v Fulham (h) - 3/11/2021

[G Somerset Rover]

2 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

Dolan is playing right wing in our 4-3-3, Buckley up top instead of Gally. Brereton left.

Insane. 

[Exiled_Rover]

Is Robinson the lad who thought he was going to one of the Milan clubs?

Imagine ending up at Fulham - what a kick in the balls. 

[jim mk2]

Mitrovic free header

Too easy

[K-Hod]

Top defending from the corner there. 
FFS, 0-2.

[Fraserkirky]

Let’s put Nyambe on Mitrovic shall we. 

[den]

Amateurs 

[Displaced Rover]

Why is Nyambe marking Mitrovic?!? Surely you put Lenihan or Van Hecke on him?!?

The classic just outside the playoffs performance from Mowbray…

[DE.]

I imagine Fulham are likely to finish in the top two this season, and in the past three seasons we haven't registered a single victory against a team who finished first or second. In fact we've only managed 2 points from 36 (2 draws, 10 defeats). As soon as we play one of the division's few good teams we are brutally exposed as the average Championship cloggers we've always been under Mowbray. 

I suppose my only point is that this shouldn't be a surprise at all. To coin one of Mercer's phrases, putting money on a Fulham victory tonight was a license to print money. 

Edited November 3, 2021 by DE.

[Bigdoggsteel]

Whatever about right back Buckley in the false 9 is fucking stupid 

They are having a walk in the park here 

[Proudtobeblue&white]

We just don't perform against the top teams.

[jim mk2]

Just now, Proudtobeblue&white said:

We just don't perform against the top teams.

That's why they're top and we're not

 

[RTM08]

I forgot we were even playing tonight but there was no way we were ever going to compete. West Brom took us apart and got unlucky with finishing - Fulham are a level above them. 

[Silas]

1 minute ago, Displaced Rover said:

Why is Nyambe marking Mitrovic?!? Surely you put Lenihan or Van Hecke on him?!?

What, put our best header of the ball on their best header of the ball?

What sort of witchcraft is that?

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, DE. said:

I imagine Fulham are likely to finish in the top two this season, and in the past three seasons we haven't registered a single victory against a team who finished first or second. In fact we've only managed 2 points from 36 (2 draws, 10 defeats). As soon as we play one of the division's few good teams we are brutally exposed as the average Championship cloggers we've always been under Mowbray. 

I suppose my only point is that this shouldn't be a surprise at all. To coin one of Mercer's phrases, putting money on a Fulham victory tonight was a license to print money. 

Does Mercer have any money left at this point?

[callumrovers]

Why have nayambe marking Mitrovic?? Whos great idea is that. Awful

[A Northern Horde...]

Rovers getting a pumping here..awful

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

That's why they're top and we're not

 

Well that and they've got a half decent manager and we haven't. 

[RoversClitheroe]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Is Robinson the lad who thought he was going to one of the Milan clubs?

Imagine ending up at Fulham - what a kick in the balls. 

More because he had a heart condition.

Been solved now though.

[Sparks Rover]

3 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

That's why they're top and we're not

 

Blackpool best them

[yankfan]

Should have played all the loans.  Never going to get a point here.  And with Buckley up top might as well  Play Clarkson, Poveda, Khadra. Give Carter and Davenport a go and rest everyone else.  Even if Mowbary wasn’t have an F’ about with the tactics a point would be hard to find. 

[jim mk2]

Two pathetically soft goals really, both from poor defending rather than Fulham's brilliance. It's all so predictable

 

[Silas]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Is Robinson the lad who thought he was going to one of the Milan clubs?

Imagine ending up at Fulham - what a kick in the balls. 

Yeah, AC. 

He could have been feeding Ibrahimovic.

[Exiled in Toronto]

12 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Shouldn't be anywhere near our goal. Mogadon misused him for years

Really? So far in his three possessions in their half he’s had the turning circle of an oil tanker, taken umpteen touches and created nothing. Bucko bailed him out of his latest run into a crowd.

[Bigdoggsteel]

Should have had a peno for the handball but the refs at this level suck,so I'm not surprised at all 

[superniko]

They’re nothing special at the back, but they could easily put 5 on us here regardless. 
Stupid mistakes for the goal, Rothwell for the first and poor marking choices on the 2nd.

We are playing with 10 men though. Put Buckley where Johnson is and put Khadra or Butterworth in the front 3. 
Either way, Johnson needs hooking. He’s so far off the pace.