I don't give a hoot what some of the depressives on here are saying, I am proud of what my Fulham have achieved this season. Best pfootball played by any other side in the Championship. We will be playing Reading again next season and revenge will be all the sweeter.
Well said I totally agree looking forward to next season not what might have been if we play like we have the second half of this season then there's no reason we can't get automatic promotion next season
Right on.
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Yes, we have done so well, played much better than any of us expected, scored so many goals and reached the play offs.
The only blot on the landscape was Martingate.
Just hope there will be continuity over the summer so that we can continue from where we left off.
Quote from: Peabody on May 17, 2017, 05:11:39 PM
I don't give a hoot what some of the depressives on here are saying, I am proud of what my Fulham have achieved this season. Best pfootball played by any other side in the Championship. We will be playing Reading again next season and revenge will be all the sweeter.
Me too.
Nogood "pride cometh before the autumn, isit" Boyo
I,m with you Peabody, good football played a nucleus of a very good team. Perhaps people should refer back to their expectations quoted at the beginning of the season, I would have been happy with 12th, so being cheated out of the playoffs is a much better place than I thought.
Well said and it has been a while since we could use the word proud and our club in the same sentence.
This will be a challenging summer I don't doubt it as when you play the sexy football teams will want your players but I believe the team will stick together and I have faith in our chairman and his son to bring us more of the same next year.
I am Mr P,but that's the problem with us Fulham fans we all seem to accept that and being happy with being the bridesmaids...I want to see us win something.Coyw
I couldn't agree more
this season we have seen Fulham play some of the best football for a long, long time
I'm disappointed we didn't get a trip to Wembley but just think how good the team will be next season now that Slaviša has shown what a team playing HIS WAY can do. A few decent additions to the squad, a striker who can be bovered and a bit more depth, we could be looking at a repeat of the Tigana era
when are the fixtures announced? :dft011:
i am not proud in the sens the OP meant. we did play sublime football at times but in january we had the opportunity to press our advantage and the owner choose to sit on his hands. he says he will do whatever it takes during the time of season ticket sales and then doesn't much give a dam what happens.
the owner cost us and i am not proud of reaching the play offs and failing through haveing a less than fit for purpose squad. we did a bit better than i predicted in being 6th not 8th but we were pathetic twice for lack of a couple of players... i am in despair!
Quote from: nose on May 17, 2017, 08:40:15 PM
i am not proud in the sens the OP meant. we did play sublime football at times but in january we had the opportunity to press our advantage and the owner choose to sit on his hands. he says he will do whatever it takes during the time of season ticket sales and then doesn't much give a dam what happens.
the owner cost us and i am not proud of reaching the play offs and failing through haveing a less than fit for purpose squad. we did a bit better than i predicted in being 6th not 8th but we were pathetic twice for lack of a couple of players... i am in despair!
Now where have I read read that before ???
Spot on Peabody!
We should all be proud of what we've achieved this season. Making the play offs while playing the nicest football in the division. Considering where we've been over the past couple of years, that was a tremendous achievement.
We have something good happening at Fulham now - long may it continue. We'll build on this and come back even stronger next season.
COYWs!!
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Quote from: nose on May 17, 2017, 08:40:15 PM
i am not proud in the sens the OP meant. we did play sublime football at times but in january we had the opportunity to press our advantage and the owner choose to sit on his hands. he says he will do whatever it takes during the time of season ticket sales and then doesn't much give a dam what happens.
the owner cost us and i am not proud of reaching the play offs and failing through haveing a less than fit for purpose squad. we did a bit better than i predicted in being 6th not 8th but we were pathetic twice for lack of a couple of players... i am in despair!
Now where have I read read that before ???
you read it in all my posts and it will be a long summer of the same until our owner wakes from his slumbbers and becomes an owner with ambition or stops saying he has ambition for us, because he has none.
I understand both arguments of the equation, and it's all ifs and buts and maybes.
But I remain optimistic, we have to be. Nobody must allow themselves to beat themselves up over others shortcomings. The season is over, we must look forward not back.
I am sure that's what our Manager is doing, because from his point of view, after last nights dissapointment, it's a challenge he must and will want to win even more so. The manager is hungry and he will no doubt challenge his players he wants to keep to have the same desire and appetite to join him on next seasons journey to the promised land, and the Chairman and Board must back him to the hilt.
Nose, your arguement has nothing to do with the team and how they have performed, or indeed with the management of the team. You obviously have issues with the owner. I am proud of our team. So please deal with that .
Can't wait to see Reading loosing the final and for us to take our revenge
It has been a season to remember, and good to have a bit of pride back once more after a few dismal seasons of managerial merry-go-rounds off the pitch and mediocrity on the pitch.
If we hold on to Slaviša and the core of the team, then with a couple of smart signings we'll be in with a decent shout next season.
We have to trust that the club will do the right thing in making this happen...
Quote from: Peabody on May 17, 2017, 09:18:05 PM
Nose, your arguement has nothing to do with the team and how they have performed, or indeed with the management of the team. You obviously have issues with the owner. I am proud of our team. So please deal with that .
I'm proud of them as well Mr P. Whilst Nose has issues in certain areas, i agree that this is not the thread to do it in.
Proud to be black 'n' white
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Quote from: Peabody on May 17, 2017, 09:18:05 PM
Nose, your arguement has nothing to do with the team and how they have performed, or indeed with the management of the team. You obviously have issues with the owner. I am proud of our team. So please deal with that .
the players tried very hard, and that is a real bonus after the lastfew seasons. i was imensely proud of that. I was also mighty impressed with the sublime football we played on so many occasions. It was stunning and amazing and the most impressive since malcom macdonald's team IMO. I hope you are happy with that unequivocal statement.
But for the next few weeks i think it vital to predominantely focus on what went wrong, but just for you i will take my argument elsewhere and continue to try to discuss how we can actually improve and also why we unnececsarilly failed.
I am ,proud of the squad (bar one who shall not be named). I am proud of the manager and his team and of everyone who makes a difference at our wonderful club.
I am not depressed, it has to be onwards and upwards. I also think that in another year SJ will have a squad that is more prem ready. My one fear was promotion followed by a desperate grind to avoid relegation.
I do understand and agree with nose's basic point, the failure to invest in January was hugely disappointing. It does leave a question mark hanging over the sincerity of the owning Khan family. But we just have to wait and see, there are certainly worse owners littered across the four divisions, so much for the "fit and proper" test. The authorities and committees running our game and the individuals who hold these positions are an absolute joke.
This was supposed to be about thanking the playing side of the club, of course there were aspects that need criticising but we (the fans) were not party to what went on, so please let's just thank those who deserve our thanks
Quote from: Peabody on May 18, 2017, 08:25:06 AM
This was supposed to be about thanking the playing side of the club, of course there were aspects that need criticising but we (the fans) were not party to what went on, so please let's just thank those who deserve our thanks
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Spot on post. This is Fulham, you never know what you are going to get. I recall the 70s when we were a very entertaining 2nd division team, good crowds (G. Best helped with that for a season) very good football and fell shy of promotion 2 or 3 times. Bonus...a cup final.
I think all you sesason ticket holders can look forward to a good season next year. I am planning to fly over and attend several games next year. Can't wait already.
I agree with you Mr P, hope you have a fantastic summer and you have every right to feel proud.
As for you Mr nose, we all have two choices we can be happy and proud like Mr P or depressed and negative...no brainer I would say.
Quote from: Kent Cassandra on May 18, 2017, 02:00:24 PM
I agree with you Mr P, hope you have a fantastic summer and you have every right to feel proud.
As for you Mr nose, we all have two choices we can be happy and proud like Mr P or depressed and negative...no brainer I would say.
at the risk of being told off for going off topic.
i did ebverything in power to get tickets for reading, spent ages worrying they wouldn't turn up, took half a day off work, got my boy back from manchester to join us on the evening. Got fullly 'behind the lads' and have been devastated with the feeling of if only
Unlike others I only want what is best for the club in the long run and feel now is the right time to scream what went wrong. i am not happy to put up with what is offered when I have been promised better. we all saw what was good in the team and I have come back on here and re framed my comments so that I unequivocally showed my appreciation for the sublime football and efforts of the playing staff and manager. but for the want of a bit of dynamism in the previous transfer window, we could easilly have got to wembley and gone up. Our team is the best football since malom macdonald, as commited and try as hard as hodgson's teams. Wonderful we all see that.
but in the end we failed and we need to focus on why and how to do better. That is my point and I promise to behave and not upset anybody any more in this thread in wanting to discuss that.
The players did us proud, and gave everything the other night, and a great job just to be in a play-off position after being so far behind, with some scintillating displays.
So thanks to them and to Slavisa, and to those supporters who went to Reading - all making us proud to be Fulham fans.
The players team and manager have all left me with many happy memories of this season which may have ended in glorious defeat, but more so due to the contentious decisions of a couple of referees.
Nevertheless, happy days, I shall look forward to many more.
Not for the first time, Mr. Peabody, I agree with everything you've said. Unfortunately, so few of us are pleased to have Fulham associated with phrases like "best football in the division," "top scorers," consistent road warriors." Instead, many of us prefer to concentrate on chances not converted or defensive mistakes.
As always, I'm reminded of the Nobel Prize winner in literature who once wrote, "You know, some people don't have enough to eat ... but they have knives and they gotta cut something."
COYW -- Can't wait until next season
