v Fulham (a) - 5/3/22

[J*B]

Kaminski 

Zeefuik Lenihan JVH Wharton Pickering 

Travis Johnson 

Khadra Dolan Giles 

wasn’t expecting that…

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Sell out apparently.

[duckson]

Tony tinkering again?

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

Wish I could share some of positivity.. A convincing loss for me. Just hope other results go our way and we're still in the play offs after this tough run of fixtures.. 

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

Christ on a bike he's dropped Gallagher 

[J*B]

Fulham fans saying they’re starting their strongest team on Twitter. I’d say we are missing three from ours - Dack, Rothwell, Brereton. 

[47er]

18 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

The same could also be said for the manager, who despite being out of contract in 3 months looks far more interested lately than he has at any point in the last 3 years.

That's true, chatting away the whole game these days, even to the crowd!

[G Somerset Rover]

2 minutes ago, J*B said:

Fulham fans saying they’re starting their strongest team on Twitter. I’d say we are missing three from ours - Dack, Rothwell, Brereton. 

Four. Nyambe.

Edited March 5, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Silas]

9 minutes ago, J*B said:

Kaminski 

Zeefuik Lenihan JVH Wharton Pickering 

Travis Johnson 

Khadra Dolan Giles 

wasn’t expecting that…

Counterattack personnel?

Probably our only viable option with squad we've got left.

Better than having Gally lumbering after long balls over the top. 

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

Just now, 47er said:

That's true, chatting away the whole game these days, even to the crowd!

Perhaps he feels that, for the first time in his tenure, he will be rewarded for performance and so he needs to be seen to be putting some effort in.

In reality Venkys will have forgotten 

[JohnD]

Let's hope we keep it on the deck!

The front three will give them the run around, hope they are effective.

Edited March 5, 2022 by JohnD
typo

[G Somerset Rover]

Just now, Silas said:

Counterattack personnel?

Probably our only viable option with squad we've got left.

Better than having Gally lumbering after long balls over the top. 

Williams and Robinson are rapid - will only be easy to counter if they get caught up the pitch. Here’s hoping.

[Tugay-is-God]

Feels like any points we can pick up today are a bonus.

[davulsukur]

13 minutes ago, J*B said:

Kaminski 

Zeefuik Lenihan JVH Wharton Pickering 

Travis Johnson 

Khadra Dolan Giles 

wasn’t expecting that…

As long as the plan isn't to have Giles whipping crosses into Dolan and Khadra.

Is Giles quick? Be a pretty fast front 3 if so.

[J*B]

2 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

As long as the plan isn't to have Giles whipping crosses into Dolan and Khadra.

Is Giles quick? Be a pretty fast front 3 if so.

Yes he’s quick, might be the smallest front 3 in English football this weekend though. 

[only2garners]

3 hours ago, Cherry Blue said:

Wrong thread but this contract issue throws a side issue on today's game. Those players involved have one eye on greener grass no matter what they say and cannot perform 100% as a team unit.

There's only 1 of them playing.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

15 minutes ago, J*B said:

Kaminski 

Zeefuik Lenihan JVH Wharton Pickering 

Travis Johnson 

Khadra Dolan Giles 

wasn’t expecting that…

Giles ? What’s happened to the best player in training - Hedges ? If I was dropping Gallagher I’d have picked Hedges. Giles is bit of a tinker when we don’t need to tinker. Not so confident after that.

[Paul Mellelieu]

Fingers crossed for a decent performance.

[TruRover]

6 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

As long as the plan isn't to have Giles whipping crosses into Dolan and Khadra.

Is Giles quick? Be a pretty fast front 3 if so.

Giles is rapid. However Dolan isnt - not sure why people feel he is.

[davulsukur]

The lack of goals in the team is a huge concern though.

[rigger]

Let's see how it goes, before ripping into the selection. 

[garnersfags]

Giles looked impressive every time he got the ball against QPR, that's why he's in.

I think he's more effective coming from deep. 

One thing's for certain, Fulham won't have planned for his inclusion in a midfield 3, as I think that's where he'll play, giving plenty of support to Pickering.

Not sure where the goals will come from, it's a very young team, with grandad Johnson. 

I was confident of a win against QPR, not as sure today, but I've been saying all week that I think we'll be solid at the back.

If Nyambe was fit, I'd be confident of a point, the back 3 will be busy covering Zeefuik, that's my only worry. It's a good test of our super-solid defence.

A point or 3 sets up our super-surging March nicely. 

Cone on you mighty Blues!!!

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by garnersfags

[FortressEwood]

23 minutes ago, duckson said:

Tony tinkering again?

No. Tony, the manager who has us in the play off spots, picking what he thinks is the best team for this game with the resources available to him.

Come on Rovers

[AspRover]

With Gallagher, Buckley and Rothwell (ie. first team regular starters) on the bench we might actually see some proactive substitutes? Maybe? A plan B of sorts if things aren't going well?

Probably a late switch to long balls to Gally, but still.

[Gav]

Sky coverage has been on less than 5 minutes and we’ve already seen Fulham’s 7 goals twice.

Turned it off, regretting not going now….