Mitroglou not yet ready

[Zu-Meister]

Fulham Football Club ‏@FulhamFC  25m
Team news: Kostas Mitroglou is not yet ready for his Fulham debut, while Fernando Amorebieta also misses out #ffc #coyw

[JBH]

I really didn't expect to see him until WBA

[Lighthouse]

Hope this doesn't turn into farce. If we go down and he leaves, what would be the point of a player costing so much unable to play. Hopefully he is fit soon.

[Burt]

Can't say I am too disappointed re Amorebieta.

Keep the same back line that played v. Utd. Looked very solid.

[Macedo]

I hope we aint payed all that money for a crock..lol

[aaronmcguigan]

Did we give this guy some kind of by-ball in the infamous Fulham medical?

[copthornemike]

It was  probably always the intention to get him fully fit first for the WBA match - to play him too early always risked an injury.

The club might even try to give him a run out at the weekend in a friendly / U21 match.

[Sammyffc]

not that bothered , keep him fit so when we play the lesser teams is essential . not worth playing him in games were just going to sit back and defend like beavers and risk him getting injured

[SimpleTactics]

Can't say I am too disappointed re Amorebieta.

Keep the same back line that played v. Utd. Looked very solid.

It did but Liverpool have a completely different play style of quick tempo on the floor looking to thread it through to Suarez or Sturridge so it will be a different test for the defence. Lets hope the fact that we are at home and the result against United gives them confidence to hold the ball up a bit more in our opponents half

[nixie-ffc]

was the greek already injured when we bought him?  :dead horse:

bent must be pleased. you are stuck with me suckers  064.gif

[Admin]

Can't say I am too disappointed re Amorebieta.

Keep the same back line that played v. Utd. Looked very solid.

If Amorebieta isn't having an awful game, he's injured. i don't see the point in him.

[HatterDon]

Can't say I am too disappointed re Amorebieta.

Keep the same back line that played v. Utd. Looked very solid.

If Amorebieta isn't having an awful game, he's injured. i don't see the point in him.

but ... but ... but ... there's this really cool picture of him kicking Messi in the chest.

[Northern Cottager]

Starting think this Mitroglou signing was completely pointless. Play 10 games max and take 6 weeks to settle in,great business.

Amore is awful aswell.

[westcliff white]

cant see that we can play the same team, liverpool do not just pump in crosses from wide areas. this could be more of a game for a traditional back 4 with 5 across the middle of the park to make the space in between the defence and midfield smaller

[TonyGilroy]

cant see that we can play the same team, liverpool do not just pump in crosses from wide areas. this could be more of a game for a traditional back 4 with 5 across the middle of the park to make the space in between the defence and midfield smaller

I think we play the same team but playing as you suggest. Tunnicliffe and Richardson protecting the full backs. Three central midfielders and a striker. I don't see any reason to change personnel.

[JBH]

Starting think this Mitroglou signing was completely pointless. Play 10 games max and take 6 weeks to settle in,great business.

Amore is awful aswell.

I think it was a shrewd move, get him fit and scoring goals from WBA to end of season, if we stay up he stays if not we cash in for a fee above what we paid for him, Win Win  065.gif

[TheManOnTheBus]

I'm not unhappy with Bent and Tank sharing the honours up front like on Sunday.

[copthornemike]

cant see that we can play the same team, liverpool do not just pump in crosses from wide areas. this could be more of a game for a traditional back 4 with 5 across the middle of the park to make the space in between the defence and midfield smaller

I have seen a stat that to date we have sent over fewer crosses than any other team in the Premiership (not too surprising) and that the next nearest team is Liverpool.

[Craven Mad]

To be honest, I imagine that we know our chances are slim against Utd & L'pool - so we're preparing Mitrog for when he's really needed; getting him up to speed, off the pitch, ready to bully West Brom etc in the coming weeks. Having an out-and-out striker defending for 89 minutes is a waste. I'd rather see Tank, for now.

Plus, playing players at low fitness is silly, and detrimental to the whole team; we saw this with Hangers earlier this year.

Wait for the Greek to get better, then Rene'll send in the Spartan!

Having seen the instant impact of Kvist & Holtby (not to mention Heitinga, Tunnicliffe, and - not exactly a signing - Burn, too), I feel confident that Rene has a good eye for fitting players into a team. Mitrog will be great, don't worry!

[EJL]

Basically, Amorebieta has failed to bring his skill set across from Spain. He was one of the most uncompromising defenders in the division whilst at Bilbao; I really don't get how he hasn't been successful. Even his supposedly reliable, Basque distribution has looked incredibly suspect.