I was actually ok on the Tuesday night - I just took the attitude that we tried our best but lost.
However woke up the following morning and felt down in the dumps, and still feeling that way.
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I am not feeling depressed, just dissapointed and angry at the way we were beaten by a contentious penalty decision that should never have been given. Especially after their goal on Saturday that should never have been allowed.
But I have learnt to bounce back quickly from knock downs. It's the only way, otherwise you end up punishing yourself unnecessarily.
I would like to think it will make the club, manager and players stronger and more determined to do better next season.
There will always be a period of mourning so to speak, but it does nobody any good to dwell too long. Life is too short.
We start with a clean slate next season, and every cloud has a silver lining. 👍⚽️
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on May 18, 2017, 08:24:13 AM
I am not feeling depressed, just dissapointed and angry at the way we were beaten by a contentious penalty decision that should never have been given. Especially after their goal on Saturday that should never have been allowed.
But I have learnt to bounce back quickly from knock downs. It's the only way, otherwise you end up punishing yourself unnecessarily.
I would like to think it will make the club, manager and players stronger and more determined to do better next season.
There will always be a period of mourning so to speak, but it does nobody any good to dwell too long. Life is too short.
We start with a clean slate next season, and every cloud has a silver lining. 👍⚽️
Key is to keep joka - if we lose players it's not good but I trust joka to make good acquisitions to keep us as promotion contenders. If we lose joka that will be a disaster.
We have all the building blocks in place for a promising next season.I think we may do a Brighton with a couple of shrewd additions so the future is bright.COYW
The disappointment will no doubt last until the first ball is kicked next season. Hopefully the positivity will then begin to flow again. COYW 049:gif
I'm buzzing for the excitement of transfer rumours etc of pre-season.
Play off's? ...What Play off's?
i feel worse
I keep re running the two games and the ludicrous standard and behaviour of the referees and reading's attitude to play
I keep re-running the optimism on the MB from December and who we might bring in, and then on the 1st Feb seeing it was nobody
I keep thinking we had such a golden opportunity and simply threw it away...I honestly fear we have a macdonald/Clay situation, it is so similar in the way it is panning out and I note Joca's familly live in Spain.
In an ideal world, we are now brilliantly placed to build a team capable of being promoted by end of March, if we keep the key players and bring in a few, I think many players will want to come to Fulham because of what we have done this season and the brand of football we play, the board just need to make it so.
Unfortunately I have no faith that is likely to happen.
Nose, you need to have a lie down. Nobody has died, let's get things into prospective, you are shortening your life by going back over old ground.
You must look forward and be optimistic no matter what. May I remind you, we haven't been relegated, we made the play offs and deservedly so, but have been prevented from appearing at Wembley to play Huddersfield Town, due to a couple of sets of circumstances on the field of play, beyond our control. Relax and think of something nice like Daisy Lowe, or whoever floats your boat.
Otherwise they will be coming to take you away ha ha he he ho ho.
Nose, I think your heart was in the right place but I am starting to see signs of Trolling. I am close to the point where if I see a thread of yours, I just ignore it.
I think you may be taking the piss. Wittingly or possibly otherwise. I'm sure I am not alone. I honestly don't want a discussion on the subject, I am just letting you know.
i didnt feel depressed afterwards just dissapointed.
The only thing I am still depressed about is the very few who constantly post nothing but negativity. There is a new horizon . Let us march towards it.
Quote from: grandad on May 18, 2017, 11:44:03 AM
The only thing I am still depressed about is the very few who constantly post nothing but negativity. There is a new horizon . Let us march towards it.
I did try that once and fell over the edge of a cliff. :005:
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on May 18, 2017, 10:48:01 AM
Nose, you need to have a lie down. Nobody has died, let's get things into prospective, you are shortening your life by going back over old ground.
You must look forward and be optimistic no matter what. May I remind you, we haven't been relegated, we made the play offs and deservedly so, but have been prevented from appearing at Wembley to play Huddersfield Town, due to a couple of sets of circumstances on the field of play, beyond our control. Relax and think of something nice like Daisy Lowe, or whoever floats your boat.
Otherwise they will be coming to take you away ha ha he he ho ho.
If only it were all that simple. you recall the might bill shankly's words of course, but even they were not entirely true.
i come from a time when the club you supported was part of your life like your family. i was brought up with it day to day. i spend far too long considering the 5 man back 4.
we were sublime at times this season, we deserved to go up, to go to wembley, we were more than good enough. But we were betrayed from within. we ended up not having a big enough squad, the cavalry could have come in winter but the general at the fort was snoozing and failed to wake up and hear our cries for a proer center forward... so we were left to the vagaries of poor and biased officials.
I have had a lie down and I dream of MAF. when he joined i increased my season tickets from two to 5 because it was obvious he wanted and was going to get success. He did all the right things and if he got it wrong he fixed it. the new man, he doesn't evben know there is a problem.
we were better than good enough. what is doing for me is the prospect that we will not do what is required to kick on. I have no faith in the ability of our leadership and as a consequence the manager will walk. that is why i am so unhappy
Others on the MB are talking about what needs to be done. i cannot join in with that, it is the same as we said in december!!! why will it be different now?
I have even been told off (sort of) for not being proud of my team. what else could I be but be proud of being a member of the best club in football. You can read that in every word i write. i want us to be the best we can be, we do not need to succeed but we do need to be the best we can and if we fail it is not for the want of trying. And therein lies the issue, we failed in january to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Sorry to go on, it's what i do
I hate tennis and cricket, role on next season.
Yeah, I'm just disappointed, now waiting for the revenge against Reading
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Still a bit down. I always try to move on immediately on after such important defeats, forget about them, look forward.
But I do feel a bit empty, after so many weeks of excited anticipation about what was going to happen, and now there is nothing for a bit. But there will be transfer activity and preparations for the forthcoming season soon to become involved in.
Good reasons for Fulham fans to feel positive for the first time in years. Onwards and upwards.
Depressed about Tuesday but angry about Saturday and how Reading were able to get away with so much fouling and time wasting, not helped by a bottle job ref. There's ways of stopping teams play but Reading overstepped the mark big time.
Let's hope Huddersfield dish out some football justice on the 29th.
Quote from: Buffalo76 on May 18, 2017, 05:24:18 PM
Depressed about Tuesday but angry about Saturday and how Reading were able to get away with so much fouling and time wasting, not helped by a bottle job ref. There's ways of stopping teams play but Reading overstepped the mark big time.
Let's hope Huddersfield dish out some football justice on the 29th.
I am already doing my war dance for the Terriers. 👍⚽️
I just have sense of disbelief, 2 teams that we beat 5-0 in the regular season made the final, and one of them will be in the Prem
Quote from: snarks on May 18, 2017, 08:10:48 PM
I just have sense of disbelief, 2 teams that we beat 5-0 in the regular season made the final, and one of them will be in the Prem
Yes. I am lost for words, when you say it like that.
Yeah 100%. Didn't deserve to go out like that.
Disappointed the next day but not depressed. We can look at defeat as an injustice or look at it that we did not put our chances away. Eitherway that was the last game and nothing can be changed. As Joka says one game at a time, so now I'm waiting to see who our first game of the season is! COYW
Disappointed - yes.
Depressed - no, there's been too much going on in my life these past 12 months that puts things in their true perspective.
Optimistic - yes, it's been a great season, one that exceeded my expectations, and it's been good to be able to hold your head high after a few mediocre seasons. If Joka sticks around and we are able to retain the better members of the squad and add to them during the window then we will be in good shape for the next season.
Would've been nice to have played the first & last game of the season.
Quote from: Burt on May 19, 2017, 11:09:34 AM
Disappointed - yes.
Depressed - no, there's been too much going on in my life these past 12 months that puts things in their true perspective.
Optimistic - yes, it's been a great season, one that exceeded my expectations, and it's been good to be able to hold your head high after a few mediocre seasons. If Joka sticks around and we are able to retain the better members of the squad and add to them during the window then we will be in good shape for the next season.
Exactly..... the next 12 weeks will reveal to all and sundry what our chances of challenging again for promotion, be it automatic or play off. I have convinced myself to be optimistic, as not only have we progressed a long way since this time last year. Which has seen our Stock grow in terms of our system of play, and our free scoring ability to find the net from all over the team.
The question is, how do we build on this momentum, which players will be released in the coming weeks. Will the vultures circulating our club secure any of our key players, as we know how loud money can talk.
It is plain to see, even by a recluse living in a cave on Mars that we need to recruit quality players to step up our chances of another attempt next season whist we have the good feel factor.
Has the owner learnt anything about what it takes for a club to achieve promotion to the Premier League.
These questions should be answered this summer, as action speaks louder than any words.
Because of the way Fulham have been like a breath of fresh air in the Championship this season, our credibility is higher than any time since the year of relegation.
I hope the Owner gives our Manager the maximum support, and the board listens to our managers aspirations, and match his ambitions, the tail must not wag the dog.
The manager and his coaches are the key to success on the field of play. But they are restricted if the owner and his son, and his sons best mate, do not march to the beat of the managers drum, and not the other way round.
So I am upbeat, as we all should be, until such issues arise that may make us doubt otherwise.
I hope the proffesionals at the club are given the support they deserve after guiding us into a play off position with a small squad to play with, and giving us all a taste as to what it's can be like with the right manager and players who can fit into his system of play which guarantees, entertainment goals and success if the right backing is there for them to achieve success.
We cannot stand still and tread water, otherwise we will be overtaken.
I was running on empty Tuesday night and Wednesday right up until another Wednesday suffered the same fate as we did even if the way it happened was a little different. At that moment the perspective of time replayed in my head and I realised how transient life is, that although situations may seem familiar they are, like people, never quite the same. I also have regard for how others have to cope with the same feelings I have. Some still seem to cope better than I do. Others do not. Some seem to complain on and on, but that is just their way of coping. I will not to exclude them, or belittle their feelings, because I know better than that.
We all need to stick together through thick and thin because the whole football change of season process, for us, has just started all over again. We did well the season just ended. It was disappointing at the conclusion. But did we have a right to expect more? We are a good team, and we need to stay a good team for the season just about to unfold. Nothing has changed yet everything is about to be different. It is as exciting or as daunting as you want to make it, but I am looking forward to all the surprises and challenges it'll involve. Optimism is something I remember from my childhood and how a family friend told me never to let adults take it away from you because they will if you let them.
Quote from: toshes mate on May 19, 2017, 12:04:14 PM
I was running on empty Tuesday night and Wednesday right up until another Wednesday suffered the same fate as we did even if the way it happened was a little different. At that moment the perspective of time replayed in my head and I realised how transient life is, that although situations may seem familiar they are, like people, never quite the same. I also have regard for how others have to cope with the same feelings I have. Some still seem to cope better than I do. Others do not. Some seem to complain on and on, but that is just their way of coping. I will not to exclude them, or belittle their feelings, because I know better than that.
We all need to stick together through thick and thin because the whole football change of season process, for us, has just started all over again. We did well the season just ended. It was disappointing at the conclusion. But did we have a right to expect more? We are a good team, and we need to stay a good team for the season just about to unfold. Nothing has changed yet everything is about to be different. It is as exciting or as daunting as you want to make it, but I am looking forward to all the surprises and challenges it'll involve. Optimism is something I remember from my childhood and how a family friend told me never to let adults take it away from you because they will if you let them.
Spot on, I agree 100%.
A dose of Count Arthur Strong tonight on BBC1 will raise my spirits.
All the praise Patrick Roberts is getting today not helping.
I wish I could have taken somebody with me to the match at Reading , then I could still chat about the experience with them. I found it very moving but can't express why to anybody that understands. Now no more football for at least another couple of months
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Everybody did his best, but it didn't work on the day. I agree with Joka -- we're the better team, but I've seen the better team lose time and time again.
Disappointed? You bet. Depressed? Nah. Just looking forward to next season.
I've just come on here for the first time since.
It was a penalty; we had the chances to win the game but that's the way it goes sometimes. If football were decided on points like boxing it would have been a different story but hey ho. If we manage to keep all our good players I'll be happy enough.
Quote from: Holders on May 22, 2017, 09:01:19 AM
I've just come on here for the first time since.
If we manage to keep all our good players I'll be happy enough.
and that is the 64,000 pound question.
Quote from: Holders on May 22, 2017, 09:01:19 AM
I've just come on here for the first time since.
It was a penalty; we had the chances to win the game but that's the way it goes sometimes. If football were decided on points like boxing it would have been a different story but hey ho. If we manage to keep all our good players I'll be happy enough.
I cannot help being myself so i am sorry to say.... a penalty was awarded but the one thing it wasn't was the correct decision. there are endless pictures and alternate angles that prove the reading player handles the ball first and if kalas does touch it with his arm it is as a result of being interfered with. But we all know the ref got it wrong.
There is no reason to feel depressed, it's just dissapointing, but it's a game of football that did not go our way. That's all, nobody died, nobody had any life changing injuries. We go again in three months. Life is too short to dwell on setbacks.
