FoF MOTM Fulham 1 v 0 Leeds United Post Match Thread = Kevin

[Moussa Dembele the 3rd]

Love King, but ESR should start.

[Woolly Mammoth]

I thought the Leeds player who scored the OG was Fulhams man of the match.
Nevertheless Kevin looks the real deal, and it's 3 precious points.
A special mention to Tete who had a decent game.

[Hatch007]

Kevin looks the business

Every one has been crap except for Kevin.

Crap analysis IMO.

Tete was very, very good today. Sess did well. Muniz battled hard when often doubled up on and ESR was positive in trying to get forward and threaten.

We were far better once Kevin came on.

[demeant0r]

Love King, but ESR should start.

Yep. I'd love Kevin ESR Adama to start vs Brentford.

[Trusty Steed]

We got a win to kick us on now, some more points on the board. We had a lucky escape really. Hopefully we learn from it and move on.
Something the commentary said today, about our 2 strikers. They are great impact subs, but not up to much when they start. Really ring true with me

[Rambler]

Yep don't think Iwobi or Wilson deserve their place in the team atm.

Marco has an absolute love affair with Iwobi so I suspect he'll get moved to the right with Kevin on the left

[Somerset Fulham]

That was pretty crap overall. The back five did their job comfortably, the rest didn't really.

Kev looked the dogs nuts though.

[S.F.Sorrow]

Kevin... wow!

To be fair, Tete had a great game too. Sees was ok. ESR looked like he's finally getting there. Leno did what he needed to do. Lukic fought hard.

The rest were poor.

But Kevin... wow!

[blingo]

Gudmundsson...fantastic header.
BUT, I've voted for Kevin

[Grassy Noel]

One of the best OG's I have seen for quite a while.

Was a great goal, power, accuracy, timing.....

He could be a Swedish double agent.

[hongkongfulham]

Kenny was superb. Sess such a more complete footballer than before he left,tidy and reliable with the ability to be dangerous. ESR finally showing the energy and desire. Adama looked clumsy and iwobi just looked off it today, it happens. Muniz was strong in a difficult role. Still can't believe we've won that

[NCSUWhite]

Hard to see what Iwobi brings. Slow and a walking turnover. Is he just eternally tired from internationals? Once Robinson is back I don't see a scenario where Sess and Kevin give minutes to anyone else.

[Bassey the warrior]

Kevin obviously the winner but I thought Sess was pretty good, didn't really notice AR was missing. Muniz decent too.

[Deeping_white]

A quite comical OG spared our blushes. We were absolutely turgid until Kevin came on. If that doesn't show that he needs to start the next game with Chuku on the other wing to actually give teams something to think about, questions need to be asked of MS. I would probably question the coaching staff for today as well because it looked like we had no tactics or identity, and we forced worn out players to start after international games with 0 cohesion. At least today showed that direct wingers with skill will elevate us, Kevin and Chuku might hold the key to a finish in the top 10 versus 11th-15th

[fancyfeet4]

I dont get how managers who are so great at the tactics and man-management, have these blind spots like Silva. He is so poor at timing his subs. The team was horrific through 45 mins so he has two choices. Make a lot of subs to send a message or give guys 15 mins to prove their start. He went with the latter, which is fine, but when it was still awful, he had to make more sweeping changes than a like-for-like sub. Kevin should have gotten 20-30 mins, not 15.

Other notes

- We need Robinson at LB to create more threats with overlapping runs and create more havoc. Also if we are going to have 2 CMs (Lukic/Berge) who cannot play a forward pass, we cant just rely on the front 4, and need that overlapping pace to create more space/havoc on the defense when they sit in a low block.
- Traore should never play except in matches against top 4-6 sides where they have more of the ball and we counter. Him getting 30 mins vs a team sitting in doesnt make sense. He doesnt have the technical skill to break guys down with passing and movement. He is best on the counter in wide-open matches
- Berge and Lukic were really bad today
- ESR should start vs Brentford. King is still young and should play each match but maybe he could be more of a spark as a sub at times. I think he is another player that would benefit from a counter attacking style vs a match where we possess the ball.

We need to figure out playing against the low block. The energy today from the team was dreadful and if teams are going to sit in, we need to play with pace and energy.

[fancyfeet4]

Kevin obviously the winner but I thought Sess was pretty good, didn't really notice AR was missing. Muniz decent too.

I thought Sess wasnt good today. He wasnt threatened much because Aaronson might be the worst RW in the PL and doesnt have pace. Robinson isnt as technical as Sess, but you need that pace to overlap and create space for Iwobi to cut in. Iwobi was very poor and hasnt been as good this year, and I think part of it is Robinson isnt out there. He does so much with his overlapping runs to create other players space. Sess doesnt do that.

[Surlyc]

Hard to see what Iwobi brings. Slow and a walking turnover. Is he just eternally tired from internationals? Once Robinson is back I don't see a scenario where Sess and Kevin give minutes to anyone else.

Iwobi was the worst player on the pitch today, by quite some distance. Hopefully he's just tired because based on today he has no hope covering in CM either.

[FFC007]

Iwobi was dire... should have been hooked at half time for Kevin to get a hold of the contest.

Bassey was all over the shop in the first half, but steadily improved.

King was very quiet, and the low block Leeds played really killed our momentum.

Onto the bus stop side now....

[ArcticOctopus]

I honestly don't understand Marco's starting 11. Iwobi, Wilson and Bassey all look tired. And no wonder, they all put in a ton of minutes over international break.

Its not like ESR, Traore and Cuenca would have been a big step down over those 3.

[SP]

Another vote for Kevin