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Match Fulham (H) - 29/11 - 8pm

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Maureen said:
Villa 6 points ahead of us now in 3rd. Sunderland on 22 points in 6th. We can’t even catch them up atm. Let that sink in!
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It’s been a funny first third of the season; all those international breaks and loads of unexpected results .

It wouldn’t surprise to see one of Sunderland, Villa and Spurs occupying their “ true “ position come April. With all the drama that will bring.
 
Spuraman said:
Most keepers if not all are producing howlers in just about every game including all the top keepers. I dont even have to bother to mention them all. Its a unwelcome trend thats been going on for a while now. Having said that Vicario does save us often with some excellent saves. Of course theres no excuse though for blatant stupidity.
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Every top keeper makes excellent saves, few if any produce howlers like Vicario does.

Hot headed under pressure, a flapper of crosses and a constant complainer.

A back up keeper and if he doesn't like that then get rid. The Vicario experiment should end, and end soon.
 
glacierSpurs said:
At 2-0, Fulham was more likely to score the 3rd and 4th than us scoring our first. We didn't look at all like a big club testing their defence to try to get back in the game. Fulham didn't even look afraid and sit back even. Frank got us playing the worse kind of response I have ever ever seen.
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Struggling to find anything positive that Frank has produced on any part of the pitch.

He has our best starting defence available, a fit midfield aside from Bissouma, and though we have Maddison, Solanke and Kulu missing has a comparable striker in Muani now fit and available.

Cut him some slack on Maddison being injured, but he spent sixty odd million on Xavi who he doesn't start.

Playing football on the wings, and never between the lines puts us in a predictable position for any opposition to work us out. We have no surprise on the team, and certainly it appears no direction on the field.

My questions would be when will enough be enough for the board?

Should the board give him a big chunk of money in four weeks time?

Have the board even shown any concern?

I did note in his post match prezzer last night that he has become more prickly with his responses and not unlike Ange did, appears to be circling the wagons.

The end of the day as we drop into freefall in our league position, the club cant' keep looking at these results and ignore the facts, especially with the fanbase.

I think if we continue on this form, and then fail to make the CL next round then he will be fired.
 
Merl said:
The more i think about it, the worse the performance yesterday gets on reflection.

To start yet another home game in that manner and perform like that for the first half especially was a disgrace.

A very mediocre Fulham side who had 1 away point and zero wins rocked up and should have been 4-0 up by HT. Aside from the two goals, they hit the post and were it not for a sensational tackle from VDV would have scored again.

It's beyond concerning at this point. We're almost into December and the team has no identity and Frank keeps chopping and changing players, tactics and formations every game.

The whole club is rotten from top to bottom and the manager (or any manager here) is on a hiding to nothing.
The transfer window was another completely negligent attempt at squad building that left a champions league team without cover at LB and no replacement LW for Son. Not too mention loads of other issues with sub par players in other positions.

We ended up with a 4th choice CAM who has done nothing so far. RKM has zero league goals after 4 months here. Palinha good at what he does but very limited. Kudus the only one that's shown anything.

A complete mess of a football club.
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Bit harsh on Muani who has had a couple of injuries.

Xavi should start as an automatic, after all wasn't he brought in to replace the invention of Maddison?

Palhinha isn't a Swiss army knife, and wasn't brought in to do anything aside from breaking up attacking play, and generally disrupting the opponents midfield. To that end I think he has been outstanding, plus he's scored a couple and added two assists in just thirteen games, not bad from a defensive midfielder.
 
ThePreacher said:
Struggling to find anything positive that Frank has produced on any part of the pitch.

He has our best starting defence available, a fit midfield aside from Bissouma, and though we have Maddison, Solanke and Kulu missing has a comparable striker in Muani now fit and available.

Cut him some slack on Maddison being injured, but he spent sixty odd million on Xavi who he doesn't start.

Playing football on the wings, and never between the lines puts us in a predictable position for any opposition to work us out. We have no surprise on the team, and certainly it appears no direction on the field.

My questions would be when will enough be enough for the board?

Should the board give him a big chunk of money in four weeks time?

Have the board even shown any concern?

I did note in his post match prezzer last night that he has become more prickly with his responses and not unlike Ange did, appears to be circling the wagons.

The end of the day as we drop into freefall in our league position, the club cant' keep looking at these results and ignore the facts, especially with the fanbase.

I think if we continue on this form, and then fail to make the CL next round then he will be fired.
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He's had a lot of injuries, but also hasn't played a consistent style- there's been nothing really for the players to latch onto except defense and set-pieces, both of which are waning right now thanks to loss of form and very tough opponents. The unraveling of Vicario has been a disaster for us this season, and easily one that has cost us at least a few points.
 
spursmalc said:
It used to work when Chivers threw them to Gilzean but it needs those receiving the ball to be excellent headers. Gilzean is the best I have seen. Not working for these players.
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“Gilly”was indeed up there with the best at not just his uncanny ability to hang in the air,but direct the ball also.

His “Auld Man” in Scotland at an early age tied a ball to a beam at his work,and a young Alan
practiced for hrs on end

Do that nowadays and be up for child abuse…..
 
Maureen said:
Villa 6 points ahead of us now in 3rd. Sunderland on 22 points in 6th. We can’t even catch them up atm. Let that sink in!
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What a disaster this season is turning out to be. That first half was as bad as anything I have previously witnessed. Still don't agree with booing individuals, but the HT boos aimed at the team and coaches were justified, IMO.
Second half was better but we just couldn't finish to get at least a point out of that game. But the records will show yet another home defeat.
This is starting to affect attendances, along with stupid KO times, the expense of attending, the cancellation of free CRNs and the loss of the Sonny fans. It'll be interesting to see how long it will take the board to do something about it.
We've only won three games at home so far this year, and with Brentford and Liverpool coming up, can't see us adding to that total.
What a calamity. :(
 
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