Match Thread Fulham v Everton (Sunday 22 Nov 12:00)

[terryefc]

I'd try and get Stones back and break the bank for Lamptey at r-b. Always rated Loftus-Cheek too. Lot's of players to ship out including Mina and Siggy. Their time is up. Nice to see Iwobi put in a shift but DCL was excellent again and not just for his goals. It's like being punched in the gut constantly watching us play at times. Shocking second half though clearly Ricky and James jet-lagged.

 

[Seathestars]

Love him. He knows he needs a few more players. He’s getting the balance right across the park, he needs to get it right from back to front too

 

[Alan Whittle]

Pickford should have been out quicker for the first for me. Can’t remember the last time he did something exceptional

Van Dijk?

 

[Cool_Blue]

I just want to put an opinion everyones way. Fulhams last game was away to West Ham who have been good this season and should have come away with 3 points. We are quick to jump on our team but we played some fantastic football for 20 minutes at the end of the 1st half and possibly should have put the game to bed. We contained ok before their substitutions then had a rocky 15 minutes, before our subs, after which we seen the game out comfortably. There are no easy games in this league my biggest disappointment was Newcastle. We should have been more positive in that game and I think today’s was better than the previous 3 and I’m not saying that because we won. i agree we have to be better 2nd half but a lot of people are focusing on the bad but forgetting there was some good play and great goals too.

This is fair comment, but why oh why do we look so knackered after an hour in most games? It’s ridiculous.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Van Dijk?

Ah yes of course! Pickford’s greatest contribution this season as been an utterly woeful attempt at stopping an offside goal

 

[Bluebirdie]

who are the 2 people who voted Tom as MOTM..

Tom Davies and Andre Gomes!

 

[JimmyJeffers]

This is fair comment, but why oh why do we look so knackered after an hour in most games? It’s ridiculous.

Hasn’t Ancelotti not been criticised for this in the past? Did Robben not organise extra training sessions at Bayern or did I weirdly imagine this

 

[Bullens Rd]

I'd try and get Stones back and break the bank for Lamptey at r-b. Always rated Loftus-Cheek too. Lot's of players to ship out including Mina and Siggy. Their time is up. Nice to see Iwobi put in a shift but DCL was excellent again and not just for his goals. It's like being punched in the gut constantly watching us play at times. Shocking second half though clearly Ricky and James jet-lagged.

Loftus Cheek is on 150k a week. Don't want him anywhere near us. I'd like us to go for Lamptey though, he looks very promising.

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

This is fair comment, but why oh why do we look so knackered after an hour in most games? It’s ridiculous.

A number of reasons, I can’t put my finger on them all. I would get rid of Gylfy on a free though. He was running round like a headless chicken but he got no where near anyone. on top of that give the balll away more often than not. It’s was baffling.

 

[larbert toffee]

I went Iwobi as my MoM, best he's ever played for us, although DCL was also worth it with his goals and general play. It's a pity we didn't capitalise on our dominance in the first half by grabbing another couple of goals, that way Fulham wouldn't have looked so likely to spring a surprise in the second half.

I don't understand all the moans about Tom Davies coming on as sub, he did the job he was asked to do and releived the pressure our defense was under.

Definitely a game of two halves and not one for the scrap-book. Time to get back to re-growing my fingernails

Spot on Kevin, I thought Davies did a good job in his short time on the pitch, broke up play well, held the ball and smartly won a foul that halted a fluent attack near the end.

 

[4737carlin]

Voted Iwobi MOTM, a vast improvement

 

[Methuselah]

Pickford should have been out quicker for the first for me. Can’t remember the last time he did something exceptional

I agree, he should have done better for the first.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I agree, he should have done better for the first.

He never seems to react to those situations quick enough. Seems full of self doubt.

 

[Caolam]

I went for DCL over Iwobi mainly on the second half showing. DCL done well off the scraps he was given during second half, he kept working. Iwobi stopped getting forward and pushing Fulham back, I know he wasn’t on his own in that respect, but that is my reason for not picking him as MoM.
A question for everyone, “What is the point of putting Glyfi on the pitch”.

 

[Jim Hopper]

Missed the second half and glad I did by the sounds of things.

Offensively we were great in that first half, albeit against a crap Fulham defence but nonetheless it was good to see us looking good getting forward again, something we haven’t looked well doing over the last 3 games.

Really not sure why we are all over the place at the back, the ease at which they found themselves right on the edge of our box was quite worrying, it’s like we don’t know how to handle the oppitions quick one two’s around our box, everyone stood around ball watching and not tracking people making runs. Needs to stop, no clean sheets in the league since the Spurs game isn’t good.