Agree a new forward/goal scorer is desperately needed, but not many available at our price range. Need to be proactive and not another short term loan deal.
posted by Sussexcol (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 3:22 PM He is not appreciated because he takes all the the dead ball kicks and so far this season we have scored one goal from them He also looses the ball more often than most. He is not an effective asset in anyway. I am amazed anybody is willing to pay a lot of money for him and we have not bitten their hand off. It seems we will get what we paid for him at least which is fantastic.
posted by The Time Is Now - Thursday 09th January 2025, 4:13 PM I seem to recall AP had the most assists, including 6 for Mitrovic (40% of his goals that season!). A good dead ball player requires two to tangle.
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 4:28 PM That's two seasons ago. Pereira, for what ever reason. has lost it. Since his Brazil call up, his mind has been elsewhere.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 4:56 PM We know a little something about why Pereira is not as effective now and it is a case that Marco is playing him in a much deeper role forcing him to get involved in more defensive duties than he has ever had to do. Sadly this is not enough to keep him because we have both Berge and Lukic and one of them can take on that role when both fit. What happens when we push Pereira further up again, will he score goals, do more assists and be more effective from dead balls and corner kicks? I have my doubts. Man Utd will have a fire-sale and there are a host of players that for various reasons fade away and don't reach top potential and their sale price is over-inflated. Has anyone heard about Anthony Martial? Yes i ask to sign him in my desperation for Fulham to have a back up striker but i haven't heard anything about Martial after utd. The problem with Muniz is his inexperience and he still hasn't learnt the nous or the art of being in the right place and right time a striker needs to arrive in the box properly. It is not all negative and there is a lot he can improve on and all is not lost. I suspect that Muniz would fit into the Arsenal set-up and score more goals because there are more like-minded players around him that can play pass football better than most and he would fit into that system. Muniz is a work in progress and it would be a gamble to get rid and replace for like in January, show me a striker that will get 20 the rest of the season.
posted by OWEN - Thursday 09th January 2025, 9:20 PM Marco wants all his midfielders to be able to defend. I believe he has failed with Pereira to get him to defend effectively, Traoré is business in progress. Smith Rowe may be a better defender than midfielder.
posted by The Time Is Now - Friday 10th January 2025, 10:40 AM

Surely you should know better, we cannot beat teams below us. A draw at best.
posted by Riverside (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 5:10 PM Erm Brighton Small bentford Palarse Leicester !!
posted by Jim (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 6:32 PM Southampton stepped up for one game after their manager got the sack, and that was against us and since, they lost every game. Luckily Villa is Potter’s first game and their bounce will not last beyond that!!
posted by JohnC (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 6:43 PM We never get anything against Wet Spam
posted by Ted (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 7:52 PM There is another way the stats could work in our favour? We have a good winning record against Potter...
posted by OWEN - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 8:17 PM Clearly last season passed you by Ted!!
posted by MST (Moderator) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 8:47 PM Last year was an outlier. In the EPL the score is 15 - 6 to Wet Spam and 8- 1 at their ground. Have you have already forgotten the match at CC where we were all over them but dropped 2 points in the dying minutes. Perhaps I should have said we "rarely" get anything at Wet Spam.
posted by Ted (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 6:20 AM The big advantage we have against WH is we have a better side and a better Manager
posted by FULHAM SUPPORTER (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 6:22 AM ted, didnt we get six points last season, from the club you say we never get anything from?
posted by old tich redding (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 5:28 PM ted being negative- again.
posted by george swoon (Guest) - Thursday 09th January 2025, 5:31 PM Perhaps you should read posts before commenting Old Snitch
posted by Ted (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 2:57 AM ted, after that remark you made about palhinha some months ago, i dont know how you have the nerve to come on here and criticise anything at all. your stroppy comments are not welcome, including the last one. i notice you insulted tich, but not the moderator-typical teddy!
posted by craven image (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:20 PM ted, you dont always put much thought into many of your posts, so you shouldnt really be stroppy when you are challenged. i remember some months ago, you posted an appalling remark that received a rebuke before it was deleted- you will remember it was about jose palhinha, and it was so bitter. opinions are welcome, but insults, like you said to old tich, not funny.
posted by covent cratage (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:31 PM -two similar postings- are they the same person, or are they just telling the truth?-or is it you, ted?
posted by uvavu. (Guest) - Friday 10th January 2025, 4:36 PM Finally Snout shows his hand again posting under multiple names, old snith, George Swoon, craven image and now convent cottage, agreeing with himself as no one else does. Go back to your homework child.
posted by Ted (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 12:30 PM you managed to get my name wrong, which is nothing new for you, i dont know snout, or any of the others, despite what you believe. there have been a fair number using the craven tag, thats up to them. soothsayer used to be hoops. please ted, if you are going to insult, try something a bit more original. now go back to your alphabet homework.
posted by covent cratage (Guest) - Saturday 11th January 2025, 3:21 PM

My heart bleeds for him and his bank manager. Was a time when clubs would be chasing young British talent and the only Kolo in a ground would be cube shaped and in a paper bag in someone’s pocket. Sad times.
posted by Paddy O’Doors (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 12:01 AM The 931 goals were accumulated over his entire career. He was unfortunate the War intervened. He is Fulham’s highest goalscorer but Ivor is the highest league goal scorer. You can check this out but, as I said he was my hero in the 49’s.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 11:26 AM See what you mean a play on words, dempsey highest scorer in prem for us .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 12:41 PM Ivor scored over twice as many for Fulham than Rooke !
posted by Bob (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 3:21 PM Just for clarification Rooke’s scoring record is below:- 1936-38 Fulham Reserves. 16 1936-46 Fulham. 291 (212 goals during War) Arch bishop stated Ivor scored most goals for Fulham which was not the case. No play on words. Ivor is Fulham’s leading League goalscorer. Ronnie was an amazing player and played for England once during the War, against Wales. In 1945, he guested for Arsenal against Dynamo Moscow when football fans started to queue at mid-night in order to ensure gaining entrance. However, due to the fog it was suggested the game be postponed but this was overruled due to the large crowd. The match descended into chaos due to the thick fog with, the Russians resorting to every trick in the book, including throwing punches. Arsenal’s goalkeeper actually ran into his own goal post in the thick fog and was struck a number of times by Russian players unseen by the Russian referee. It was claimed that at one stage Dynamo had 15 players on the pitch and Arsenal’s George Murphy was sent off but just disappeared into the fog and remained on the field. Late in the game Arsenal were denied a penalty which left the Dynamo team 4-3 victors. Evidently, a most unsavoury display of a supposedly a friendly game.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 5:21 PM As an aside, Ronnie Rooke cost us £300 from Palace and we sold him to Arsenal for £1,000 plus two useless players. Arsenal in a perilous position in the 1946/47 and Rooke’s goals ensured they finished the season in a respectable position. The following season he scored 33 goals and Arsenal won the League. His 33 goals still stands as a record tally in a season for Arsenal and he scored a goal, on average every 75 minutes, which is unlikely to be beaten.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 6:55 PM Ted Drake scored over 40 goals in a season for Arsenal in the 1930s .
posted by Greg (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 7:23 PM Greg you are correct.Drake scored 44 goals in the 1934/5 season including all 7 in their 7-1 victory over Villa. However, my statistics were purely post War and when I was around. He was a great centre forward.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 9:49 PM

Not doubting his skill at taking pens, we just need him and Muniz to score more in open play...
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 11:08 PM Raul scored 8 goals this season. Just under 1:2.
posted by MST (Moderator) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 7:47 AM Arch Bishop, I believe you will find that Ronnie Rooke was Fulham’s highest goal scorer not Ivor Davies. He is the third highest goal scorer of all time with 931 goals. My hero when I was young.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 10:07 AM Well just checking records and davies is listed top scorer,knew his daughter had some progs once she gave me long ago all gone somewere , so no idea who done the paper work on top scorer
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 10:42 AM Digging deeper and rooke scored 68 goals in 98 games up to ,1939 for ffc, scored a few more never recorded during the war at odd games might have been 200 plus but its a grey area.NO WERE THE 900 PLUS you stated so no idea were that came from .
posted by the real arch bishop (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 11:04 AM Arch bishop check out Rooke’s statistics if you don’t believe the truth. One source give him 934 goals in his career but I am sticking to 931 goals. Owen, please check the statistics for the Arch bishop.
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Wednesday 08th January 2025, 9:33 PM

I am beginning to hate my iPad and technology. I posted my comments on the above posts but started a new thread by mistake. See my new post relating to your comments. Why can these posts get on the board but not the one that I have been trying to post since Monday afternoon?
posted by bigboy4650 (Guest) - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 9:48 AM

I get that a lot. Sometimes I just give up, and then when I look at the site later, there my posting is. I want to mention Notts Forest, I watched tonight's game against Wolves, who they thumped 3-0. In my opinion, we are a far better football team than Forest, and we should be comfortably sitting where they are in the table. The only difference between us is that they beat teams down at the bottom of the table, and for some quite unbelievable reason, we just can't. Why ?
posted by THE CRAVEN (Guest) - Monday 06th January 2025, 11:24 PM Maybe some of the reason is the poor performance from areas required in modern day football. Goals from corners, Goals from free kicks,missing penalties, ( Perrera) goals like these change games and suddenly you are the front foot. Effective wide players, not full backs taking up wide areas, who score goals and can go past people, drive the opposition back 5 yards as Hudson-Odoi did last night, picking a pass, instead of lobbing the ball in to an area for 6ft6in centre backs to head away or the goalkeeper to claim. How many times do we see second ball around the oppo's penalty area actually won, this is when teams break on us. Saying all this we are unbeaten for a long time and play a lot of good stuff. We have a player Traore who can play wide, with great pace, who is not included, and frankly looks pretty disinterested, such a shame Silva is unable to get a tune out of him. As we all know interpretation of the rules is now outside of the pitch, and VARY from week to week. Serious foul play by Cairney or serious foul play against Robinson can be treated differently. The game has changed completely, offsides, handball, backpass, penalties. The media want goals to sell there packages, all the changes seem to favour this with forwards falling at the slightest touch. In other words cheating, including our team.
posted by denny (Guest) - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 5:26 AM Football can be a simple game if we had applied that principal against some of the least talented sides we have faced at home this season we would probably have had 6/ more points on the board now think Marco should play the team at ffc according to opponent’s ability sure the likes of Southampton and Ipswich would not enjoy adama on one side and iwobi on the other giving the the ball to whoever our starting striker is not to mention robbo dashing forward but Marco will point to the table and say it’s our best start for a while and we although not winning much we’ve come through a remarkable run of games against the best teams on there day undefeated
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 8:42 AM Happens sometimes usu write a post it says try again waste of time
posted by Iptomi (Guest) - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 11:56 AM My advice is come back in a couple of hours and the post will probably appear. If you post it three time with error message it will eventually get posted 3 times. There must be a word algorithm as certain words of combination of words do not ever get posted.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 1:48 PM

I thought he had already retired, from his performance on Sunday .Not sure what type of jacket he's wearing, perhaps he thinks he might get wet in the studio.
posted by mwk (Guest) - Monday 06th January 2025, 8:58 PM mwk .. what match were you watching TC had a good game controlled most of the midfield only went off late on .
posted by FULHAM SUPPORTER (Guest) - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 5:56 AM I assume the jacket was fashionable, it is his wife's or it has shrunk in the wash.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 7:40 AM Dont think Tom had a bad game at all dont think a player played badly as such we just lacked the nous to break down a average team again
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 8:46 AM We have Berge and Lukic and playing them together can make us go more defensive which isn't a bad thing. I like Cairney but he won't keep that level of play up that we need every week for 90 minutes and Cairney being the passing type we might need to go into the market and we will see if Marco thinks so? Smith Rowe is fresh from injury and he will need to step up to the plate and he will know that. Palinha came in and stepped up nd there was interest for him and he got his big move. Smith Rowe will know that his performance is not good enough for the bigger clubs to take notice and try to steal him with a cheeky offer. It's up to Smith Rowe and the position he plays is near Jimenez or Muniz and he will have to find ways of connecting with these target men...
posted by OWEN - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 11:26 PM

Lots of imposters on here but 'here we go' HAPPY Xmas to all Fulham fans and all good friends on here guys, and lets see Fulham keep on keeping on up the league table. Where will it end? Exciting times ahead and a very interesting January window to come in the new year. Marco looked lost for words down on the touchline against Southampton and i think he will have a serious think on our squad members and who will exit and come in, etc.
posted by JRP (Guest) - Monday 06th January 2025, 7:22 PM We apparently have been offered 25m euros for Pereira now and have accepted. The Palace and Man City player we are after have recieved offer from us, the 22 year City player £40m which could be a bargain. Hughes seems to be a bench player.
posted by The Time Is Now - Tuesday 07th January 2025, 2:14 PM

Thanks, MST and no worries these things happen. I think some would like some more of mine deleted Lol...
posted by OWEN - Monday 06th January 2025, 2:03 PM Derby County 2007-08: 11 points Sunderland 2005-06: 15 points Sheffield United 2023-24: 16 points Huddersfield Town 2018-19: 16 points Aston Villa 2015-16: 17 points Sunderland 2002-03: 19 points Portsmouth 2009-10: 19 points *
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th January 2025, 2:48 PM Southampton have six points now a miracle must occur if they get many more points.
posted by The Time Is Now - Monday 06th January 2025, 2:51 PM True
posted by Ipitombi (Guest) - Monday 06th January 2025, 7:10 PM