Fulham (A) - Sun 21st Apr 2024 (4:30pm)

[Red Phoenix]

We can bring on Mo, Nunez, Macca and Szobo. Surely we can finally get a goal from open play if some of them are playing against a tired Fulham team later on.

[TheSire]

1 minute ago, Smell The Glove said:

The people happy with the starting lineup? 

It's been even shitter with a stronger 11. Sadly we actually look SLIGHTLY better than Thursday. We're just so awkward and scruffy with our passing. We're playing a bit more direct which is what we need against these type of sides but the execution is just fucking BAD.

[gkmacca]

Mental fatigue. That's it more than anything. There's no need for fatalism because of that - you CAN fight against it - but some of these players are pretty stoical, it seems. 

 

I thought we were okay for much of the half. Fulham fans booing Elliott, yet again, as if he's some Figo-like superstar who abandoned them - christ, how classless can they be?

 

Much more pace required, second half. It's all about the end result - if you arse around at the back for three minutes and then give the ball away, that's three minutes wasted - show some fecking conviction.

[Saintslfc13]

Thought Gakpo was alright that half if I'm being honest. Ball just isn't sticking to Jota but of course he's the one of the bunch who's most likely to finish any half chance we get. I missed Diaz earlier chance when I was making the coffee but haven't really seen him be involved other than trying to set Jota up a little before Elliot's FK (I think).

[Bobby Hundreds]

Poor. Our attacking is abysmal. The players just go through the motions then you have the unbelievably dumb decision making. We are hard work at the minute.

 

Cmon reds step it up second half. 

[The Guest]

1 minute ago, chrisbonnie said:

The defenders need ALOT of work 

It’s what happens when everyone is shifting around to cover the laziest cunt in professional football.  You could see it coming.  Quansah is on his way over to engage the winger because he isn’t sure whether Mr walk is going to bother.  We are then overloaded as every defender has to move up to the man in front of them.  We are all over the place from that point.  Just go and look what he’s doing and where he ends up while the scramble is going on.  Brilliant free kicks once every blue moon are just not worth this level of shite laziness.

[Torvald Utne]

One of our better first halves this season

[TD_LFC]

5 minutes ago, niallers said:

We must be the most brain dead fucking team in the fucking world. We get a goal kick that wasn't and we take it fucking quick? What are we fucking doing.

Stupid fucking brain dead cunts

 

Luckily Utd exist and after going 3-0 up they're now drawing 3-3 against Coventry which makes us second at best.

[Megadrive Man]

In better news United have thrown away a three goal lead to Coventry City. 3-3 now.

[TheSire]

4 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

We actually look like the league is a bit too much effort and they really can't be arsed. They've got their flip flops on and they're on the beach.

 

That goes for the manager too. 

We always look slow and weak compared to other teams. Like we do no conditioning work at all. Would explain the constant fucking injuries.

[Red Phoenix]

The goal wasn't our fault, it was the ref's for not giving the corner. I think they did it deliberately.

 

No VAR check.

 

Klopp needs to tell them after the game.

[Smell The Glove]

Just now, 3 Stacks said:

We didn't even play badly but some of these players are just stupid. 

We didn't play well. Gakpo, Jota Gravenberch and Elliott were 3 max out of 10.

[Rushies tash]

We have got to be the unluckiest team going. Last week, Palace defenders just throwing themselves at everything and the ball would deflect wide. Yesterday, Silva hits a side foot pea roller and it deflects into the goal. Trossard shanks one into the top corner last night. Today, Alisson deflects the ball away from Endo on the line, who would have blocked it otherwise.

 

Edit: Once again, to a player scoring his first goal in a year.

[Elite]

Just now, Megadrive Man said:

In better news United have thrown away a three goal lead to Coventry City. 3-3 now.

See kids, we ain't that bad!

[Elite]

1 minute ago, Red Phoenix said:

The goal wasn't our fault, it was the ref's for not giving the corner. I think they did it deliberately.

 

No VAR check.

 

Klopp needs to tell them after the game.

Clutching at straws there mate.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Just now, Elite said:

See kids, we ain't that bad!

The could still win and go through, and we will likely drop points here.

[Gnasher]

15 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Is that today? Please let it be a 3-3

 

It is. 

[Anubis]

I wish Trent would fuck off with the shush and 1-0 gestures. You can do that at the final whistle - not two-thirds if the way through the first half.

[Red Phoenix]

1 minute ago, Elite said:

Clutching at straws there mate.

 

Haha I was just messing.

[bigal]

Too static, too slow in passing and moving. 

[Jairzinho]

2 minutes ago, etho said:

Nunez for Gakpo would be the change

 

The change has be in midfield. Endo and Gravenberch have been awful. 

[3 Stacks]

2 minutes ago, Smell The Glove said:

We didn't play well. Gakpo, Jota Gravenberch and Elliott were 3 max out of 10.

We're playing a decent team, away from home, whilst being in crap form. We were controlling it fairly well and had scored, before the players shat on themselves.

[Elite]

Just now, Anubis said:

I wish Trent would fuck off with the shush and 1-0 gestures. You can do that at the final whistle - not two-thirds if the way through the first half.

He's turned into a proper cocky cunt, that's part of the problem with him, he thinks he's amazing.

[DaveT]

This team lacks that bit of nous and grit - 2 minutes before half time the attitude should have been to dig in and see the half out… Much less likely to happen with a Milner-type or, dare I say, it a Henderson on the pitch. 

[mike23]

Genuinely sick of watching this team. Just the same old shit every game in what is rapidly becoming the most pathetic title charge in history.

Forward missing a sitter -check.

Slow tempo and constant aimless passing about at the back - check.

Making an utter mess of an attack with an overload of attackers where everyone just gets in each others way and we don't even get a shot on goal let alone score from it - check.

Failure to do even the basics defensively and yet again failing to keep a clean sheet - check.

 

It was all set up for us to go and get a second and have an easy win. Instead we somehow concede to a team who barely even looked interested. Arsenal go a goal up and you know that's it. We go a goal up and it never is. 

 

Trent has been decent. No one else has. Endo looks like he's lost the ability to move let alone run. Someone in the team needs to start showing some leadership and taking some responsibility because otherwise the title challenge is done today.