Affengruber

[Bassey the warrior]

Interesting to note that he cost us exactly the same fee that we sold Diop for, £8.5m. Four years younger too.

If he keeps this up, this will be quite the bargain.

[SimonDaviesEnjoyer]

Looks like a clever signing so far. I'm excited to see how he beds in.

[AJW48361]

Looks like a clever signing so far. I'm excited to see how he beds in.

Played  well but early days Man Utd next week then 3 season make or breakers. Difficult oppositions and different challenges.

[Somerset Fulham]

Great debut, let's hope that he can keep it up.

[Citizen Smith]

I thought he was progressive in his passing and looked good on the ball. Really promising start and deserved the MOTM accolade.

[demeant0r]

Not much went passed him. On that performance, he's far better than Andersen (at least for this style of play). Funny how our cheaper purchases seem do better than the more expensive ones.

[Hugh Janus]

He was excellent. Even though we knew it, he is surprisingly small. It's hard to tell the difference between him and Castagne at times.

Also he has unusually short strides for a CB but it seems to make him more maneuverable.

He is called 'the Horse' in Austria because of his quaint stride. He has a strong background in gymnastics.

That might not be why he's called "horse"......😉😂

Steady......

[AshfordFFC]

Not much went passed him. On that performance, he's far better than Andersen (at least for this style of play). Funny how our cheaper purchases seem do better than the more expensive ones.

totally agreed 

[FFC007]

Hope we stuff fat frank in a few weeks time.

[McGruber]

MOTM for me because it was his debut at Anfield. Shea had a better game, but context matters.

[HillingdonFFC]

Some overly critical comments on here about his misplaced passing?? Played a couple of iffy passes and a few went out of touch but they were borderline clearances
I don't think the plaudits for him was going OTT,Roy Keane was glowing in his praise . I was there yesterday and he was outstanding . Read the game superbly and his positional sense was spot on, looks a very intelligent player . He was admittedly ,helped by Iwobi and Bobb covering the gaping gaps of recent weeks and Charles and Berge dropping a bit deeper
All in all an extremely positive debut, hopefully he can perform at a similar level for the rest of the season, if he does he's first choice alongside Bassey all day long

[Chi_FFC]

Some overly critical comments on here about his misplaced passing?? Played a couple of iffy passes and a few went out of touch but they were borderline clearances
I don't think the plaudits for him was going OTT,Roy Keane was glowing in his praise

Sorry, he made two really poor passes that put us under real pressure. He needs to improve his decision making in those instances (if a certain other Fulham CB had made those passes...and then gotten blown by after making one of those bad passes (thankfully Berge bailed him out in that instance) we never would have heard the end of it). As for the Roy Keane quote making the rounds on twitter, that came from a notorious account that fabricates quotes from players/coaches/commentators for engagement.

[alfie]

Some overly critical comments on here about his misplaced passing?? Played a couple of iffy passes and a few went out of touch but they were borderline clearances
I don't think the plaudits for him was going OTT,Roy Keane was glowing in his praise

Sorry, he made two really poor passes that put us under real pressure. He needs to improve his decision making in those instances (if a certain other Fulham CB had made those passes...and then gotten blown by after making one of those bad passes (thankfully Berge bailed him out in that instance) we never would have heard the end of it). As for the Roy Keane quote making the rounds on twitter, that came from a notorious account that fabricates quotes from players/coaches/commentators for engagement.

Wow a human made a mistake in his first game, sell him quick.

[bobbo]

I thought that today while watching Wirtz, Isak & Barcola. Are they contributing 10x more to match their crazy price tags? They are not.

I understand more money leads to more expectation, but so many of these big money buys are awful.
Even our big signings in ESR, Kevin & Bobb haven't been great.

I think these big players, get big wages, the maybe become less hungry and motivated? W

sooo true Brentford are a classic example of what you've said .

[Bassey the warrior]

Not much went passed him. On that performance, he's far better than Andersen (at least for this style of play). Funny how our cheaper purchases seem do better than the more expensive ones.

This is very accurate, though hopefully Charles and Garcia break that trend. Another pricey flop, Anguissa, would've been perfect in this team.

[rusty shackleford]

I dont like the conga chant

It should be " David, David David, David David, David Affengrubber"

to No Limits

[hopper]

Some overly critical comments on here about his misplaced passing?? Played a couple of iffy passes and a few went out of touch but they were borderline clearances
I don't think the plaudits for him was going OTT,Roy Keane was glowing in his praise . I was there yesterday and he was outstanding . Read the game superbly and his positional sense was spot on, looks a very intelligent player . He was admittedly ,helped by Iwobi and Bobb covering the gaping gaps of recent weeks and Charles and Berge dropping a bit deeper
All in all an extremely positive debut, hopefully he can perform at a similar level for the rest of the season, if he does he's first choice alongside Bassey all day long

I think those Keane quotes are AI slop unfortunately. But agree with everything you say otherwise!

[AnOldBrownie]

For his first game...did well.

After watching 3 complete Elche games (where he was captain for one) I'm hopefully that he will prove a perfect partner to Bassey's athleticism.

Smart at the back, good enough pace. 

Just as we saw in this game...he's apt to put the odd pass out there...but in the 4 games i've watched...none of his bad passes have resulted in the opposing team scoring (Barcelona/Sevilla/Liverpool).   

We may have gotten a steal. (Who Arbeloa obviously saw play at Elche)
Enjoyed seeing his interaction with his wife in the latest Full Access...A Point..

[Rambler]

A good debut. I thought he played well and was helped by the overall structure of the team which was far more solid.

I liked how at the end of the game he came over to applaud the fans and show his appreciation. There's a video of him saying he wants to keep his debut shirt after a fan asks for it. He seems really happy to be at Fulham, down to earth and not a prima donna who only cares about their Instagram. I think he'll be a good person around the squad in this regard and soon a fan favourite.

[demeant0r]

Apparently Affengruber was someone Arbeloa really wanted since he joined us in July. So why did it take the deadline day to get him?