That performance bodes well for the season,
Well done Fulham very proud of you.
Credit is due. Well played by the team. That point could be a factor at the end of the season.
Quote from: rogerpbackinMidEastUS on August 06, 2022, 02:28:51 PM
That performance bodes well for the season,
Listerned to the game on the radio and it sounded very impressive! COYW !!!
Great partnership with Reed. Not sure about Pereira though - he made a few mistakes
Unbelievable 049:gif I honestly did not see the match going that way. What a performance from them all. Especially Ream, Mitro and the midfield. :yay:
Pereira made a few mistakes, but only in positions where it wouldn't cost much. Impressive work rate closing down from him though, was why Liverpool was having such trouble getting out of defense.
Palhinha My man of the match over many men of the match, although i have to say Mitro was magnificent also.
Please no more pessimism in the prediction thread every time we play the big boys,Have faith.
You know what...WER'E A BLOODY GOOD SIDE... 049:gif 049:gif 049:gif
I am not his biggest fan but I thought Robinson was fantastic today.
They all were. Well done Fulham!
He was phenomenal. Pereira looked dangerous in the first half and worked hard. Just needs to improve his end product and get better at keeping the ball.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on August 06, 2022, 02:32:56 PM
Please no more pessimism in the prediction thread every time we play the big boys,Have faith.
You know what...WERE A BLOODY GOOD SIDE... 049:gif 049:gif 049:gif
With a bloody good manager!
Think he ran out of steam toward the end but that was a hell of a debut.
What an incredible result. The thing that got me most, was the determination and performance. Amazing stuff from the lads. Great team selection from Silva.
Also Tim Ream take a bow. Finally looked like he belongs in this league.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on August 06, 2022, 02:32:56 PM
Please no more pessimism in the prediction thread every time we play the big boys,Have faith.
You know what...WERE A BLOODY GOOD SIDE... 049:gif 049:gif 049:gif
They must have read my emails i sent.
What a squad performance, we're no one's Mugs!
Fantastic performance, and we were unlucky not to take all three points.
Quote from: Somerset Fulham on August 06, 2022, 02:33:20 PM
I am not his biggest fan but I thought Robinson was fantastic today.
They all were. Well done Fulham!
Yeah agreed.
Not a huge fan of his either but his first half performance was as good a 45 as I've seen from him. Under a bit more pressure in the second half and he lapsed a couple of times but still overall a fantastic performance from him.
Quote from: Pluto on August 06, 2022, 02:34:27 PM
Also Tim Ream take a bow. Finally looked like he belongs in this league.
Bit unlucky for the second Liverpool goal, but made a good account for himself.
How good was that take a bow Fulham 049:gif 049:gif 049:gif
Greetings from Serbia.Great start and great Mitro...to be continued
The difference between trying to win instead of trying not to lose
Well, I was dreading the worst, but what a performance!
This gives me confidence for the remainder of the season - bring on the Wolves! :wow:
Quote from: Nero on August 06, 2022, 02:38:21 PM
The difference between trying to win instead of trying not to lose
Parker would have put Duffy on at half time.
Superb; Paulinha motm for me. And hopefully we won't hear any more 'can Mitrovic score in the PL' nonsense. Back 4 + Rodak were also very good, poor communication between Ream/Tosin for the second goal but that can't detract from what was a fantastic performance right through the side
Quote from: Nero on August 06, 2022, 02:38:21 PM
The difference between trying to win instead of trying not to lose
Here here!
We have a number of players who have a point to prove in this league (i.e. Ream, Mitro, Pereira) which is a huge motivating factor.
That was a terrific performance across the board! Silva had the squad ready and they performed across the board. :wow:
Both Rodak and Ream earned their place today.
Quote from: Tabby on August 06, 2022, 02:32:26 PM
Pereira made a few mistakes, but only in positions where it wouldn't cost much. Impressive work rate closing down from him though, was why Liverpool was having such trouble getting out of defense.
Exactly how I saw Pereira's game too.
Also, Liverpool have taken 0 points of Fulham since 2019, is it?
Quality performance... and Mitro currently Golden Boot!! 🤣🤣🤣⚽️⚽️👍
What a fantastic performance. It was so good I am gutted to draw as wanted the win. Well done lads 049:gif
MOTM is Marco Silva for me. He has prepared the team brilliantly good to this game. We looked gassed after the 60'th minute mark but the way we have played gives me so much hope for the season. Mitrovic with a great performance. Loved how Palhinha battles for every ball in the midfield, Reed was fantastic! his pressing was out of charts. Solomon with a good deliver to Mitro but he was playing mostly on the defensive side and I don't know if that's what MS asked him or whether it was him just not in shape yet, but once he's gelling with the great offensive system MS creates here we're going to be extremely fun to watch. high tempo team with lots of creating chances. I'm taking nothing but positive things to take off this game, who could believe!
Quote from: Nero on August 06, 2022, 02:38:21 PM
The difference between trying to win instead of trying not to lose
Exactly.
Great performance.
We really need an upgrade on Kebano (who I thought was ok) to offer another attacking threat.
Time to root for Forest to lose.
To a man they were all excellent, the work rate and desire to compete was top notch. Appreciate it'll be a long season but that can only do them all a world of good for confidence and show potential signings that we're not here to make the numbers up this year. Think Silva's philosophy and mentality will really shine through this year
Mitro - EPL's current top scorer
Quote from: TheCeiling on August 06, 2022, 02:47:35 PM
MOTM is Marco Silva for me. He has prepared the team brilliantly good to this game. We looked gassed after the 60'th minute mark but the way we have played gives me so much hope for the season. Mitrovic with a great performance. Loved how Palhinha battles for every ball in the midfield, Reed was fantastic! his pressing was out of charts. Solomon with a good deliver to Mitro but he was playing mostly on the defensive side and I don't know if that's what MS asked him or whether it was him just not in shape yet, but once he's gelling with the great offensive system MS creates here we're going to be extremely fun to watch. high tempo team with lots of creating chances. I'm taking nothing but positive things to take off this game, who could believe!
Brilliant
Quote from: Slaphead in Qatar on August 06, 2022, 02:30:54 PM
Great partnership with Reed. Not sure about Pereira though - he made a few mistakes
It's his want to be creative when the easy pass is the more sensible option
Quote from: Bokonon on August 06, 2022, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Tabby on August 06, 2022, 02:32:26 PM
Pereira made a few mistakes, but only in positions where it wouldn't cost much. Impressive work rate closing down from him though, was why Liverpool was having such trouble getting out of defense.
Exactly how I saw Pereira's game too.
Also, Liverpool have taken 0 points of Fulham since 2019, is it?
I was clearly too excited when I wrote this. _Only_ winless against Fulham since 2019.
I was impressed by the way the team played as a team. Loads of cover, great short passing to get out of a jam. Only one true gaff in the back when Rodak rolled the ball to Tosin... The two goals were unfortunate, but the others that were blocked were just as good as goals for the whites. Credit to Silva, the staff, and the players.
I have to say that Robinson impressed me the most. Of course Mitro was great, but that was anticipated. I didn't not have as high an expectation for the young Jedi. He did well in going forward, and handled Salah for most of the game.
The state of Klopp's excuses - '...the pitch was dry".
Quote from: Tabby on August 06, 2022, 02:38:45 PM
Quote from: Nero on August 06, 2022, 02:38:21 PM
The difference between trying to win instead of trying not to lose
Parker would have put Duffy on at half time.
And in goal. :022:
A great result that we'd have taken before the game but, probably even more important, a terrific team performance that bodes well. Ok, we need cover/depth in some areas but it's very encouraging.
Now watch out for the Liverpool apologists claiming that it wasn't a penalty and that they hit the woodwork twice. I'll bet it won't get mentioned that Kebano was unlucky not to score off the inside of the post earlier.
Terrific game! Very impressed with our new midfielders, they really influenced this game. And even Solomon, though just short shift, looks really good. Very hopeful for FFC this year, but, alas that's only just one game. Just want to keep things realistic, last time in Prem we did take some points off the top clubs, but were miserable v mid/lower table sides. Somehow I think MS won't let such complacency set in.
Cheers to a well deserved point v one of the worlds' best teams!!!!
Quote from: Holders on August 06, 2022, 03:09:30 PM
A great result that we'd have taken before the game but, probably even more important, a terrific team performance that bodes well. Ok, we need cover/depth in some areas but it's very encouraging.
Now watch out for the Liverpool apologists claiming that it wasn't a penalty and that they hit the woodwork twice. I'll bet it won't get mentioned that Kebano was unlucky not to score off the inside of the post earlier.
Dont forget the horrific stomp in the buildup to the first goal...
A little word for Fabio. When he came on he was very quiet and goodness knows how he would have reacted had he scored. I don't think there would have been any celebrations.
My overall thoughts- this was obviously a great team performance. The back four were great and I thought Rodak and Robinson had good games. Ream was his usual solid self, good performance- hopefully he can maintain that standard as the season goes on. I thought Tosin had a good game but he made a couple of mistakes, one of which led to a goal but he had a good game. Tete also had a good game.
João Palhinha won everything in midfield, I thought he was meant to be slow but he isn't, great performance from him. I thought he looked really good with Reed alongside him in midfield, I think they'll do really well this season together.
Andreas Pereira constantly pressed their defence and had a lot of energy, I think he'll do well for us this season if he continues to put shifts in like that today.
Kebano and BDR caused their defenders a lot of problems, really surprised by their performance today. They can clearly operate at this level. Kebano was unlucky not to get a goal- I think he looks much better on the right.
As for Mitrovic, well he has to be my man of the match, if we discount the goals for one second and just look at his performance, he bullied Liverpool today, not just their defenders, but he also he dropped in deep and gave their midfielders a really tough time as well- his link up play was great. We must keep him fit this season.
All in all a really good team performance, well done. And yes we should have won, but it's a point and a good performance against one of the best teams in the world
Reed and Palhinha were both excellent today. They are going to be crucial in the way we play this year which makes it vital that we get at least one more CM in as soon as possible that can come on when they tire. Playing at the required intensity for 90 minutes every match is going to be tough and if either gets injured it's not looking good. Let's hope we go back for Hamer and maybe a loan for a second.
superb performance by the team. Perera ,palhnina and reed were superb. Silva got the tactics completely right . Who said he was inflexible coach ? we played the ball long from our back line so Liverpool couldn't press us and we won most of the second balls . There must be some tired legs in our changing room. Brilliant for Mitro to shut up his critics right from the off.
Quote from: colinwhite on August 06, 2022, 03:33:11 PM
superb performance by the team. Perera ,palhnina and reed were superb. Silva got the tactics completely right . Who said he was inflexible coach ? we played the ball long from our back line so Liverpool couldn't press us and we won most of the second balls . There must be some tired legs in our changing room. Brilliant for Mitro to shut up his critics right from the off.
Good point about second balls. I think FFC did very well on 50-50's, especially noticeable in first half. Did well in that area for the entire game, great team effort and determination. Very happy with the point.
Every reason to be proud of our team today.
Pride, commitment, superb organisation and no little skill.
Those newcomers on view did well...And the 'old timers' showed they could hack it at this level. Great move by Silva to make the newbies fight for the jersey.
....And we can do better.
Great coach getting the most out of his players. Hopefully we can get more reinforcements who see we have a plan. Hope the next game isn't a let down after leaving it all on the field today.
Just back from the match. What a performance and we could have got all 3 points.
Excellent, really brilliant. The midfield were awsome - Palhinha (total class), Reed (back to his best as he was last time in the PL), Pereira (full of energy and creativity) with BDR and Kebano doing well on the wings. Ream was commanding (so glad for him afdter all the slagging he gets on here), Robinson had a brilliant defensive performance, Tete good too. Rodak looked comfortable and that guy up front did quite a good job too :003:
Another great thing about this result is that they'll go into the next game believing they can win it. And any new arrivals will have to battle for their place which is a fantastic situation for us to be in.
Fantastic performance boys. Well done!
...also, it won't do any harm for recruitment.
Just outstanding, all I need say
I'm so incredibly proud of that performance. Marco Silva has to take enormous credit. Looking at the teamsheet before the game I was resigned to maybe keeping the defeat respectable.
But with 9 of the players from the championship last season, he had us perfectly organised ( especially first half) yet still able to cause Liverpool all sorts of problems but above all, I just saw a calm assurance about us today that surprised me so much.
So many heroic and skilful performances out there but my man of the match goes to Marco.
Btw Mitro really really is an animal. I'm a very happy man! COYW!!!!!
Obviously one swallow does not a summer make, but considering this was a free hit, and we were in for a battering, I believe an unaccustomed sense of optimism on this board is more than justified. Just don't make a habit of it.
The Wolves and Brentford games will be two good indicators of our season. I am not saying we have to win them, though that would be encouraging, but if we can put in the same type of performance against the "lesser" teams then we have a good chance of avoiding difficulties towards the end of the season. Time will tell.
Onwards and upwards!
Palhinha and Reed were impenetrable in the middle of the field. That is a foundation for the season. Everything came down the flanks for Liverpool.
It's all been said, and I concur completely.
I wanted us to be competitive this season and seeing that performance today gives me hope that we will be.
Loved the attitude. Fighting for every ball and got right in the Liverpool faces, superb pressure. Not always the Fulham way but long may it continue.
Sat on the train back to Suffolk and reflecting on a good performance. What was good today was the bite in midfield which took some pressure off the defence. Mitro was always going to prove the doubters wrong and will this season with supply from midfield and wings. Good start, may it continue.
Absolutely fantastic today.
But let's not forget, Norwich beat city opening day a few years ago and went down. We need to take the same fighting spirit and battling for every ball into next week and beyond
Let's put this into perspective. We played a team who beat up some other team in the Charity Shield last week. Liverpool manager has just said the only positive for him was his side got a point.
For many of us one of the the best teams around are happy to scrap a point against us. They were second best for much of the game.
Now any chance that fans will now cheer up and look towards changing their minds about instant relegation. One game it might be but Liverpool will win the league this year or be runners up at worst. Fulham deserved a better result while Liverpool are relieved.
Spoke to some Liverpool fans on the tubes and Gary said they played poorly of course, but they also said they were lucky to get a point!
Was Barcelona target Trent AA even on the pitch?
Just so proud of Silva ,the team the performance.we had the press from the first kick in there faces in fact we stopped them doing it to us.silva has really got into our players heads and the confidence we will get from this to go on and get a good start.
Unpopular opinion. But i feel if we had a more solid cb pairing we may have scrap through that performance with a win.
Regardless 1 point against pool is a good result.
Loved it. Fight fight fight across the park - we understandably ran out of a bit of steam and I think we could do with some more strength in depth (Liverpool's subs were pretty daunting) but full credit to Marco. That is our best Prem showing for a long time and it seemed to me that he had them well drilled and they understood the game plan. Great to see us press and counter attack with purpose. 🤗
Ream and Tosin only had two errors (expected the 4-5) and the bad one we got away with. The second led to a goal, but it's Liverpool.
Palhinia "pick pocketed" opponents if that's an acceptable term about 4-5 times and regained possession in vital areas. What a huge difference and what a presence. He literally stopped many Liverpool attacks dead cold. That was something I don't think we've had since Dembele or Diop? Or ever.
Solomon is going to be the real deal. 10 mins and he seemed on the verge of blasting off to the moon.
And Mitro's still on fire.
An great Fulham performance that kept us fans on our toes for 90 minutes.
Three pre match statements that were not repeated after the match.
Ream is too slow and will be cut to pieces in the Premier League.
Mitro is not going to make it in the Premier League
My own thoughts at the start of the match, with only Periera and Palhinho of the six new players elected and with Carvalho and Wilson missing from last season,was that this team is weaker that last season's.We must always have faith in Silva.
Fulham favourites for relegation.
COME ON FULHAM!! 💪🏼 Palhina and Reed joint MOTM for me.
Palhinha is like a Jeff Bezos' SteffJo. Bossed it all day.
And well, what more can you say about Mitro?
Alas, the only fly in the ointment from today is that I have to keep wearing last season's away jersey with Robinson on it until we lose. Feels a bit weird wearing yellow.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on August 06, 2022, 02:32:56 PM
Please no more pessimism in the prediction thread every time we play the big boys,Have faith.
You know what...WER'E A BLOODY GOOD SIDE... 049:gif 049:gif 049:gif
we certainly are and we started today with only two of the new players and for most of the game . Keep it up lads.
Quote from: filham on August 06, 2022, 07:01:42 PM
An great Fulham performance that kept us fans on our toes for 90 minutes.
Three pre match statements that were not repeated after the match.
Ream is too slow and will be cut to pieces in the Premier League.
Mitro is not going to make it in the Premier League
My own thoughts at the start of the match, with only Periera and Palhinho of the six new players elected and with Carvalho and Wilson missing from last season,was that this team is weaker that last season's.We must always have faith in Silva.
Fulham favourites for relegation.
Not favourites for relegation, just 1 of them. Great day today.
This game has to go down as the best opening game ever. Over the moon with the teams performance.
Quote from: Rodshig on August 06, 2022, 06:33:31 PM
Unpopular opinion. But i feel if we had a more solid cb pairing we may have scrap through that performance with a win.
Regardless 1 point against pool is a good result.
Yeah there's no doubt their second goal was down to poor defending from Ream/Tosin. We still need another CB for sure. That said they were both excellent for the rest of the game, however any mistake will usually get punished at this level
Quote from: WindyCity on August 06, 2022, 03:36:01 PM
Quote from: colinwhite on August 06, 2022, 03:33:11 PM
superb performance by the team. Perera ,palhnina and reed were superb. Silva got the tactics completely right . Who said he was inflexible coach ? we played the ball long from our back line so Liverpool couldn't press us and we won most of the second balls . There must be some tired legs in our changing room. Brilliant for Mitro to shut up his critics right from the off.
Good point about second balls. I think FFC did very well on 50-50's, especially noticeable in first half. Did well in that area for the entire game, great team effort and determination. Very happy with the point.
No doubt. The point and goals are promising, but the way the team won midfield battles is so much different than past seasons. Both in the air and with the tackles.
I'm still trying to settle my heartbeat off this brilliant performance. The thing is, according to our preseason games there were no signs we're going to play this well against a world class opponent. What a game preparation by MS. To think we didn't start with 4 of our new 6 signings.
Regarding Solomon, he has interviewed after the game and said something I didn't know and most probably explain why he didn't look like his regular self in this game. 1. He said when he arrived to Fulham he got COVID and it prevented him from training with the team for some time, and he said that his whole pre-season wasn't ideal'. I'll give it a few weeks before we'll start seeing the real Solomon. But I'm happy he's at least start getting in shape with playing time. Watching today's game has me thinking BDR did all he could but sooner rather than later I'd like to see Solomon on the left and Kebano on the right.
So the old he's not good enough player dribbles past VVD who supposedly doesn't get dribble past and gave away a pen. Liverpool better sell him now, TK put in a cheeky 5m bid
Quote from: The Swan on August 06, 2022, 08:06:58 PM
This game has to go down as the best opening game ever. Over the moon with the teams performance.
Nah, 4-1 against Bolton. We were top of the league until Monday evening.
Quote from: MartyFFC on August 06, 2022, 08:14:55 PM
Quote from: Rodshig on August 06, 2022, 06:33:31 PM
Unpopular opinion. But i feel if we had a more solid cb pairing we may have scrap through that performance with a win.
Regardless 1 point against pool is a good result.
Yeah there's no doubt their second goal was down to poor defending from Ream/Tosin. We still need another CB for sure. That said they were both excellent for the rest of the game, however any mistake will usually get punished at this level
Not going to blame Ream he jumped as high as he could, on the other hand Tosin should have given him a shout.
Quote from: alfie on August 06, 2022, 10:03:57 PM
Quote from: MartyFFC on August 06, 2022, 08:14:55 PM
Quote from: Rodshig on August 06, 2022, 06:33:31 PM
Unpopular opinion. But i feel if we had a more solid cb pairing we may have scrap through that performance with a win.
Regardless 1 point against pool is a good result.
Yeah there's no doubt their second goal was down to poor defending from Ream/Tosin. We still need another CB for sure. That said they were both excellent for the rest of the game, however any mistake will usually get punished at this level
Not going to blame Ream he jumped as high as he could, on the other hand Tosin should have given him a shout.
The goal wasn't Ream's fault, I thought Tosin made the mistake. But no blame game here today, they saved us a bunch of other times and both had good games. A solid point picked up from one of the best teams in the world
Yeah I agree about the second goal, Tosin should've given Ream a shout. An almost flawless performance from all that said, and certainly no need to dwell on it.
Toisin should have given read a shout or not have overcommitted - but the reality is Ream let Salah get in behind him and then wasn't able to get back and make a decisive intervention.
He had a really strong game, but it was a relatively poor individual error.
Whereas the Nunez goal was a team failing, with us not adjusting to deal with Elliot's movement and leaving Robinson completely exposed.
Got my first look at Harvey Elliot today, he looked decent.
Also one comment for Solomon, he needs time to gel with the team, there was one moment where he had a miscommunication with Robinson which resulted in a chance for Liverpool. I'm looking into things deeply here- still thought he looked good on the whole, clearly got some pace about him and wanted to get involved. Looking forward to seeing him develop
I couldn't fault anything or anybody in a game that was essentially played to Marco Silva's coaching plan. For sure there were mistakes but that is football even at the very highest levels.
For the doubters I hope they are beginning to understand how coaches and back room staff are a part of all that inspires and influences a whole operation and the individuals concerened just as effectively as they can be part of all that destoys such teams, individuals and all such feeling of positivity. It was good to hear Marco Silva say it loud and clear - I am not here to make excuses, I am here to to find solutions. We have heard that before in the Khan era and I hope the positivity of it rubs off on everyone concerned and most of all the doubters. Team spirit is worth a goal start in the right hands.
Oh, and Mitro - what a superb all round performance.
Quote from: toshes mate on August 07, 2022, 07:21:26 AM
I couldn't fault anything or anybody in a game that was essentially played to Marco Silva's coaching plan. For sure there were mistakes but that is football even at the very highest levels.
For the doubters I hope they are beginning to understand how coaches and back room staff are a part of all that inspires and influences a whole operation and the individuals concerened just as effectively as they can be part of all that destoys such teams, individuals and all such feeling of positivity. It was good to hear Marco Silva say it loud and clear - I am not here to make excuses, I am here to to find solutions. We have heard that before in the Khan era and I hope the positivity of it rubs off on everyone concerned and most of all the doubters. Team spirit is worth a goal start in the right hands.
Oh, and Mitro - what a superb all round performance.
Agree with all you say, and i noted that Fulhams work rate off the ball was crucial.
Haven't seen them press the ball from the front all the way through the team as they did yesterday giving Liverpool no time on the ball.
That takes a lot of energy and Fulham hunted them in packs tenaciously and physically bullied Liverpool off the pitch, when was the last time that happened in such a high tempo.
A great day for Fulham in more ways than one, and a moral victory.
Outstanding performance, Fulham were winning all the 50-50's and a few stats bear that out. Reed won 3 tackles, Tete 5 and Palhinha 6.
Once the ball was won they got bodies forward and our boy Reed looked great going forward at times with some excellent runs.
Moment of the match has to be twinkletoes Mitrovic fooling one of the worlds best defenders with his slick dribbling. The man was the complete package today.
Quote from: Mitrovic the warrior on August 07, 2022, 07:54:13 AM
Outstanding performance, Fulham were winning all the 50-50's and a few stats bear that out. Reed won 3 tackles, Tete 5 and Palhinha 6.
Once the ball was won they got bodies forward and our boy Reed looked great going forward at times with some excellent runs.
Moment of the match has to be twinkletoes Mitrovic fooling one of the worlds best defenders with his slick dribbling. The man was the complete package today.
Also, this little manoeuvre
https://streamable.com/cw9h64
Quote from: toshes mate on August 07, 2022, 07:21:26 AM
I couldn't fault anything or anybody in a game that was essentially played to Marco Silva's coaching plan. For sure there were mistakes but that is football even at the very highest levels.
For the doubters I hope they are beginning to understand how coaches and back room staff are a part of all that inspires and influences a whole operation and the individuals concerened just as effectively as they can be part of all that destoys such teams, individuals and all such feeling of positivity. It was good to hear Marco Silva say it loud and clear - I am not here to make excuses, I am here to to find solutions. We have heard that before in the Khan era and I hope the positivity of it rubs off on everyone concerned and most of all the doubters. Team spirit is worth a goal start in the right hands.
Oh, and Mitro - what a superb all round performance.
Great post
Quote from: Tabby on August 07, 2022, 07:56:43 AM
Quote from: Mitrovic the warrior on August 07, 2022, 07:54:13 AM
Outstanding performance, Fulham were winning all the 50-50's and a few stats bear that out. Reed won 3 tackles, Tete 5 and Palhinha 6.
Once the ball was won they got bodies forward and our boy Reed looked great going forward at times with some excellent runs.
Moment of the match has to be twinkletoes Mitrovic fooling one of the worlds best defenders with his slick dribbling. The man was the complete package today.
Also, this little manoeuvre
https://streamable.com/cw9h64
That was class.
Quote from: Mitrovic the warrior on August 07, 2022, 08:13:11 AM
Quote from: Tabby on August 07, 2022, 07:56:43 AM
Quote from: Mitrovic the warrior on August 07, 2022, 07:54:13 AM
Outstanding performance, Fulham were winning all the 50-50's and a few stats bear that out. Reed won 3 tackles, Tete 5 and Palhinha 6.
Once the ball was won they got bodies forward and our boy Reed looked great going forward at times with some excellent runs.
Moment of the match has to be twinkletoes Mitrovic fooling one of the worlds best defenders with his slick dribbling. The man was the complete package today.
Also, this little manoeuvre
https://streamable.com/cw9h64
That was class.
I've been following mitro's workouts with a PT during the off-season. This is the stongest he's ever been. He's going to break people this year. Put Henderson on the floor with a shrug.
I thought our midfield 3 were outstanding.
Pereira was absolutely everywhere. Tracking back and often the furthest forward when we were countering. He looked dynamic.
Reed was his usual busy self, hurrying about the pitch and recycling possession.
Palhinha was very solid defensively. He looks like he could be an additional threat from set pieces too with his height.
Great start to the season lads