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Surely a relegation 6 pointer?
And, we’re off.......2018/2019
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HomerJSimpson
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Just an easy home win. We're the PL scapegoats this season and even if Jokanovic goes (and it's got to be a matter of time on these results) I'm not sure how you change it. No-one out there tonight showing a scrap of urgency or any pride in the shirt
howbow88
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Sam Allardyce would keep you up.
This really is a dreadful game.
This really is a dreadful game.
howbow88
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I never thought we would miss Benteke, but...
Orikoru
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I'll be highly surprised if Jokanovic doesn't go after that. You have some decent attackers, but he's spectacularly failed to construct a Premier League standard defence. I never rated Mawson defensively anyway, but he was brought in for a hefty fee and been given 1 game. Le Marchand looks very ropey. Odoi I always thought was a full back, but you've been playing him CB despite his lack of height. When even Ream, a career-long Championship-level defender, is getting games at CB you know it's gone wrong.
You need to get the next gaffer in now so he is able to bring in some actual defenders in January, as that's your only hope. The attack with Mitrovic, Schurrle & Vietto is pretty good and should get you goals if it was built against the back-drop of a half decent defence!
User2021
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Got a lot of time for Slav, lovely guy. I sponsored him when he was at Watford, so met him on numerous occasions.
He left us as his wage demands were crazy and the owner wouldn't budge.
Does seem to have lost his way the last few weeks, hope he turns it around.
He left us as his wage demands were crazy and the owner wouldn't budge.
Does seem to have lost his way the last few weeks, hope he turns it around.
Bazz
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Don't hear much about how much Fulham have spent. £100m plus wasn't it? Way more than "big spending Wolves."
HomerJSimpson
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Oh dear. Where has that pre-season optimism gone? Spent money on some good players and it all looked rosy and safety in the first season looked achievable. We now have a manager that doesn't know his best side, constantly rotating his defence and playing players in strange positions and formations. No-one has a shred of confidence to have the ball at their feet and they look like a pub team defending. There's not a shred of belief within the team, no leader trying to make a difference on the field and frankly they look beaten before they start. We're nothing like the side we were last year in the way we play (and I don't hold stock that's because of the influx of players alone). There is no service to our front players and they look lost up there. Mitrovic will get goals but he has to be given chances and if we don't keep possession and then make good final passes that ain't happening. We spent big and has failed in epic fashion to date.
I like Jokanovic and applaud him for his efforts to date but I fear he's now a man out of his depth and has no plan B to deal with the current crisis or find a cure to the defensive frailty and as a result needs to perhaps go now rather than later. The longer he stays (and we've some really tough fixtures ahead) the more adrift we'll become and we all know the stats about being bottom three at Christmas and the chances of surviving. To be honest I have no idea who I'd want to replace him, other than someone with PL experience, ideally in successful relegation battles and who knows how to make teams hard to beat. I'd take that this season rather than the exciting Fulham we had last year and which has been tried this year and been found out. Not sure who we can get in during January to bolster the defence, certainly without breaking the bank with silly asking prices, and with clubs unwilling to let players go.
I hope we can find a way out of the mire and being a Fulham fan has never been an easy ride but this is becoming a season to forget already. I would say the manager probably he has two games to turn it around. Liverpool away is going to be an embarrassment and if we get tonked he could get sacked after that but lose to Southampton in the next home game and it should be a case of thank you and goodbye. That is a must win and in many ways will define the way the season will play out. Not a happy supporter at the moment but you have to keep the faith. It is Fulham and supporters know we have a Fulhamish way of making it as hard as we can for those supporters. Can we turn it around. My heart says of course, but my head says we're doomed even at this stage.
I like Jokanovic and applaud him for his efforts to date but I fear he's now a man out of his depth and has no plan B to deal with the current crisis or find a cure to the defensive frailty and as a result needs to perhaps go now rather than later. The longer he stays (and we've some really tough fixtures ahead) the more adrift we'll become and we all know the stats about being bottom three at Christmas and the chances of surviving. To be honest I have no idea who I'd want to replace him, other than someone with PL experience, ideally in successful relegation battles and who knows how to make teams hard to beat. I'd take that this season rather than the exciting Fulham we had last year and which has been tried this year and been found out. Not sure who we can get in during January to bolster the defence, certainly without breaking the bank with silly asking prices, and with clubs unwilling to let players go.
I hope we can find a way out of the mire and being a Fulham fan has never been an easy ride but this is becoming a season to forget already. I would say the manager probably he has two games to turn it around. Liverpool away is going to be an embarrassment and if we get tonked he could get sacked after that but lose to Southampton in the next home game and it should be a case of thank you and goodbye. That is a must win and in many ways will define the way the season will play out. Not a happy supporter at the moment but you have to keep the faith. It is Fulham and supporters know we have a Fulhamish way of making it as hard as we can for those supporters. Can we turn it around. My heart says of course, but my head says we're doomed even at this stage.
Orikoru
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If he's not sacked this week then he absolutely has to win that Southampton game. The next game after is Chelsea away, so along with the Liverpool game, that's only 3 points from 9 you can realistically hope for. After that you have tough Leicester & Man Utd fixtures, but then if a new manager has come in he'll have a little run of West Ham, Newcastle, Wolves & Huddersfield(again) to potentially pick up points before the window opens and he can bring in a centre back.
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http://www.spiegel.de/international...es-to-the-tune-of-millions-a-1236346-amp.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international...against-financial-fairplay-a-1236347-amp.html
It’s not looking very good for City - lots of “activity†to circumvent the rules to allow them to spend a lot more money than their rivals - now what’s going to be interesting if the footballing authorities are going to actually do anything about it
Time for them to show some teeth
http://www.spiegel.de/international...against-financial-fairplay-a-1236347-amp.html
It’s not looking very good for City - lots of “activity†to circumvent the rules to allow them to spend a lot more money than their rivals - now what’s going to be interesting if the footballing authorities are going to actually do anything about it
Time for them to show some teeth
Orikoru
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Why has it taken them this long? They have been disguising extra funds as 'sponsorship deals' for years. Their shirt sponsor basically is their owners isn't it? I thought this was common knowledge. FFP is a farce, all it has done is keep the rich teams rich and the poor teams poor.
pokerjoke
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So quiet
Imurg
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Ah the perfect result, 2 goals and a clean sheet.... Apart from the wrong way round!
To be fair it's been coming, we've not been at it so far this season but I'm glad it's in the champions League rather then premier. Let's hope we perk up for Fulham at the weekend.
To be fair it's been coming, we've not been at it so far this season but I'm glad it's in the champions League rather then premier. Let's hope we perk up for Fulham at the weekend.
fundy
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Haha, if ever you can get away with an off day its this weekend!
pokerjoke
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Nobody needs to perk up for Fulham.
Liverbirdie
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clubchamp98
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Turned the telly on at 7.45pm and it was in extra time and we were 2-0 down.
According to macca and Owen it did me a favour.
According to macca and Owen it did me a favour.
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Why?
The vast majority of people who watch football without being supporters of other top clubs couldn't care less about how the likes of City, PSG or Real Madrid are funded.
They just enjoy watching the top players.
Liverbirdie
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Nail on the head, Mickie - if your club was one of the "top" ones, you would probably think differently.
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