Best performance at the Cottage by a visiting team

[HatterDon]

I was just watching the Europa League compilation video, and there was just a snippet of our match with Shaktar Donetsk. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't ever remember seeing a side play such creative and accomplished attacking football for 90+ minutes.

I still can't believe we beat those guys.

Anybody else see a visiting side impress you?

[bill taylors apprentice]

I was just watching the Europa League compilation video, and there was just a snippet of our match with Shaktar Donetsk. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't ever remember seeing a side play such creative and accomplished attacking football for 90+ minutes.

I still can't believe we beat those guys.




Anybody else see a visiting side impress you?

I agree about Shaktar.
I was there that night and was amazed we came away with a win.

Bournemouth were outstanding last season but its hard to judge due to our pathetic efforts.

Lincoln City battered us (literally) in the last game of the 81/82 when we scraped a draw to win promotion.   

[FPT]

They were fantastic.

I do remember us being absolutely tonked by Manchester United one night, Ryan Giggs was in central midfield and I found myself almost enjoying watching them just take us apart bit by bit. I think it was 0-5 and they were pretty flawless.

Another one that springs to mind is when we clapped off Swansea when they had Brendan Rodgers. I think they beat us 0-3 at Craven Cottage, we still had Dempsey and Dembele but we were just outclassed. I think these two matches may actually have been in the same season and saw the start of the downfall of Fortress Craven Cottage.

[EricB]

Agree with Shaktar Donetsk They were a joy to watch.What have their players gone on to since ?  Was Chelsea's Williams in that side?

[FPT]

Agree with Shaktar Donetsk They were a joy to watch.What have their players gone on to since ?  Was Chelsea's Williams in that side?

Pick of the bunch:

Razvan Rat: Had an unsuccessful stint at West Ham, now 34 in the end of his career. Looked a fantastic left back though.

Darijo Srna: Still at Shakhtar at 33 you've got to think it's too late. Another very good full back.

Fernandinho: Won the title at Manchester City after being bought for £34m.

Jadson: Made his Brazil debut the year after and played in Brazil for a couple of years. 32 now playing in China.

Willian: Won the title at Chelsea moving there via Anzhi for £30m. Made his Brazil debut since.

Luiz Adriano: Moved to AC Milan in the summer after continuing to score goals in Ukraine. Bid was accepted from a team in China but fell through this window. Brazil international last season was given the "MVP" for the Champions League group stages.

Douglas Costa: Came off of the bench in the home game. Now at Bayern Munich for just over £22m and a Brazil international. Now one of the best wingers in the world.

[dannyboi-ffc]

Without doubt Shakhtar were the best team I've ever seen at the Cottage. The football they played was incredible.

[FPT]

Without doubt Shakhtar were the best team I've ever seen at the Cottage. The football they played was incredible.

It's a shame the coach (now 70 years old) will never really be known in England or mainstream Europe really. He built such a creative, joyous team with a squad being snapped up largely pretty cheaply by players young out of Brazil. That sort of intense freedom and fluidity is what I think Jokanovic could do here with time. Let attacking players express themselves, attack in bursts with pace and movement.

[HamsterWheel]

I sat amongst all the Shaktar team in the Riverside the weekend before the game when they came to watch Fulham v Notts County in the FA Cup. I'd initially no idea who they were as they all wore black down jackets with "WAXTAP" on them. Google at half time and I figured out it was Shaktar ! Willian and Costa were sat right behind me, massive diamond ear-rings. They all kept pointing out "Bobby Zamora" - obviously they'd been told to look out for him.
Some great players, they played super football and I agree I've no idea how we won !

[brightster]

I agree about Shaktar but anyone remember Arsenal in I think 2006, they played us off the park with a sublime performance from Mr Henry, they subbed him with 10 mins to go and he got a standing ovation from the hole ground, it ended up 4-0 to them!

[Burt]

Shaktar is a good shout.

I also remember a match here against Arsenal who beat us 3-0, they played us off the park, but Thierry Henry was the stand-out player. It's the only time I can remember when an opposition player got applauded off the pitch when they got substituted.

[fulhamben]

I agree about Shaktar but anyone remember Arsenal in I think 2006, they played us off the park with a sublime performance from Mr Henry, they subbed him with 10 mins to go and he got a standing ovation from the hole ground, it ended up 4-0 to them!

Was that the one where adebayour ripped us a new one

[brightster]

I agree about Shaktar but anyone remember Arsenal in I think 2006, they played us off the park with a sublime performance from Mr Henry, they subbed him with 10 mins to go and he got a standing ovation from the hole ground, it ended up 4-0 to them!

Was that the one where adebayour ripped us a new one

That both did that day! They even brought on Berkamp and Fabrigas near the end!

[yatewhite]

I'm going back decades. To 1974 in fact. Anybody remember when Jack Charlton's Middlesbrough side came to the Cottage and stuffed us 0-4? Absolutely played us off the park and we applauded them off! I'm not sure about this but I seem to remember it was Bobby Moore's first game for us. Happy to be corrected on that though!