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Match Fulham (H) - 29/11 - 8pm

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3 times kulo to Porto to danso I think.
I noted that and thought wtf.
This long throw rubbish is slowing down the game unnecessarily. The authorities will have to act.
If you pick up the ball you take the throw and you have no more than 15 seconds to take it. Any infringement and the throw is reversed.
We're the worst culprits with Danso trotting from one side of the pitch to the other. Have we ever scored from one of his throws?
 
Says he on the topic of "acting the hard man". 🤡

Jaynola Jaynola strutting into the Spurs Dressing room like...

slap slapping GIF
 
I doubt it's fiddling, just stating sold tickets rather than physical attendance. I will admit before kickoff it looked more sparse than usual but the attendance did end up looking better than I expected

Agree with this.

But an entire group of people shouldn't be able to just pick their section of the stadium to move to after kick off. Scum used to always announce a sell out even though you could see huge section of the Library were empty. We're now doing something similar.
 
Did you see vicario berate his outfielders after he fucked us by not kicking the ball into the high street after he charged out like Pele to play the ball?
That is not a team pulling together. Maybe he was looking for grey and bergvall to pick on again.

Well bullies pick their targets don’t they !
 
Goals. 7 EPL in his last 12 EPL games. Fact.
No service=no goals.
You have to be top level dopey to want to to get rid of a proven goalscorer.
Mate, the goals he scores masks an underlying issue with him. He's detrimental to the build up. For every goal he scores, he causes extremely promising attacks to break down by either not being in the right place at the right time, or losing possession because his control is pretty abysmal.

Hell get us a goal every now and again, but he's instrumental in us NOT getting other goals due to the above.

I've defended him in the past, but no longer.

Having said all of that, he's not alone and shouldn't be singled out, but he's definitely up there as one of the players we should be looking to upgrade on immediately.
 
Agree- he looks for the long ball or the fancy pass far too often. The squad as a whole is suffering from lack of recognition or discipline to make optimal plays, and we are suffering for it. Porro is clearly a bit of a wild pistol and needs to be kept on a short tactical leash to ensure he's using his full frontal lobe when on the pitch.
Also we have no one in midfield making themselves available. Look at Paul every time he got the ball all he did was a Johnson just passes it back to where it came from. He is ok when we are challenging for the ball in midfield but no good at closing down near our box.
 
Also we have no one in midfield making themselves available. Look at Paul every time he got the ball all he did was a Johnson just passes it back to where it came from. He is ok when we are challenging for the ball in midfield but no good at closing down near our box.
I think our players are all programmed in coaching by Frank to always play the safe passes and not concede possession unnecessarily. His mantra of not to lose first is taking a negative toll on the entire squad and their capabilities, reversing what they could do in an attacking sense.
 
We’re really fooked at home. This will take years to turn around, look at Man United they’ve been struggling at OT for several years now through three managers. Teams fancy playing us, regardless of our performance the opposition always knows they can get at us. I don’t see us cracking top 6 for at least a couple more years.
 
yeah we moved early on him. 3-0 down at home to united and subbing off lucas moura was the end.

It feels like Frank is there right now. I think we'll get hammered by Newcastle on Tuesday night and then not beating Brentford at home next week is the nail in the coffin
What I don’t get with Frank and Vinai / Lange / Paratici is they must have known that this season may need to be a rebuild. Or was it meant to work on and improve on foundations of last seasons EL cup win. Either way Frank has not done either. He has not really worked on rebuild of the team by playing and developing the youth and academy players. Or instilling a pattern of play. And he has not improved or built on last season both in performance and results. It’s like he is caught betw the two and is just making it up as he goes along. There appears to be no real plan of what we are trying to do esp in playing style. I would have thought he would instill a pattern of play then work on the players to carry that out. All his done is chop and change with no real idea of what we are trying to do. You can see from how we play when we have the ball. There is no idea of what we are doing. All we did yday was keep pumping in stupid balls to their box hoping one would stick. It really is just hope for the best football. We never even looked like scoring from a set piece.
 
Im conflicted on the booing front. My head tells me that it doesnt help - that it can only further de motivate the players.

But my heart takes over - occasionally its the only way I can find an outlet for my impotent rage.

Just saying.
 
Im conflicted on the booing front. My head tells me that it doesnt help - that it can only further de motivate the players.

But my heart takes over - occasionally its the only way I can find an outlet for my impotent rage.

Just saying.
I would never boo because I think it's shit and doesn't help anybody. But his coach AND these players deserve any boo they get. Fuck them all.
 
The booing is natural response of disappointed let down fans by the players on the pitch. If helps or not is not relevant, what relevant is that players, coach and club should be aware of the fans expectations and the amount of £££s spent to attend matches to watch cr@p performances by players paid top transfer fees and top wages.
 
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