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Who was your FOF MOTM v Derby tonight and why? Let us know below :wine:

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Voted AK47.
Game completely changed when he went of.

Really nice to get that first/early goal for a change.  Boys looked good for the most part the entire game.  Well done.

Johansen for me, closely followed by AK.

Quote from: sarvenpa on November 26, 2019, 09:47:57 PM
Voted AK47.
Game completely changed when he went of.

same as that

After a few quiet weeks, thought our Captain was terrific tonight.

TC  :54:

Quote from: sarvenpa on November 26, 2019, 09:47:57 PM
Voted AK47.
Game completely changed when he went of.

Hope AK and Bobby are fit for Friday.

Difficult but we struggled through a lot of the second half without AK.

Quote from: twang on November 26, 2019, 09:49:13 PM
Johansen for me, closely followed by AK.

Agree
Would have been AK47 if he hadn't had to go off so early

Cairney never stopped working ,just ahead of johansen for me

Cairney was back to his dominating best. Controlled the MF & was a lot more mobile all over the pitch. Nobody let the team or themselves down.

Cairney worked so hard for 90 minutes. Almost faultless. Kamara has made a difference since being recalled  but he needs to improves his distribution. Too many stray passes. Keeping my fingers crossed that the injury isn't too serious.

I thought Odoi and Cairney.

Hate to be critical but we need someone to come on rather than Onomah. I can't see him giving confidence to his team mates. He doesn't do much for my nerves either.

AK for me.

Quote from: ealex40 on November 26, 2019, 10:38:33 PM
I thought Odoi and Cairney.

Hate to be critical but we need someone to come on rather than Onomah. I can't see him giving confidence to his team mates. He doesn't do much for my nerves either.

yep, was watching him closely. Made one good block and one good tackle and that was it. He needs to go put on loan in January or drop to the 23s now, shouldn't be anywhere near our first team at the moment

Odoi was excellent for the second week running. TC and Stef Jo ran midfield. AK made a big contribution up front. Difficult to choose but I went for TC.

TC for me, think he has improved this year, he now winning tackles and headers in midfield, rarely gives the ball away, back to his best, controlled the midfield along with Steff. Good team performance tonight as well.

Cairney, just over Kamara.
At the moment, AK47 looks almost twice the player AK24 is.

No idea, the entire team was impressive tonight. I don't think Onomah did badly when he came on. Held the ball well and didn't really look out of place this time.

Quote from: ealex40 on November 26, 2019, 10:38:33 PM
I thought Odoi and Cairney.

Hate to be critical but we need someone to come on rather than Onomah. I can't see him giving confidence to his team mates. He doesn't do much for my nerves either.

Crying out for kmac to get on and get hold of the ball and get control, got to say I'm not quite getting this Onomah thing which also was the case at Birmingham.

Suppose he needs game time to get up to pace but he looks one of them players that looks lanquid but every part of his game needs be quicker.

Quote from: fulhamben on November 26, 2019, 11:13:03 PM

Quote from: ealex40 on November 26, 2019, 10:38:33 PM
I thought Odoi and Cairney.

Hate to be critical but we need someone to come on rather than Onomah. I can't see him giving confidence to his team mates. He doesn't do much for my nerves either.

yep, was watching him closely. Made one good block and one good tackle and that was it. He needs to go put on loan in January or drop to the 23s now, shouldn't be anywhere near our first team at the moment

Agreed. Not sure how this guy (Onomah) gets near the reserves let alone the 1st team.

AK for me. Game changed when hen went off to Derby's great relief.

Stefjo for me - his passing, defensive cover and breakup play was immense.

Credit to Parker for his bravery for picking such an adventurous starting XI that seems to have paid off - must admit I was sceptical about Stefjo in holding midfield with Reid and TC bit has paid off in spades the last games and a half.

Tough one today. Thought AK was excellent when he was on as was BDR but for me it was Mitro as he played the full 90.

Quote from: Woodlawn on November 26, 2019, 10:09:27 PM
Cairney never stopped working ,just ahead of johansen for me

+1. Thought the two of them had excellent games and controlled the middle of the field. SJ his normal energetic, tenacious self, but playing a bit deeper worked really well. TC great on the ball, and on it more frequently today. And there was a bit more bite to his game. Won some good challenges including aerial ones !!  So TC got my vote.

Went for Cairney, who revelled in the space that four potent attackers created for him and Steffjo, who was also excellent.  Cairney's ability to receive on the half turn and move it on is our motor.

But only chose TC because he lasted 90 minutes and neither AK47 or BD-R played a full game.  Both were fabulous.  AK47 reminds me of Clint Dempsey.  He's wholeheartedly prepared to try stuff in the final third and it's entertaining to watch.  BD-R's running both with and without the ball must make him a joy to play with.

Very good performance all round.

Several players put in one heck of a shift tonight.  I gave it to Tom but it could easily have been several others. 

Stefjo - always combative, looking for the ball, a real grafter.  AK and B D Reid both impressive.   (Onomah - what does he bring to a football team????)

Quote from: filham on November 26, 2019, 09:51:37 PM
Difficult but we struggled through a lot of the second half without AK.

Think there's a slight bias in this. Within a 6 minute period we took off abou and decordova-Reid - both have been playing well. Replace them with two off the bench will make a difference.

no brainer for me...stef jo best since before the wembley game, he allowed TC to play and whilst TC was good some of his passing was not to his usual standard...therefore steff Jo... lots of very good performances, one or two a bit less so. competion for the front places is going to make us very muc better.

Lots of good performances but Bobby Cordova-Reid gets my vote closely followed by AK & TC.
Constantly pressing the opposition when we did not have the ball then always available to act as the link between our midfield & forwards Importantly got the all important first goal with some excellent movement & anticipation
Hopefully will be available for Friday

I am a big fan of Johansen, and I am glad that Parker placed him in the DMF spot. With that said, Cairney was all over the place and put in tackles, distributed the ball, then scored the clincher. Have to give it to him.

Difficult decision but my vote has gone to TC, a lot of other very good performances!

Johansen for me.  He controlled the midfield in the required manner against a very poor Derby side.  AK was a breath of fresh air and was second on my list, and Odoi and Ream get honourable mentions.  Thought we fell away a lot once BD-R and AK were substituted but pleased the former broke his duck.  We still need to stop giving the ball away cheaply. 

Johansen
Cairney
Kamara
Odoi

Quote from: ealex40 on November 26, 2019, 10:38:33 PM
I thought Odoi and Cairney.

Hate to be critical but we need someone to come on rather than Onomah. I can't see him giving confidence to his team mates. He doesn't do much for my nerves either.

Yes I agree if injuries are not cleared by Friday then surely McDonald has to be recalled as the defensive midfielder.

Johansen for me because his energy and combative play in midfield freed things up for Cairny. I thought some of the runs and attacks by Odoi were excellent and highlighted that if the tempo goes up a notch teams struggle against us. Ak BDR were good but the team as a whole was good and that reflects on the Manager also! 

Tom Cairney for me. A real hard tackling shift put in.

Glad he got his goal to cap it off.

StephJo also awesome.

Stefjo. Ran his socks off and was also key in setting up attacks. Stunning performance!

Stef Jo
Reid
Kamara
Cairney

All excellent

As others, Onomah - not sure what exactly he offers. On evidence of minutes on pitch so far this season, very little. He's young and maybe will turn it around.

Quote from: Spirit of 2000 on November 27, 2019, 11:58:41 AM
Stef Jo
Reid
Kamara
Cairney

All excellent

As others, Onomah - not sure what exactly he offers. On evidence of minutes on pitch so far this season, very little. He's young and maybe will turn it around.

Seems like a lot of players being considered for MOTM, which is a good thing.  I was able to watch some of the game, had a real poor stream, on and off and such.  But all things considered, for those that were able to watch the whole game, could this win be considered FFC's best overall, start to finish, performance?   Seemed to me that it could be......

Quote from: filham on November 27, 2019, 09:49:24 AM

Quote from: ealex40 on November 26, 2019, 10:38:33 PM
I thought Odoi and Cairney.

Hate to be critical but we need someone to come on rather than Onomah. I can't see him giving confidence to his team mates. He doesn't do much for my nerves either.

Yes I agree if injuries are not cleared by Friday then surely McDonald has to be recalled as the defensive midfielder.

I'm at the point where I trust Parker's judgement more. He trusted Kamara to do a job, and he's done it. I'm not a fan of Onomah by any means, but there's a reason he's getting out there. He had a good game, and was a force in 50/50 balls. Hopefully he does something to spark his own confidence, then we can really judge him from there.

Close vote, although I couldn't have argued against any of the outfield 10 who started the game if they had of won it, such was our dominance across the whole pitch

Quite a tightly split vote on the offal too, with Johansen winning with Kamara and Cairney following.

I thought stef jo was the pick of the bunch and that was what the official web site has as the winner. Good to see it was close because that means there were several good performances this time.

what I particularly liked on the night was the stefJo TC partnership looking rather more like the partnership from the promotion season with quick, clever interchanges of passing through and around the opposition. By the end derby were chasing shadows. I hope parker sticks with it tomorrow and is not tempted to be more cautious because we are away... lett he opposition worry about our qualities not the other way round.

Pleased to see Cairney win, he is back on top form I think which is so important for the team.

Quote from: filham on November 28, 2019, 12:41:06 PM
Pleased to see Cairney win, he is back on top form I think which is so important for the team.

He didn't 🙄

I know TC won here, and that's who I voted for, but damn do I feel bad because StefJo is my favorite player on the team. I am ecstatic that he won the offal MOTM, and that he did it from a position that I felt he'd do a job in. He's one of the best passers of the ball, has the best vision, and has a reputation of being our leader in assists a couple years ago. Multiple times in the Derby match he made passes out of nothing situations, while still maintaining perfect nerves in dealing with tricky situations. The unpredictability that he brings is something you just can't look away from. He and TC know each other so well, and I can only imagine how much stronger our central midfield has become.

Quote from: toshes mate on November 28, 2019, 09:42:52 AM
Quite a tightly split vote on the offal too, with Johansen winning with Kamara and Cairney following.

Good, that's how I had it as well

Well done Tom Cairney

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