Fulham 1 - 1 Leicester Post Match Thread

[Bozman]

Hope we don't play like that saturday ..

[Chester Dontlie]

Tsk tsk. If it wasn't for my ingenious tactical suggestion in the match thread and a bit of Shinjitsu (which some Shinji deniers find very hard to stomach) we would lose this. We could have the early lead but look at the chances they had twice as much shots (total). We should be winning this somewhat comfortably yet I have a feeling the scoreline flattered us. Playing sole striker upfront is just not good enough against low table teams like Fulham it reeks of fear. Underwhelming.

[GeorgeTheFox]

Is it worth giving Silva another go? We have a serious problem that none of our midfielders are able to pass. I know Silva has been disappointing but might be worth a go. Frustrating game but happy that we are tough to beat

[WarehamFox]

Strange to see Claude with a black eye. Awful game, to many players not performing against the bottom team!

[southfox66]

The problem we need to sort out is the players in front of Madison he's the stand out talent if he don't get the return from other players for his efforts, the big clubs will be in front for him come next season and he'll think let's go :(

[EnderbyFox]

4 minutes ago, AndyNCH said:

Enjoyed the game tonight although with Madderz petulance last week and being average tonight and since he's joined, I do think he's best being loaned back to Norwich for their season.  I think it will excellent for his development as a player and he will come back a superior player going into to 19/20 season.  

 

Lovely to see Stevie Wonder has signed up to the forum 

[Vacamion]

 

Soyuncu’s long balls, espesh that one he drilled 60m to no one into the corner, are maybe something he’ll work on in training.

[Wolfox]

Just now, bfox said:

Hes probably one our best players?

I don’t disagree….   It just appeared to me that he had a whole load of hype and although I saw flashes of talent he had been a bit in and out for a while…. He has a canny knack of coming up with important contributions, which is always welcome 

[OhYesNdidi]

18 more points till we hit our target .. 

[themightyfin]

Hard sometimes playing against poor teams it's easy to get dragged down to their level. A point away from home is fine at the end of the day take it and move on. 

I do worry though what we would do without Vardy long term. We seen very short upfront and Nacho is certainly struggling for some reason. Strange as he looked good pre season but looks to be hiding rather than busting a gut to get involved. Maybe a confidence thing but our options are very limited. 

[Tuna]

Fulham will be kicking themselves they've not won. We were awful.

 

We must get some new players in in the transfer window, take out some of our regulars and we're badly exposed. So much dross in the squad.

 

Severely lacking in firepower, Iheanacho has had enough chances - not good enough.

[Manini]

Not even arsed, I’ll take a draw in London away from home on a Wednesday night. What else are we aiming for? Realistically? Let’s just accumulate as many points as we can along the way and see what happens. Good debut top flight season for Maddison already goal wise. 

[Dr The Singh]

2 minutes ago, Hammo said:

To think we won that second half 1-0 when all we did was drill the ball into touch or head it aimlessly into the air.

 

An embarrassingly bad performance but decent result.

 

Time for Ndidi to be dropped. Can't have a midfield fulcrum who can't pass. Because it's starting to spread to the rest of the team.

The midfield is a problem, you mark maddison out of the game and you snuff our attack.

 

Not Ndidi andendy offer nothing in attack and there passing range is very very limited.  Iborra just doesn't fit the bill either.

 

Puel.needs a busy transfer period this xmas

[m4DD0gg]

Wheres puel got that black eye from eh

[Countryfox]

7 minutes ago, Wolfox said:

 

 

have never quite got the hype regarding Maddison ..

 

 

Has been a brilliant signing !!

 

And ...   been saying it for ages ...   get some help for Vardy and Nacho ain’t good enough.

 

Clod will get it sorted.

[vanity]

Dear Claude:

 

We cannot FUCHING play your style when we do not start players who have quality on the ball. Let's allow a O to represent a crap passer/ball handler, X a player who can pass and handle. This was our formation today:

 

O  O  O  X

   O  O

X   X    X

     X

 

This is pretty damn basic -- five of our back six couldn't reliably link play with their passing, so we spent the vast majority of the match unable to get the ball tyo our attacking players. Claude, you are not a stupid manager, but how the actual F do you keep making the same mistake so many times with our club?

 

It is pretty fuching basic -- when we start Ndidi-Mendy every game, it means we have two players who are a minimal threat to get the ball forward to our attacking players (Mendy can do it occasionally, Ndidi just about never). We are able to get away with it when players are healthy, as we have Pereira and Chilwell and sometimes Albrighton on the wings to get the ball forward, as well as Maguire when he goes marauding. But Simpson cannot pass reliably, neither can Wes or Soyuncu, so we spent the vast majority of this match unable to get the ball past midfield unless we lumped it forward and hoped a Leicester player could get on the end of it. 

 

I just don't understand the conservative, all-defense approach in this match. We probably score 3-4 if we field a more attacking side. Instead we grind out a 1-1 draw to a VASTLY inferior team, and now we have a brutal run of matches against incredibly dangerous teams. 

 

Claude, you have to play to win against the crap teams. You keep on playing not to lose, and it is reliably costing us points. It is your greatest failing as a manager, and it is going to get you canned if you keep it up.

[Nick]

Just now, m4DD0gg said:

Wheres puel got that black eye from eh

[bfox]

Worst performance of the season. Maybe Ndidi needs to be dropped, needs to put more work in his technical side of the game. The partnership or him and Mendy is just completely transient.Every team we play cuts through them like they are not there. Nothing really positive in that game at all, apart from Maddison is a cut above the others.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

1 minute ago, lcfceaves said:

Sh*** again, against a poor team. Iheanacho is useless, he can go. He's had enough chances now and all too often it is poor touch after poor touch, lack of effort & clever movement... and most importantly, no killer instinct.

 

Puel in campaigners will gloss over this with stats and our league position, but really... how do you gloss over another one dimensional performance? We've got a tough run coming, after a run of average/below average teams where we haven't picked up enough points.

 

Playing like we have been, don't see us getting a single point in the next four games.

Dont need to campaign to maintain the status quo

 

But i'll tell you how we gloss over it. 2 of our best players rested partly excuses how awful.we were

 

We were playing against a genius manager who won the league against 5000-1 odds who knows how to win as the underdog

 

And, Puel made the change that instantly got us back in the game and we could have won (yes, also could have lost), aaand he did it with Okazaki!

 

Come on man.. we were doggo and we got a point, will be 9th by the end of he day if Arsenal dont score.... its all good

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

4 minutes ago, pazzerfox said:

 

That was a struggle to watch!  Nacho is a poor player.  N'didi is technically a poor football player and are both struggling in Puels system IMO.

I agree with you, but I now have no idea of what Puel system or tactics are. Currently it's gash ball.

[LCCFox96]

Scrappy performance. I thought we were unlucky to be behind at half time and had the better of the game. We worked the ball nicely down the left side in particular. The second half was frighteningly bad, we couldn't stick 4 passes together. One flash of quality was enough to knick something though and credit to us for sticking in the game. Any points on the road are decent points. 

 

Schmeichel's distribution tonight was awful - got boring watching the ball sail into touch. Iheanacho looks like a striker desperately short of confidence. 

[themightyfin]

1 minute ago, vanity said:

Dear Claude:

 

We cannot FUCHING play your style when we do not start players who have quality on the ball. Let's allow a O to represent a crap passer/ball handler, X a player who can pass and handle. This was our formation today:

 

O  O  O  X

   O  O

X   X    X

     X

 

This is pretty damn basic -- five of our back six couldn't reliably link play with their passing, so we spent the vast majority of the match unable to get the ball tyo our attacking players. Claude, you are not a stupid manager, but how the actual F do you keep making the same mistake so many times with our club?

 

It is pretty fuching basic -- when we start Ndidi-Mendy every game, it means we have two players who are a minimal threat to get the ball forward to our attacking players (Mendy can do it occasionally, Ndidi just about never). We are able to get away with it when players are healthy, as we have Pereira and Chilwell and sometimes Albrighton on the wings to get the ball forward, as well as Maguire when he goes marauding. But Simpson cannot pass reliably, neither can Wes or Soyuncu, so we spent the vast majority of this match unable to get the ball past midfield unless we lumped it forward and hoped a Leicester player could get on the end of it. 

 

I just don't understand the conservative, all-defense approach in this match. We probably score 3-4 if we field a more attacking side. Instead we grind out a 1-1 draw to a VASTLY inferior team, and now we have a brutal run of matches against incredibly dangerous teams. 

 

Claude, you have to play to win against the crap teams. You keep on playing not to lose, and it is reliably costing us points. It is your greatest failing as a manager, and it is going to get you canned if you keep it up.

We are in the top half of the table. 

[the fox]

On paper, we have a much better squad than last season but something is missing. A player who can pick a team apart with pace and creativity and also score goals. A player like maddison but with more flair and the element of surprise about him. 

Edited 5 December 2018 by the fox

[Dr The Singh]

1 minute ago, Swan Lesta said:

From.someone wearing a burka?

[ARTY_FOX]

poor very poor. missed oppotunity. Again.