Decordova-Reid in particular kills Fulham's game. He loses possession easily, is woefully inaccurate with passes, doesn't look up to see other players' runs, passes blindly, constantly panics and shoots from ridiculous angles and barely ever hits the ball on target.
Cavaleiro loses it easily, delays and prevacates getting tackled often, has barely done anything for the team in recent games yet still manages to court Scott Parker favour in team selection.
Parker has to bite-the-bullet and go for the win emphatically tonight. His remarks after losing to Villa which someone else posted on here were disturbing, "We were 10 minutes away from getting a point.....". Gaining a point from a winning position is a poor result and he should never be content with that.
And tonight Mitrovic needs more support and service. I would play Joe Bryan and move Aina to right-back. Bryan gets down the wing and provides crosses. Maja should play alongside Mitro, two big target men would trouble Wolves.
Many on here have picked on Loftus-Cheek. RLC holds the ball up well and can win free kicks. He cannot score to save his life but he can add physical strength to the midfield.
I would love to be proved wrong on anything I have stated if Fulham win that is all that matters tonight!
I'll reply nick. I'm always loathed to criticise players heavily , but you're right whilst you can't fault either for effort they both come up a bit short of the final product.
I don't like to be critical of individual players but now that nick has had his say on Reid and Cav. I must add that he failed to say a word about their shooting ability.
Bobby's our top scorer, no?
Quote from: Craven Mad on April 09, 2021, 04:36:55 PM
Bobby's our top scorer, no?
He is and surely Lookman loses the ball just as much if we are going to point fingers.
Take those two players out of the team and you're taking away about 33% of the Fulham goals scored this season.
I think BDR has played well this season, done what has been asked of him, filled into different positions and always gives 100% effort. Cav also cannot be faulted for effort. He is not a striker but can do a job as a squad player on wing. Neither of these guys are premier league quality starters but we don't have a squad filled with strong forward options - that's the DOF's fault.
Lookman has lost confidence - even when a reporter reminded him of his penalty miss it seemed to reasonate and drag him further down. It's a confidence issue not ability unlike Decordova-Reid in particular who is unaware of teammates around him, making rash judgement decisions and woefully shooting with no hope of scoring. Lookman I believe we should persist with.
Nah..... BDCR is absolutely essential to any chance of success. Lookman's out of form but our best bet at the moment - I'd have those two, Maja and Mitro. Cav and RLC banished.
BDR was fairly hopeless, he won one free-kick. As main support to Mitrovic he was AWOL and his ball control is absolute rubbish (it always is). We should have started with M&M from the start not at the end.