But please tell me which player in our squad will end up with double figures this season?
I do agree we're a good footballing side. Lots of neat and tidy capable internationals. But ultimately good sides convert chances and score goals. In games since Arbeloa dropped the relegation tactics (all other than Chelsea and Palace), we've scored 3 goals. One was outside the box speculative effort, one was an own goal, and the other was a deflected off target strike.
The current 'we just need to convert our chances' narrative reminds me of a moment at burton away some years ago after a typically mazey run from Aluko before a wasteful effort. The bloke next to me said 'if he could just finish he'd be brilliant'. If only
Nice bit of realism FTR.
Aluko was such a nearly player 😂
His incredible mazey runs got you off your seat to slump back down at the terrible finish 🙆
There will always be something, I am sure of that.
Josh
I think Garcia will end up with 10+, and maybe Iwobi or King.
Quote from: SimonDaviesEnjoyer on October 22, 2026, 09:47:29 PMI think Garcia will end up with 10+, and maybe Iwobi or King.
I'm with you Simon. I've got a pint that says he's our top scorer at the end of the season.
Quote from: ffcthereligion on October 22, 2026, 07:21:36 PMThe current 'we just need to convert our chances' narrative reminds me of a moment.......
No question so far this season if FFC had converted on just a few of the grade A scoring chances created, we'd likely be sitting mid table now and not wringing our hands about results of every single game and wondering how long AA might be at the helm.
THAT SAID, I recall many times during the MS era that this same situation could be applied - that we just need to convert our chances. The bottom line is that as good as some of our players may be, they're really not good enough, not at that so-called 'elite' level many PL players are identified as. We've got "good" players, look at how many leave during international breaks and start for their country teams. What we need to see is good turn into great if we are looking to become regular participants in Euro play and top 6-8 or even higher in the Prem.  Garcia, King, Bobb, Kevin, Iwobi need to be better still, and start finding the goal.
Strange isn't it. I watched the Lampard Press Conference and he was saying that they've looked closely at our performances and you'd never think we were anywhere near the bottom of the table. We'll come good.
Quote from: cwindsor on October 23, 2026, 02:32:13 AMQuote from: SimonDaviesEnjoyer on October 22, 2026, 09:47:29 PMI think Garcia will end up with 10+, and maybe Iwobi or King.
I'm with you Simon. I've got a pint that says he's our top scorer at the end of the season.
Needs to sort his first touch out though :slap:
Balance is fine for a team. Makes us harder to game plan to stop.  And I note that had we held on to best Ipswich, we'd be in 6th right now. It's still too early to draw conclusions.
It doesn't necessarilly follow that a 'good team' must have a double figure scorer.
Neither does a double figure scorer guarantee a 'good team'
The great Allan Clarke scored 20+ goals in two consecutive top-flight seasons...and we were rubbish in both seasons. (Relegated in the 2nd.)
I think tonight might support the point made in my OP?
We are missing a striker who can head a ball, Marcia has had chances that Mitrovic would have gobbled up.
Well at least its not 3 points dropped......Oh yea we did that already against Palace.
And again, same old story. We have good players, just not good enough though. Fluff City....
I do think we have a good squad in terms of aggegate player quality. I've spent most of last few years moaning that we should be pushing for Europe, and i think we've as much quality as some other squads at that level. But all of a sudden we're in a relegation battle, IMO because our signings are a mixture from TK/stats, SIlva and Arbeloa, all singing from different hymn sheets and pursuing different/incoherent tactics. And let's be honest, Arbeloa clearly isn't a great manager.
Quote from: Angus Telford on October 29, 2026, 06:19:09 PMI do think we have a good squad in terms of aggegate player quality. I've spent most of last few years moaning that we should be pushing for Europe, and i think we've as much quality as some other squads at that level. But all of a sudden we're in a relegation battle, IMO because our signings are a mixture from TK/stats, SIlva and Arbeloa, all singing from different hymn sheets and pursuing different/incoherent tactics. And let's be honest, Arbeloa clearly isn't a great manager.
I think the point about different/ incoherent tactics is really important. I am on record as having said that we need a DoF who sits down and defines the "Fulham Way", our style of playing, our football philosophy and strategy. That then needs to permeate every single part of the club: coaches, manager, juniors, recruitment staff and talent spotters etc etc. Just this season alone, we started by apparently trying to play wide open, "we can score more than you" football. Recently we seem to have almost turned back to sideways and backwards Parkerball.
I know there is no one right way to play but if we had a clear football strategy we would hire coaches, buy players, develop youngsters who all bought in to our approach. I have said before that I have nothing against TK as a person but he is not and never will be a professional DoF. And I believe that is why I have not seen a clear, consistent Fulham Way since SK acquired our club.