Andersen

[C Block]

The thing that irks me most of all about the Andersen signing is the fact that Palace signed Lacroix to replace him,
Firstly Lacroix is a better player,
Secondly Lacroix cost £10 million less than Andersen ,
Thirdly Lacroix is 4 years younger
Dress it up however you like, the Andersen transfer was a terrible piece of business especially when you consider we already had Diop who could play in that position.

[fulhamfan]

good luck trying to sell him also. hes on 90k a week and contracted until June 2029

[alfie]

W T Frig?
Anyone who is defending Andersen's actions & suggesting it did not cost us a potential win is misguided. Him being sent off affected our set up, strategy & team morale.
Misses by Chuk, Bobb are not in the same category as the stupidity of Andersen. 100% agree with SL. Still can't get over Andersen's tackle & then him arguing/questioning the decision with a smile on his face. Very disappointing.

Funny that Bournemouth player being sent off didn't affect their set up, strategy & Team morale, they just got on with it, apart from the sending off which was correct, the biggest mistake was taking ESR of, he was giving them problems.

[Plodder]

W T Frig?
Anyone who is defending Andersen's actions & suggesting it did not cost us a potential win is misguided. Him being sent off affected our set up, strategy & team morale.
Misses by Chuk, Bobb are not in the same category as the stupidity of Andersen. 100% agree with SL. Still can't get over Andersen's tackle & then him arguing/questioning the decision with a smile on his face. Very disappointing.

I don't see any comments in this thread defending Andersen's tackle on Saturday. I do see comments with which I strongly disagree, such as Andersen having been "appalling all season", Andersen being "pretty much single-handedly" responsible for our loss on Saturday and in other games, Andersen "not caring", "he should be transferred" etc. Expressing my disagreement with those kind of statements is not defending his impetuous challenge on Saturday, which Andersen himself has acknowledged he should have done better.

It wasn't a miss by Chuk, it was a lack of determined defending on his part for Rayan's goal, but I am not the one saying his mistake therefore makes him entirely or mainly responsible for the loss, any more than that Leno should shoulder all the blame either, as he should have done better on the goal, too. The loss can't be put down almost entirely to Andersen getting sent off, it was a collective team responsibility, there were plenty of faults to go round.

[Mullers OG]

I may be a lone voice but I don't agree with much of what has been written about Andersen. There's no dispute that his red card was wholly deserved for a brainless ridiculous challenge. However he has been to my mind part of a successful centre back partnership with Bassey.

Fulham has almost always played with a tall imposing CB ever since I first started attending CC. Dempsey, Mathewson, Brown, Lacy, Goma and Hangeland amongst others. Andersen may not be the best but he's equally not the worst. If we want to push on and become more than a regular mid table team then we need to do better up front. Our back line isn't IMO too bad and that includes Andersen. But we cannot continue failing to score.

[SerbianLad]

W T Frig?
Anyone who is defending Andersen's actions & suggesting it did not cost us a potential win is misguided. Him being sent off affected our set up, strategy & team morale.
Misses by Chuk, Bobb are not in the same category as the stupidity of Andersen. 100% agree with SL. Still can't get over Andersen's tackle & then him arguing/questioning the decision with a smile on his face. Very disappointing.

Funny that Bournemouth player being sent off didn't affect their set up, strategy & Team morale, they just got on with it, apart from the sending off which was correct, the biggest mistake was taking ESR of, he was giving them problems.

It probably would have impacted them if Andersen didn't get senr off shortly after as well. Im not sure what game others have been watching. We were all over them even before their player got sent off and it looked like we'll get even more control. Andersen sending off meant we lost momentum, and the second half was an even game, instead of us dominating them, which in the end resulted in an unlucky loss.

[Arthur]

The thing that irks me most of all about the Andersen signing is the fact that Palace signed Lacroix to replace him,
Firstly Lacroix is a better player,
Secondly Lacroix cost £10 million less than Andersen ,
Thirdly Lacroix is 4 years younger
Dress it up however you like, the Andersen transfer was a terrible piece of business especially when you consider we already had Diop who could play in that position.

Silva has had a strategy to help to establish and consolidate the team: he wanted a nucleus of players who had already experienced the P.L. Hence, the arrival of the likes of Leno, Pereira, Iwobi, Willian, Jiminez, Berge, Smith-Rowe, as well as Andersen. It cannot be said Palace were keen to offload Andersen. By all accounts, they turned down £25M, which, at the time, to many on here, seemed to be a very reasonable offer. Whether he has shown the form for which we hoped and has, thus, been value for money is open to debate. If it was a terrible piece of business, however, it's got nothing to do with whom Palace signed as Andersen's replacement.

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The thing that irks me most of all about the Andersen signing is the fact that Palace signed Lacroix to replace him,
Firstly Lacroix is a better player,
Secondly Lacroix cost £10 million less than Andersen ,
Thirdly Lacroix is 4 years younger
Dress it up however you like, the Andersen transfer was a terrible piece of business especially when you consider we already had Diop who could play in that position.

Silva has had a strategy to help to establish and consolidate the team: he wanted a nucleus of players who had already experienced the P.L. Hence, the arrival of the likes of Leno, Pereira, Iwobi, Willian, Jiminez, Berge, Smith-Rowe, as well as Andersen. It cannot be said Palace were keen to offload Andersen. By all accounts, they turned down £25M, which, at the time, to many on here, seemed to be a very reasonable offer. Whether he has shown the form for which we hoped and has, thus, been value for money is open to debate. If it was a terrible piece of business, however, it's got nothing to do with whom Palace signed as Andersen's replacement.

You've managed to miss the point on so many levels 😒

[Arthur]

You've managed to miss the point on so many levels 😒

Okay. Do explain those levels to me. I'd be grateful for the insight.

[fulhams_finest]

W T Frig?
Anyone who is defending Andersen's actions & suggesting it did not cost us a potential win is misguided. Him being sent off affected our set up, strategy & team morale.
Misses by Chuk, Bobb are not in the same category as the stupidity of Andersen. 100% agree with SL. Still can't get over Andersen's tackle & then him arguing/questioning the decision with a smile on his face. Very disappointing.

I don't see any comments in this thread defending Andersen's tackle on Saturday. I do see comments with which I strongly disagree, such as Andersen having been "appalling all season", Andersen being "pretty much single-handedly" responsible for our loss on Saturday and in other games, Andersen "not caring", "he should be transferred" etc. Expressing my disagreement with those kind of statements is not defending his impetuous challenge on Saturday, which Andersen himself has acknowledged he should have done better.

It wasn't a miss by Chuk, it was a lack of determined defending on his part for Rayan's goal, but I am not the one saying his mistake therefore makes him entirely or mainly responsible for the loss, any more than that Leno should shoulder all the blame either, as he should have done better on the goal, too. The loss can't be put down almost entirely to Andersen getting sent off, it was a collective team responsibility, there were plenty of faults to go round.

At Brentford Away he aimlessly sprayed hollywood passes to no one for 90 minutes, At Southampton he gets a red that puts them through to the semi finals, this weekend he needlessly gets a sending off in a game we were dominating... and we've had less than a handful of clean sheets over the last 2 seasons with him in the back 4.

Terrible signing for the money and would not miss him in a Fulham shirt at all. He is my least favourite player to watch on the pitch at the moment. But appreciate everyone sees it differently.