In talks with Australian striker !

[The Rock]

He's playing at The World Cup FFS, how is he unheard of ?
I bet you'd heard of Darren Bent and never heard of Louis Saha .

can you name me 8 players from south korea, iran and algeria?

Park? That must be 8

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[Parkway Drive]

He's starting up front against Spain.

[Craven Mad]

He's starting up front against Spain.

How do you know? Has the manager said?

[Parkway Drive]

He's starting up front against Spain.

How do you know? Has the manager said?

Only striker we have left haha other than moving Mathew Leckie from the right but I doubt that would happen.

[Riversider]

Don't forget gang, 5pm today on ITV 4 today, it's Australia v Spain, and our chance to see two potential Fulham players Taggart and Davidson ,
Should be a good test for them both and I'm looking forward to see how they get on .

[jmh]

I didn't see the match, but from what I can glean at whoscored, Taggart wasn't very involved.  He came off at halftime and didn't seem to have had many touches, completing just two of five attempted passes.

Davidson (are there really reports that we're after him?) played the full match at left back.  No tackles, four interceptions, four successful clearances, one shot blocked.  Completed 38 of 50 passes.  Got upfield enough to attempt four crosses, none of which were successful.

[God The Mechanic]

The support and supply for Taggart was abysmal, he had absolutely nothing to play with.  Davidson was iffy at the back but put in some decent crosses.  Spain played pretty well though.

[cmg]

I didn't see the match, but from what I can glean at whoscored, Taggart wasn't very involved.  He came off at halftime and didn't seem to have had many touches, completing just two of five attempted passes.

Davidson (are there really reports that we're after him?) played the full match at left back.  No tackles, four interceptions, four successful clearances, one shot blocked.  Completed 38 of 50 passes.  Got upfield enough to attempt four crosses, none of which were successful.

I'd say the stats give a bit of a flattering picture, although I thought he did make quite a decent tackle early on. He did sally upfield now and again, without much effect. The other stuff I didn't count, but I don't think it unfair to say that he was poorly positioned for two of the goals (although one was offside). Thems the facts - I make no judgement based on a single viewing.

Taggart, as GTM has said, had no support and didn't seem to do anything wrong.
I presume his substitution was because of injury.
Probably a maniscus tear......but don't worry, he'll be OK next week.

[theFFCfan]

Taggart is 21 not 23, also only 200k compared with 10 nil for mcormack, no real comparison

[AnotherVicHalomLoveChild]

Benny & the Jets
Great song - can the lad match it?

[Sammyffc]

Taggart is 21 not 23, also only 200k compared with 10 nil for mcormack, no real comparison

I think you are hugely mistaken if you think taggart is being bought in place of mccormack

[JackyFulham90]

Taggart will be a squad player as we only have Woodrow & Dembele upfront atm. We have lost Bent & would expect Rodallega & Mitroglou to be moved on aswell so another 2 strikers are needed

[westcliff white]

lack of support or not, i thought Taggart's movement was poor throughout the game, even without supply and supoprt you need ot make runs and I didnt think he was sharo enough to what he had to do. The left back was ok nothing spectacular and didn't seem an improvement on Richardson or dare I say Riise.

Obviously just my opinion from what I saw on TV.

[Pluto]

On the basis of this game I don't rate either of these players but we'll see.

[Craven Mad]

Didn't think either looked great, but it has to be remembered who the opposition were..

If they looked amazing against Spain and Holland they would be looking at far better offers than ones from us.

Plus, at a combined total expenditure (rumoured) of <£250k, not exactly a great risk.

[Lighthouse]

We can't really tell what these squad players will be like on one showing against Spain. Look at how well Ruiz played so far in the World Cup and some fans still think he is rubbish. On that scale the two Aussies should be wonderful.

[BarryP]

I guess  I'm just old.fashion but  I do like  to give.players a chance to perform in a Fulham shirt against their actual competition before making any judgements about their level of play and preseason doesn't count. Welcome aboard and good luck to all the new signings.

[Craven Mad]

I guess  I'm just old.fashion but  I do like  to give.players a chance to perform in a Fulham shirt against their actual competition before making any judgements about their level of play and preseason doesn't count. Welcome aboard and good luck to all the new signings.

Pschhh... Get with the times, Grandpa!

Criticising players that no one's heard of nor seen play is all the rage these days.

[cmg]

Pschhh... Get with the times, Grandpa!

Criticising players that no one's heard of nor seen play is all the rage these days.

Absolutely right.
You must also keep to the established rule: Any player brought into FFC is useless and proof of managerial incompetence.
                                                               Any player who leaves FFC is fabulous and proof of managerial incompetence.