Looking at the schedule Fulham has a clear path to going undefeated this season. Chances are in won't happen, but beautiful things do happen from time to time and I think this year might just be the year for Fulham's first Invincible season. There is nothing crackpot about this... it can happen.
Please, Fulham fans, do you part and spread love and joy the squad's and staff's way. Some of you need to try really hard to be better versions of yourselves that what you actually are. If I can do it, we can do it. Let's do this! 049:gif
Very much hope your optimism is justified. I'm rather more pessimistic, although I hope I'm wrong. The keeper, back 4 and midfield look strong provided Reed stays and Cairney is fully fit. It's up front which concerns me.
If Mitrovic stays, remains fit, uninjured and free from suspensions then I think we will do well. Without him we will struggle. Last season showed the problem clearly. We don't have another capable central striker. Cavaleiro was pushed into a position he isn't suited to once it became clear Kamara wasn't up to the job. Stansfield might come through or a new young quick striker is needed.
Quote from: Mullers OG on July 17, 2021, 03:50:39 PM
Very much hope your optimism is justified. I'm rather more pessimistic, although I hope I'm wrong. The keeper, back 4 and midfield look strong provided Reed stays and Cairney is fully fit. It's up front which concerns me.
If Mitrovic stays, remains fit, uninjured and free from suspensions then I think we will do well. Without him we will struggle. Last season showed the problem clearly. We don't have another capable central striker. Cavaleiro was pushed into a position he isn't suited to once it became clear Kamara wasn't up to the job. Stansfield might come through or a new young quick striker is needed.
Stansfield and Carvalho must be moving up this season. I think we'll score plenty of goals.
Can see us smashing Tigana's 101-point record. I'm going 105.....
Quote from: MartyFFC on July 17, 2021, 05:18:58 PM
Can see us smashing Tigana's 101-point record. I'm going 105.....
I'll say 106. 30 wins and 16 draws. :wow:
I hope our optimism is not misplaced.... :022:
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Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on July 17, 2021, 05:47:00 PM
Quote from: MartyFFC on July 17, 2021, 05:18:58 PM
Can see us smashing Tigana's 101-point record. I'm going 105.....
I'll say 106. 30 wins and 16 draws. :wow:
Keep taking the tablets...lol
I reckon 32 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats; my loins are well and truly girded. Wonder what Paddy Power will give me for that
Quote from: bog on July 17, 2021, 05:56:16 PM
I hope our optimism is not misplaced.... :022:
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It's not. I have had three dreams about it. All good things come in threes!
Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on July 17, 2021, 02:25:51 PM
Looking at the schedule Fulham has a clear path to going undefeated this season. Chances are in won't happen, but beautiful things do happen from time to time and I think this year might just be the year for Fulham's first Invincible season. There is nothing crackpot about this... it can happen.
Please, Fulham fans, do you part and spread love and joy the squad's and staff's way. Some of you need to try really hard to be better versions of yourselves that what you actually are. If I can do it, we can do it. Let's do this! 049:gif
Please can I have some of what you're on? I always start the season believing and before every game believing, but crikey, this is mad! COYW 049:gif
Unless one of our players get injuried (eg Mawson, Kongolo, Reed, Cairney or Onamah) we win the championship and being undefeated is a possibility. Too many injuries and we won't even make the playoffs.
I'd love some of what you lot are on !!
While I'm not feeling as positive as that, if we keep the squad together we should win the league. It's a very weak looking league this year. Can't see how we won't be favourites
I would like to think Lyle of H is correct in his predictions but this is Fulham, and if we can keep certain players in key positions that can give us a launching pad then a little surgery needs to be done to dot the eyes and cross the tees.
But the Championship is a jungle and can be unforgiving with obstacles and pot holes and banana skins all along the way with somebody ready to ambush us at any time.
Any one can beat any other team on their day, then there are injuries to contend with and Fulhams Florence Nightingale Ward always seems to be packed to capacity with walking wounded.
Talking about winning the League is one thing, but believing it at this current moment is fools gold.
Only one team can win it out of 23, and only 3 can go up and there will be 20 others waiting to trip us up.
It's the old classic one game at a time all the way through the season. What Fulham can do with is a good start for once, not chasing the pack early on.
The word ruthless has to come into Fulhams Dictionary and our Captain has to be a Leader and a Warrior who is able to master his troops on the field in adversity.
No lightweights or passengers or deadwood or big time Charlie's need apply to be selected in the squad.
Personally I don't think we will be promoted. With our poor finances (thanks TK) we probably can't sign players that will strengthen the squad without selling. With the possible exception of Mitro we will probably have to sell our most valuable players at a loss (thanks again TK) or send them out on loan and weaken the squad in the process. Add a couple of injury prone CBs and I think we may realistically end up anywhere between 4th to 12th.
On the positive side I think our squad is too strong to be relegated. My biggest fear is that we completely mess up the transfer window by selling our best players without replacing them or get a slow start because we wait for deadline day bargains and emergency loans. If this happens we may find ourselves near the relegation zone at some point. I still don't think we will actually be relegated though. But we can't afford our usual slow start to the season if we're aiming for automatic promotion.
Still, all of this is pure speculation until the transfer window closes and also until we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship. Let's hope he doesn't do a Magath and underestimate the quality of the Championship.
I know this may all sound a bit negative and I hope I'm wrong of course! But all this talk about going unbeaten and 100+ points is pure fantasy IMO.
With but 3 weeks to the start we seem to be in no mans land, rumours are around about Mitro, Anguissa, Reed, Tete, Stefjo and Robinson leaving so it is hard to foresee a possible starting lime up.
At this stage I am desperately hoping for a big improvement on last season's nine goals at home, that has to be the first target.
If we are playing Mawson we have no chance of getting 106 pts.
I disagree about the poor finances. Since the ones from 2019 were published we've barely spent any money on players, earned £106m from Premier League prize money, (https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/a-club-by-club-breakdown-of-the-2020-21-premier-league-prize-money/) and now have parachute payments.
Just can't see how we can possibly be in any danger in FFP over the 3 year cycle. We also have quite a few assets which we could sell if Silva doesn't rate them
Quote from: The Rational Fan on July 18, 2021, 01:42:32 AM
Unless one of our players get injuried (eg Mawson, Kongolo, Reed, Cairney or Onamah) we win the championship and being undefeated is a possibility. Too many injuries and we won't even make the playoffs.
Fair enough. It's true Leicester wouldn't won the Premier League without not having injuries to their starting 11.
Quote from: S.F.Sorrow on July 18, 2021, 10:00:55 AM
Personally I don't think we will be promoted. With our poor finances (thanks TK) we probably can't sign players that will strengthen the squad without selling. With the possible exception of Mitro we will probably have to sell our most valuable players at a loss (thanks again TK) or send them out on loan and weaken the squad in the process. Add a couple of injury prone CBs and I think we may realistically end up anywhere between 4th to 12th.
On the positive side I think our squad is too strong to be relegated. My biggest fear is that we completely mess up the transfer window by selling our best players without replacing them or get a slow start because we wait for deadline day bargains and emergency loans. If this happens we may find ourselves near the relegation zone at some point. I still don't think we will actually be relegated though. But we can't afford our usual slow start to the season if we're aiming for automatic promotion.
Still, all of this is pure speculation until the transfer window closes and also until we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship. Let's hope he doesn't do a Magath and underestimate the quality of the Championship.
I know this may all sound a bit negative and I hope I'm wrong of course! But all this talk about going unbeaten and 100+ points is pure fantasy IMO.
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I'm with the OP & can't wait to get back to the Cottage.
Quote from: S.F.Sorrow on July 18, 2021, 10:00:55 AM
Personally I don't think we will be promoted. With our poor finances (thanks TK) we probably can't sign players that will strengthen the squad without selling. With the possible exception of Mitro we will probably have to sell our most valuable players at a loss (thanks again TK) or send them out on loan and weaken the squad in the process. Add a couple of injury prone CBs and I think we may realistically end up anywhere between 4th to 12th.
On the positive side I think our squad is too strong to be relegated. My biggest fear is that we completely mess up the transfer window by selling our best players without replacing them or get a slow start because we wait for deadline day bargains and emergency loans. If this happens we may find ourselves near the relegation zone at some point. I still don't think we will actually be relegated though. But we can't afford our usual slow start to the season if we're aiming for automatic promotion.
Still, all of this is pure speculation until the transfer window closes and also until we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship. Let's hope he doesn't do a Magath and underestimate the quality of the Championship.
I know this may all sound a bit negative and I hope I'm wrong of course! But all this talk about going unbeaten and 100+ points is pure fantasy IMO.
There is a FFC veteran on here called Dave. Someone needs to wake him up as this guy is trying to take his place as the most depressing poster alive at this moment.
Is Odoi still at the club?
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Quote from: 70sPimlico on July 18, 2021, 10:10:11 PM
Quote from: S.F.Sorrow on July 18, 2021, 10:00:55 AM
Personally I don't think we will be promoted. With our poor finances (thanks TK) we probably can't sign players that will strengthen the squad without selling. With the possible exception of Mitro we will probably have to sell our most valuable players at a loss (thanks again TK) or send them out on loan and weaken the squad in the process. Add a couple of injury prone CBs and I think we may realistically end up anywhere between 4th to 12th.
On the positive side I think our squad is too strong to be relegated. My biggest fear is that we completely mess up the transfer window by selling our best players without replacing them or get a slow start because we wait for deadline day bargains and emergency loans. If this happens we may find ourselves near the relegation zone at some point. I still don't think we will actually be relegated though. But we can't afford our usual slow start to the season if we're aiming for automatic promotion.
Still, all of this is pure speculation until the transfer window closes and also until we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship. Let's hope he doesn't do a Magath and underestimate the quality of the Championship.
I know this may all sound a bit negative and I hope I'm wrong of course! But all this talk about going unbeaten and 100+ points is pure fantasy IMO.
There is a FFC veteran on here called Dave. Someone needs to wake him up as this guy is trying to take his place as the most depressing poster alive at this moment.
:005: I know I may sound negative but I'm actually looking very much forward to this season. Much more so than last season which I knew would be a disaster (that's called being REALISTIC by the way, not negative/depressing. etc.). I prefer to keep my expectation at a realistic level. Being positive and posting nonsense about going undefeated and getting 100+ points won't make the team any better.
But like I said, it's all speculation until the transfer window closes and we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship.
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I'd take playoffs
Invincible or near invincible season starts tomorrow. Enjoy it Ladies and Gents!
Don't think I've girded my loins since 1974
Quote from: H4usuallysitting on August 07, 2021, 08:28:08 PM
Don't think I've girded my loins since 1974
Not sure I appreciate being to,d to become a better version of myself. As to girding my loins.......? OMG!
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Quote from: H4usuallysitting on August 07, 2021, 08:28:08 PM
Don't think I've girded my loins since 1974
Not sure I appreciate being to,d to become a better version of myself. As to girding my loins.......? OMG!
We should all try to better ourselves. Nothing wrong with that.
Invincible or near invincible season is a go! 45 games more to go. Let's do this!
Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on August 08, 2021, 03:29:21 PM
Quote from: Twig on August 07, 2021, 09:27:22 PM
Quote from: H4usuallysitting on August 07, 2021, 08:28:08 PM
Don't think I've girded my loins since 1974
Not sure I appreciate being to,d to become a better version of myself. As to girding my loins.......? OMG!
We should all try to better ourselves. Nothing wrong with that.
But I don't need to be told by you. Everything wrong with that. And your prediction is looking flaky!
Well I was up half-the-night girding my loins, and given we're still unbeaten clearly it's working. COYW
Quote from: Twig on August 08, 2021, 06:42:04 PM
Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on August 08, 2021, 03:29:21 PM
Quote from: Twig on August 07, 2021, 09:27:22 PM
Quote from: H4usuallysitting on August 07, 2021, 08:28:08 PM
Don't think I've girded my loins since 1974
Not sure I appreciate being to,d to become a better version of myself. As to girding my loins.......? OMG!
We should all try to better ourselves. Nothing wrong with that.
But I don't need to be told by you. Everything wrong with that. And your prediction is looking flaky!
Flaky you say? Only 44 more games to go. Invincible/near invincible season carries on.
We are all told things we don't like to hear. Freedom of speech is our reality in the English speaking world.
Anyone starting to believe?
44 more games to go. We got this!
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Your excitement has clearly affected your ability to subtract; am thinking my prediction of 105 points is looking a bit conservative
Quote from: blingo on August 21, 2021, 05:04:01 PM
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Correct... I counted from 48 which was wrong. Only 42 more to go.
Quote from: MartyFFC on August 21, 2021, 05:05:41 PM
Your excitement has clearly affected your ability to subtract; am thinking my prediction of 105 points is looking a bit conservative
The subtraction wasn't wrong.. I subtracted minus 4. I added to 48 wrongly. :) Nevertheless, our invincible season slouches forward.
Its goals that I require.... 100+ please ..... 🙏⚽️⚽️⚽️
Nobody can stop us in 21-22. Get over it!
My loins are Girding.
BUCKLE UP, BOYS
A game to look at again, watching free flowing football, great to see
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We will go 45 unbeaten and then lose on the last game of the season to Slav.
Quote from: S.F.Sorrow on July 19, 2021, 09:27:56 AM
Quote from: 70sPimlico on July 18, 2021, 10:10:11 PM
Quote from: S.F.Sorrow on July 18, 2021, 10:00:55 AM
Personally I don't think we will be promoted. With our poor finances (thanks TK) we probably can't sign players that will strengthen the squad without selling. With the possible exception of Mitro we will probably have to sell our most valuable players at a loss (thanks again TK) or send them out on loan and weaken the squad in the process. Add a couple of injury prone CBs and I think we may realistically end up anywhere between 4th to 12th.
On the positive side I think our squad is too strong to be relegated. My biggest fear is that we completely mess up the transfer window by selling our best players without replacing them or get a slow start because we wait for deadline day bargains and emergency loans. If this happens we may find ourselves near the relegation zone at some point. I still don't think we will actually be relegated though. But we can't afford our usual slow start to the season if we're aiming for automatic promotion.
Still, all of this is pure speculation until the transfer window closes and also until we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship. Let's hope he doesn't do a Magath and underestimate the quality of the Championship.
I know this may all sound a bit negative and I hope I'm wrong of course! But all this talk about going unbeaten and 100+ points is pure fantasy IMO.
There is a FFC veteran on here called Dave. Someone needs to wake him up as this guy is trying to take his place as the most depressing poster alive at this moment.
:005: I know I may sound negative but I'm actually looking very much forward to this season. Much more so than last season which I knew would be a disaster (that's called being REALISTIC by the way, not negative/depressing. etc.). I prefer to keep my expectation at a realistic level. Being positive and posting nonsense about going undefeated and getting 100+ points won't make the team any better.
But like I said, it's all speculation until the transfer window closes and we've seen how Silva adapts to the Championship.
Your not REALISTIC from the debunked cottage corner are you ? you sure sound like him.
Quote from: MikeTheCubed on August 29, 2021, 12:58:56 AM
We will go 45 unbeaten and then lose on the last game of the season to Slav.
Wouldn't that be something
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Aw the fun is over already...
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Least we can quit the arrogance now!
I knew we were getting carried away with ourselves. This is the championship! It's a long hard season. Manager of the month cursed us and the international break shafted our players fitness and momentum. Hey ho, we've lost now, dust ourselves off and get firing again
Quote from: Sgt Fulham on September 11, 2021, 04:58:58 PM
Aw the fun is over already...
Near Invincible season is still a go!
HMS Piss the League has sunk.
Thank f@ck.
Quote from: Somerset Fulham on September 11, 2021, 06:09:18 PM
HMS Piss the League has sunk.
Thank f@ck.
I don't get the vitriol toward people saying this, it's clearly a joke about us being top of the league, and if we go and win our next 2/3 games and we're top again people are going to be saying it again?
It's childish, embarrassing and more than that, its down right arrogant and you have earn the right to be arrogant.
We've not done that yet.
Quote from: Somerset Fulham on September 11, 2021, 06:34:20 PM
It's childish, embarrassing and more than that, its down right arrogant and you have earn the right to be arrogant.
We've not done that yet.
If you read the first thread there is absolutely no arrogance whatsoever. It's a simple, fun prediction where I even soften the prediction by using words like probably and near invincible. You people are too serious, don't know how to have fun, and do not use your brains.
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Quote from: Somerset Fulham on September 11, 2021, 06:34:20 PM
It's childish, embarrassing and more than that, its down right arrogant and you have earn the right to be arrogant.
We've not done that yet.
If you read the first thread there is absolutely no arrogance whatsoever. It's a simple, fun prediction where I even soften the prediction by using words like probably and near invincible. You people do are too serious, don't know how to have fun, and do not use your brains.
And if you read what I said, it was nothing to do with you or the opening post to the thread. So y'know what to do with your brain. :54:
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Quote from: Somerset Fulham on September 11, 2021, 06:09:18 PM
HMS Piss the League has sunk.
Thank f@ck.
I don't get the vitriol toward people saying this, it's clearly a joke about us being top of the league, and if we go and win our next 2/3 games and we're top again people are going to be saying it again?
Hallelujah! Someone gets it.
Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on September 11, 2021, 06:58:44 PM
Quote from: Twig on September 11, 2021, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on September 11, 2021, 05:53:21 PM
Quote from: Sgt Fulham on September 11, 2021, 04:58:58 PM
Aw the fun is over already...
Near Invincible season is still a go!
And how would you define "near invincible"?
The rule of 3 of course. No more than 3 losses. 1 down, 2 to go.
That would be some achievement. I will make a guess that we will lose 6 in total.
Quote from: MartyFFC on July 17, 2021, 07:25:50 PM
I reckon 32 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats; my loins are well and truly girded. Wonder what Paddy Power will give me for that
I stand by this prediction #COYW
Near Invincible season still a go! Woo!
Quote from: Lyle from Hangeland on September 15, 2021, 10:19:32 PM
Near Invincible season still a go! Woo!
If after 30 games we are on 80 points, then I might start thinking about something other than getting enough points for automatic promotion.
We won't lose more than four
Quote from: blingo on September 16, 2021, 05:07:15 PM
We won't lose more than four
By your calculations then that is three more defeats left to go.
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on September 17, 2021, 11:17:20 AM
Quote from: blingo on September 16, 2021, 05:07:15 PM
We won't lose more than four
By your calculations then that is three more defeats left to go.
And two of them will be League and FA Cups! :Get Coat gif:
