Fulham(h) PL-Match Thread

[Carvalho Diablo]

Well played Fab, did really well today. 

3 good points, much improved. 

[Grinch]

6 minutes ago, stringvest said:

 

they're all against us.  Everyone.

 

I don't buy into conspiracy nonsense but it's funny when you see them talk about it for a goal that WAS offside and then don't mention it for a blatant red.

 

I guess all big clubs get the same treatment as TV try to bum up the chances of the shite in the league.

[Anubis]

Much more improved second half, pig. Much more improved second half. Happy with that overall.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Professional. Simple. Next.

[Hades]

In before "this thread would be twice/thrice/x times as long if we'd lost"

In before 5 page Grinch and aRdja flame war.

In before 3 pages of Hendo bashing.

[Baltar]

Not a great performance, we should be smacking teams like Fulham at home by a good few goals but 3 points in the bag so not a bad day.

[Bjornebye]

Job done. Clean sheet. No need for any negativity in here. 

[Jairzinho]

That's where Salah at his absolute best is like Messi (I'm not comparing their overall ability). Just being able to hang on to the ball for 30 seconds. Protecting the ball, turning, twisting, lots of little touches. A complete absence of pointless tricks.

 

Solid win. Dull first half. Stepped it up in the second half and made it look like the routine it was.

[Elite]

Solid win. We've been routinely losing those types of games in previous seasons 

[Grinch]

That'll do nicely, another three points on the board.

 

Much better second half, obviously helped by the early goal but we were right at it.  Full backs pushed up, pressing and then boom, the killer goal immediately came.  It could well be tactical, Klopp holding us back a bit in games to keep our shape and stop gifting shite sides ways into games.  Whatever it is, it's working.

 

Time to sit back and watch one or both Manc clubs drop points, another good weekend.

[stringvest]

1 minute ago, Hades said:

In before "this thread would be twice/thrice/x times as long if we'd lost"

In before 5 page Grinch and aRdja flame war.

In before 3 pages of Hendo bashing.

 

Very very good.  But what about the match?

 

[cloggypop]

Bobbing away like an unsinkable turd at the top of the league. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

3 points. Keep rolling.

 

[an tha]

That will do.

 

Shaqiri is boss.

[Anubis]

Just watching the Salah goal back. Disgusting lack of celebration afterwards, not.

[an tha]

1 minute ago, Elite said:

Solid win. We've been routinely losing those types of games in previous seasons 

Amazingly the last time we lost at home to a newly promoted side was against Blackpool under that owl bastard 

[clangers]

1 minute ago, Elite said:

Solid win. We've been routinely losing those types of games in previous seasons 

It's a fair point, better 2nd half, shows how far we've come when we don't deliver a swashbuckling performance is greeted by meh! 

[TheBitch]

1 minute ago, Anubis said:

Just watching the Salah goal back. Disgusting lack of celebration afterwards, not.

Clearly a come and get me plea to Madrid. 

[stringvest]

I thought we did all we had to do.  Firmino and Mane both well out of kilter, still.  Heavy touches, bad decisions.  I'm not sure we'd be losing much by resting one or both of these at the moment.  Robbo and TAA ensuring we had width, Shaqiri playing between the lines and trying to make things happen, Fabinho having a good game, the CBs with the odd sloppy moment, but by and large solid. A 6.5/10 performance on average from the players, but a 7/10 performance from the team was enough to get the win.

[ZonkoVille77]

3 points in a forgettable game.

I wish all our games had the same outcome.

[J-V]

5 minutes ago, Grinch said:

That'll do nicely, another three points on the board.

 

Much better second half, obviously helped by the early goal but we were right at it.  Full backs pushed up, pressing and then boom, the killer goal immediately came.  It could well be tactical, Klopp holding us back a bit in games to keep our shape and stop gifting shite sides ways into games.  Whatever it is, it's working.

 

Time to sit back and watch one or both Manc clubs drop points, another good weekend.

 

Not seeing that at all as they had chances.  We just haven't found our "mojo" yet.

[Funkasy]

Mane can be frustrating but he scares the shit out of defenders and is always involved, but Firmino has done his best impression of wijnaldum since his move from newcastle, hes been invisible for most of the season. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Shaqiri's bustling energy is the kind of thing we've sadly lacked of late. Always moving, even if he's unlikely to receive the ball.

 

Mané was much improved second half, and you could see the knock on effect for Robertson.

 

Wijnaldum is slowly disappearing again, like the picture of Marty McFly.

[LFC 6 Times]

Robertson is the best fullback in the world at the moment. Can’t get over how good he is. Thought Salah and Shaqiri were great, big Virg too. Firmino and Mane need to really lift it agree this break.

[Bjornebye]

6 minutes ago, an tha said:

Amazingly the last time we lost at home to a newly promoted side was against Blackpool under that owl bastard 

I heard that earlier. Quite mad really because I thought we usually had a 1 nil Anfield reverse against 1 a season. I'll never forget (or forgive) the Barnsley game in 97.