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Fulham controlled the first half, but I still felt Wolves would score first. I was surprised to see Robinson take the penalty, but he stayed composed, showed no hesitation, and calmly finished it.

In the end, it was not to be. A point is still a point, but here it feels like a major opportunity lost. For me, that ends Fulham's season and any realistic hope of pushing for a European place.

Who was your FoF MOTM and why? 

We're ******* useless

~315 minutes without a goal from open play...

I went with Robinson as he looked half decent and did great with the penalty.  A lot of players really did look like they couldn't be bothered. 

Bassey for me. Had some solid blocks, never stopped fighting. One of the few players who showed any level of passion.

MOTM is the beach. Silva has taken the fire out of this team with his unresolved future.

And hopefully thats the final nail in Silva's future at FFC

Champions League here we come

Quote from: SanFranFulhamfan on May 17, 2026, 04:58:26 PMMOTM is the beach. Silva has taken the fire out of this team with his unresolved future.

100% correct

A couple of good saves from Leno

First match I've ever watched where the most notable incident was the fantastic reception the home fans gave to the introduction of an away team player.

Quote from: KJS on May 17, 2026, 04:58:35 PMAnd hopefully thats the final nail in Silva's future at FFC

I think so, noticeable he wasn't even wearing an FFC top today?

Quote from: love4ffc on May 17, 2026, 04:57:34 PMI went with Robinson as he looked half decent and did great with the penalty.  A lot of players really did look like they couldn't be bothered. 

He was at serious fault for their goal.

Bassey was immense again and my MoM.  Diop also did well, Lukic battled.  Not much to say about anyone else. Overall typical of recent months performances.  Bring on Pochettino!

The way this side has been set up and played, since Saints knocked us out of the cup is terrible.
We would be struggling to be halfway in the Championship.

Not a single player able to pass the ball
And
Tom cairney sat on the bench
The players aren't up to it..it is the lack of quality in the squad that is so appalling

I make Tim MOM on the grounds that if a defender had not entered their penalty area we would not have drawn. And he was good too.

Quote from: cmg on May 17, 2026, 04:59:30 PMFirst match I've ever watched where the most notable incident was the fantastic reception the home fans gave to the introduction of an away team player.

haha thats actually pretty funny. rushed home for the second half to see 0.1xg

Bassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

OK who made ESR MOM? Please fess up.

Toss up between Robinson & Bassey! Worryingly both of these are defenders against the bottom team! Might sum this performance up in all honesty. So many abject performances especially from the midfield and forwards difficult to know where to start.

Iraola - closure over his future, Bournemouth finishing strongly.

Glasner - closure over his future, Palace in a European final.

Silva - same old will he won't he nonsense for half a year, Fulham on the beach.

Castagne for me gave everything

Unless Chelsea win both of their last two games or Brentford win against Liverpool at Anfield, and I can't see either of those things happening, a win against Newcastle would have been enough for Europe had we won today. Such a missed opportunity. You can't miss chances like the ones Iwobi and Berge missed.

 We weren't at our best but we've created 2 sitters for our players and also had a penalty on top of that. That was more than enough to get a win, but annoyingly we took one of those 3 chances.

Silva 's indecision with not making his mind up about staying or going has cost us these last 6 games,
Ridiculous team choice today as well.
ESR really just look at his stats

Bassey for me.
We were pretty poor. Relegation next season if we're not careful.

Meh
Went with Bassey.
Castagne had a good first half.

Quote from: The Old Count on May 17, 2026, 05:06:54 PMBassey for me.
We were pretty poor. Relegation next season if we're not careful.

As long as we dump Silva we will be ok

Quote from: ron on May 17, 2026, 05:04:37 PMBassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

Me.

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Quote from: love4ffc on May 17, 2026, 04:57:34 PMI went with Robinson as he looked half decent and did great with the penalty.  A lot of players really did look like they couldn't be bothered. 

He was at serious fault for their goal.

I'd have to look at it again, but I thought Robinson was fouled in his recovery from the slip. Looked like the attacker was holding onto Robinsons arm for dear life.

Quote from: SerbianLad on May 17, 2026, 05:06:48 PMUnless Chelsea win both of their last two games or Brentford win against Liverpool at Anfield, and O can't see either of those things happening, a win against Newcastle would have been enough for Europe had we won today. Such a missed opportunity. You can't miss chances like the ones Iwobi and Berge missed.

 We weren't at our best but we've created 2 sitters for our players and also had a penalty on top of that. That was more than enough to get a win, but annoyingly we took one of those 3 chances.

And of course one of those sitters was missed by none other than the teacher's favourite student, Iwobi. The only way he gets dropped is by being injured...

Bassey for me, thought we lost our way and our shape when Berge went off. Should have replaced him with Cairney to control things. Everything rushed second half.

when adefender is going to be MoM against Wolves you know sonething has to change

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Quote from: love4ffc on May 17, 2026, 04:57:34 PMI went with Robinson as he looked half decent and did great with the penalty.  A lot of players really did look like they couldn't be bothered. 

He was at serious fault for their goal.

I'd have to look at it again, but I thought Robinson was fouled in his recovery from the slip.

He most certainly was not. And there were a couple of other occasions where he got beat far too easily. Nice penalty but not a very good day for him on the defensive end.

Main goal threat Castagne

Full time was MoM for me, followed by Bassey who has had a good second half of the season.

Quote from: Dodgin on May 17, 2026, 05:12:54 PMMain goal threat Castagne

Big problem when your RB is your biggest goal threat.

Bassey was my MotM.

I felt taking off Berge for Kevin was a mistake. In the second half, we lost cohesion as a team, and looked lightweight in midfield and vulnerable defensively, while having too many flair players on the pitch unsure of the team structure and getting in each other's way, so none of them made a telling contribution. If Silva wanted Kevin on, it should have been more of a like for like substitution, with Bobb going off.

I am content with all four of our central defenders in the squad and don't want any of them to leave, but after the slagging off Andersen received, Diop on at least three occasions today made bad errors either being caught in possession or passing to the opposition in our own half or in our penalty area, for which we we went unpunished. I think Diop is a decent defender at this level, but it shows that players get better in the eyes of some fans when they don't play.  All defenders make mistakes, the  judgement is usually based on whether the opposition take advantage of them.

I switched off after their goal. Were we good value for our point?

Quote from: Plodder on May 17, 2026, 05:14:23 PMBassey was my MotM.

I felt taking off Berge for Kevin was a mistake. In the second half, we lost cohesion as a team, and looked lightweight in midfield and vulnerable defensively, while having too many flair players on the pitch unsure of the team structure and getting in each other's way, so none of them made a telling contribution. If Silva wanted Kevin on, it should have been more of a like for like substitution, with Bobb going off.

I am content with all of four central defenders and don't want any of them to leave, but after the slagging off Andersen received, Diop on at least three occasions today made bad errors either being caught in possession or passing to the opposition in our own half or in our penalty area, for which we we went unpunished. I think Diop is a decent defender at this level, but it shows that players get better in the eyes of some fans when they don't play.  All defenders make mistakes, the  judgement is usually based on whether the opposition take advantage of them.

Sure, but the bar Diop had to pass was don't go two-footed into a challenge while we're a man up. Which I would argue he cleared with flying colors.

There's switching off on a pass and then theres doing something boneheadedly stupid.

To those saying the Berge sub was wrong, I agree. That's because Iwobi is terrible in the middle. He does make some nice passes, but our defensive structure is terrible with him in the middle.

Quote from: Plodder on May 17, 2026, 05:14:23 PMI am content with all of four central defenders and don't want any of them to leave, but after the slagging off Andersen received, Diop on at least three occasions today made bad errors either being caught in possession or passing to the opposition in our own half or in our penalty area, for which we we went unpunished. I think Diop is a decent defender at this level, but it shows that players get better in the eyes of some fans when they don't play.

Exactly. Of course Andersen isn't perfect (and it's fair to be frustrated with the red card last week) but he's comfortably a better all around CB than Diop.

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Quote from: Plodder on May 17, 2026, 05:14:23 PMI am content with all of four central defenders and don't want any of them to leave, but after the slagging off Andersen received, Diop on at least three occasions today made bad errors either being caught in possession or passing to the opposition in our own half or in our penalty area, for which we we went unpunished. I think Diop is a decent defender at this level, but it shows that players get better in the eyes of some fans when they don't play.

Exactly. Of course Andersen isn't perfect (and it's fair to be frustrated with the red card last week) but he's comfortably a better all around CB than Diop.

We need a better CB than either Andersen or Diop to partner Bassey. Shame Cuenca is also a LCB as that would solve things. But, we need to ship one RCB out and get a new one in summer.

Quote from: ron on May 17, 2026, 05:04:37 PMBassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

Yep doing job he has been asked to do.

Here are the BBC ratings, which will include a lot of neutrals and Wolves' fans:
C. Bassey 6.26
B. Leno. 5.96
A. Robinson  5.82
T. Castagne 5.73
S. Lukić. 5.65
R. Jiménez 5.61
I. Diop. 5.46
O. Bobb. 5.42
A. Iwobi. 5.38
J. King. 5.33
Rodrigo Muniz. 5.10
Kevin. 4.98
E. Smith Rowe. 4.94
S. Chukwueze. 4.93
S. Berge. 4.88
H. Wilson. 4.76

Bassey easily for me. Robinson is at least recovering some of his pace but was at fault for their goal and made a couple of other defensive slips, Castagne looked dangerous first half but seemed to fade, Lukic did ok. Most of the rest were either bang average or, in the case of Muniz and ESR, dreadful.

Castagne, for me.  He gave up his knee for our goal... 🙄

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Quote from: Plodder on May 17, 2026, 05:14:23 PMI am content with all of four central defenders and don't want any of them to leave, but after the slagging off Andersen received, Diop on at least three occasions today made bad errors either being caught in possession or passing to the opposition in our own half or in our penalty area, for which we we went unpunished. I think Diop is a decent defender at this level, but it shows that players get better in the eyes of some fans when they don't play.

Exactly. Of course Andersen isn't perfect (and it's fair to be frustrated with the red card last week) but he's comfortably a better all around CB than Diop.

We need a better CB than either Andersen or Diop to partner Bassey. Shame Cuenca is also a LCB as that would solve things.

As Plodder just said, "players get better in the eyes of some fans when they don't play". The Anderson/Bassey partnership is solid and SO far down the list of problem areas in this team.

Bassey by some distance. Cant believe hiw bad Muniz is . Commentators made the point that ESR hasnt made an assist this season .
Says so much

And yet another opportunity goes begging, we've had so many chances to do this because everyone else is poor, we always wet the bed and crumble under pressure it's just so frustrating, so near yet so far
 
The difference today is this was against the worst team in the division, is it the squad depth or Marco probably a mix of  both but we don't deserve Europe we've been bang average all season

Just don't know what's the right decision for us right now no matter what it's a roll of the dice and cross your fingers to hope for the best

Don't trust the board to change transfer policy, don't trust them to. make the right decision on appointing a new manager and don't trust Marco to be 100% committed even if he does sign on again which is looking unlikely

I'm off home for a beer ::scarf::

Robinson shocking again, apparently he was once the best LB in the PL  :slap:

Quote from: KentFulham on May 17, 2026, 05:58:47 PMRobinson shocking again, apparently he was once the best LB in the PL  :slap:

He most definitely was not the worst player today, that would go to Berge or Muniz

Bassey by a mile!
Castange gets a lot of stick on here but with a run of games he's looking an OK PL RB.
Lukic is on a hiding to nothing in our midfield and does a decent job most of the time but he's no creator destroyer.
Too many of the others are inconsistent, sloppy and lazy

There are some who would raise their game and be worthy selections in a better balanced team but the team (and squad) lack a positive mindset and desire to win.

Apart from a few highlights this year we are close to relegation form and this is a team that keeps on disappointing!

Quote from: bill taylors apprentice on May 17, 2026, 06:15:16 PMBassey by a mile!
Castange gets a lot of stick on here but with a run of games he's looking an OK PL RB.
Lukic is on a hiding to nothing in our midfield and does a decent job most of the time but he's no creator destroyer.
Too many of the others are inconsistent, sloppy and lazy

There are some who would raise their game and be worthy selections in a better balanced team but the team (and squad) lack a positive mindset and desire to win.

Apart from a few highlights this year we are close to relegation form and this is a team that keeps on disappointing!

You're right on Castagne, I've been critical of him but he's absolutely been one of our best performers across the past two months. Good on him really!

Easily voted Bassey motm.  The last couple games has shown to be FFC best player.

Quote from: ArcticOctopus on May 17, 2026, 04:58:09 PMBassey for me. Had some solid blocks, never stopped fighting. One of the few players who showed any level of passion.

should be made captain next year alongside Diop playing

Still disappointed in some of Robinsons' play.  Had a few good moments, but also got beaten several times, only to have Bassey clean up.  Overall, very disappointing end to the season. 

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Quote from: ron on May 17, 2026, 05:04:37 PMBassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

Yep doing job he has been asked to do.

You keep repeating this defence. (And I could be rude and say "you know that how?"). What I would say is that I actually agree he leads the press well. However multiple fluffed passes, except the many safe short sideways ones, failure to register an assist all season and zero goal threat. Sorry but just leading a press is nowhere close to the contribution we need from him. I do think he has more ability but he is consistently failing to show it and I'm damned sure Silva's instructions don't include failing to register assists or goals.

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Quote from: ron on May 17, 2026, 05:04:37 PMBassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

Yep doing job he has been asked to do.

Wow....

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Quote from: ron on May 17, 2026, 05:04:37 PMBassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

Yep doing job he has been asked to do.

He may be doing the job asked of him but do you think Silva is actually happy with his performances because he's not actually achieved much this season.

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Quote from: ron on May 17, 2026, 05:04:37 PMBassey, no doubt about it.....

........ESR impressed somebody....?

Yep doing job he has been asked to do.

He may be doing the job asked of him but do you think Silva is actually happy with his performances because he's not actually achieved much this season.

I mean he keeps starting him. Given that Marco pretty much has him doing the exact same thing AP was doing last year, I'm more inclined to believe it's Marco and his system, at least in part.

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Quote from: bill taylors apprentice on May 17, 2026, 06:15:16 PMBassey by a mile!
Castange gets a lot of stick on here but with a run of games he's looking an OK PL RB.
Lukic is on a hiding to nothing in our midfield and does a decent job most of the time but he's no creator destroyer.
Too many of the others are inconsistent, sloppy and lazy

There are some who would raise their game and be worthy selections in a better balanced team but the team (and squad) lack a positive mindset and desire to win.

Apart from a few highlights this year we are close to relegation form and this is a team that keeps on disappointing!

You're right on Castagne, I've been critical of him but he's absolutely been one of our best performers across the past two months. Good on him really!

Also been about our best goal threat

Easily Bassey for me. The loss of form by Muniz is very worrying. He was the same when on loan at Middlesbrough. When on form top quality.   

Playing Diop emphasised for me what a good player Andersen is. Andersen may lack pace and, occasionally, discipline but he remains a class act. As a team there may be many problems, particularly up front, but our central defence isn't one of them.

Robinson, just for his penalty.  Without it, would be another zero.

Quote from: Mullers OG on May 18, 2026, 09:21:56 AMPlaying Diop emphasised for me what a good player Andersen is. Andersen may lack pace and, occasionally, discipline but he remains a class act. As a team there may be many problems, particularly up front, but our central defence isn't one of them.

Like Diop as a defender but his inability to pass forward means the opponent has plenty of time to reform their defensive position. one thing gained, one thing lost.