Team against Newcastle - Saturday 22/12/18

[davew]

Statto - that's the best line up by far

Agreed, but still doesn't look like a winning formula, we don't have one until we get in another 4 players!

[The Rational Fan]

Rico

Christie Mawson MLM Bryan

       Chambers Seri

Kamara   Cairney   Sess

              Mitro

Subs: Kebano, Schullre and Cisse
Bench: Betts, Odoi, KMac, Vietto

[davew]

Rico

Christie Mawson MLM Bryan

       Chambers Seri

Kamara   Cairney   Sess

              Mitro

Subs: Kebano, Schullre and Cisse
Bench: Betts, Odoi, KMac, Vietto

That's more like it!!!

[Woolly Mammoth]

Rico

Christie Mawson MLM Bryan

       Chambers Seri

Kamara   Cairney   Sess

              Mitro

Subs: Kebano, Schullre and Cisse
Bench: Betts, Odoi, KMac, Vietto

This team looks better balanced, than any others.

[DevonFFC]

Rico

Christie Mawson MLM Bryan

       Chambers Seri

Kamara   Cairney   Sess

              Mitro

Subs: Kebano, Schullre and Cisse
Bench: Betts, Odoi, KMac, Vietto

This team looks better balanced, than any others.

Only thing I can't fathom with everyone's selection is, they all moan that Seri doesn't work well in that position yet everyone insists on putting him there.

[Woolly Mammoth]

Rico

Christie Mawson MLM Bryan

       Chambers Seri

Kamara   Cairney   Sess

              Mitro

Subs: Kebano, Schullre and Cisse
Bench: Betts, Odoi, KMac, Vietto

This team looks better balanced, than any others.

Only thing I can't fathom with everyone's selection is, they all moan that Seri doesn't work well in that position yet everyone insists on putting him there.

But I imagine only in the absence of a more suitable player though. Which hopefully Fulham will obtain in early January.

[Matt10]

Rico

Christie Mawson MLM Bryan

       Chambers Seri

Kamara   Cairney   Sess

              Mitro

Subs: Kebano, Schullre and Cisse
Bench: Betts, Odoi, KMac, Vietto

This team looks better balanced, than any others.

Only thing I can't fathom with everyone's selection is, they all moan that Seri doesn't work well in that position yet everyone insists on putting him there.

Depending on how you see it, the grim reality is that Seri is our playmaker now. It was evident as soon as he left the pitch we couldn't muster enough chances like we did in the first half. Painful as that be, because I have always been of Johansen, but he just isn't doing it so far this year.

[Moltobueno]

IMO we were really good in attacking against West Ham (especially in the 1st half), just needed to sort the defense out.
Subbing off Seri killed our attack totally.

                         Rico

Christie     Odoi         Mawson        Bryan
                     
                    Chambers

Kamara     Cairney     Seri        Sessegnon

                     Mitrovic

Subs: Bettinelli, MLM, Ream, Anguissa, Vietto, Schurrle

[The Rational Fan]

Could 5-3-2 work?

                 Rico

Christie Odoi  Mawson MLM Sess

     Cairney  Chambers  Seri

            Kamara  Mitro

Subs:  Schullre, Anguissa, Bryan
Bench: Betts, Ream, Cisse, Vietto

[MrFFC]

For me

                              Rico

         Christie    Odoi   Mawson   Bryan

                  Chambers McDonald

       Cairney         Seri         R Sessegnon

                         Mitrovic

Subs - Bettinelli, S Sessegnon , Le Marchand , Johansen , Kebano , Kamara , Schurrle

[ffcne]

For me

                              Rico

         Christie    Odoi   Mawson   Bryan

                  Chambers McDonald

       Cairney         Seri         R Sessegnon

                         Mitrovic

Subs - Bettinelli, S Sessegnon , Le Marchand , Johansen , Kebano , Kamara , Schurrle

:plus one:

[Facts Not Fiction]

IMO we were really good in attacking against West Ham (especially in the 1st half), just needed to sort the defense out.
Subbing off Seri killed our attack totally.

                         Rico

Christie     Odoi         Mawson        Bryan
                     
                    Chambers

Kamara     Cairney     Seri        Sessegnon

                     Mitrovic

Subs: Bettinelli, MLM, Ream, Anguissa, Vietto, Schurrle

+1

[Pieter A’dam]

Rico
Christie - Mawson - MLM - Bryan
Seri - Chambers
Schurlle - Cairney - Sess
Mitro

[filham]

All options have been tried and failed. Now both Cairney and Mitrovic have been left out of the team in an attempt to improve team performance. This team selection is a lottery and I don't know what is best and am not sure that Ranieri does. Best I can do is:-

                                                         Rico

                              ?                  ?               ?                   ?

                                           Chambers                   ?

                                 ?                            ?                                    ?

                                                    Mitrovic

[Woolly Mammoth]

What this thread shows is that there are so many different opinions as to what our starting eleven should be.
If I write out my first starting eleven today, I reckon within 24 hours I would amend one or two positions, and probably again within another 24 hours.
Because for me we have not got enough players currently playing well enough to be selected to form a team.
Maybe a five aside team.
Which eleven genuinely have earnt a starting place, if you take into consideration their current form, workrate, application, passion and effort, not forgetting their ability.
Not many is there, and certainly not enough to field a team.
Probably if I was pushed, maybe around 8, but only just.
Which tells me, that unless circumstances change against Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Huddersfield Town and Arsenal, prior to the January Window, then the month of January will determine whether we stay up or go down, depending on whether we recruit the right personnel, who have the quality and desire for a relegation scrap, because at the moment we do not have nearly enough, hence the reason why I have difficulty in selecting enough players to form a team at this moment in time.
Every week we have a thread with supporters selecting their team, nothing wrong with that.
But generally every week it's a circus and a pantomime performance over a 90 + minute runout.
Whether it is defence, attack or midfield, individually or collectively. That's why I never bother to name an 11, because it ends up with the best players being the ones that never played.
We are chasing our own tail.
So if nothing changes dramatically enough in those four matches, to alter our position, and there is no evidence so far to show that it will.
Then I can only then rely on the right kind of players being brought in to do one job, and one job only, and that is to avoid relegation at three other clubs expense.
Simple as that, I cannot see how saying statements like, in the Manager I trust, whoever the manager is, that's Cobblers. Or I hope, because at the moment, we have three hopes, no hope, Bob Hope and the hope that we sign quality players that are up for a battle, up for a fight, and to play for the shirt.
Yes we have 21 matches in the League left, but it will be down to 17 before we play Burnley away, a ground which has never been happy hunting for any Fulham team.
A couple months ago, we were saying, including little old me, we have still got 32 matches left, plenty of time. Well since then we have changed the manager, but not the recruitment individuals, played 11 won 1 drawn 1and lost 9, scored 8  conceded 29, that's 4 points out of a possible 33 points, and we are rock bottom and adrift.
That is the stark truth, and nothing tells me very much will change before we can get our hands on a few Warriors, Leaders and fighters who know how to dig us out of this hole we are currently in, but they also have to have the desire and hunger and confidence that is currently absent from so many of our players.
Crossing fingers does not work, and neither does wearing your favourite underwear.
You may pitch your team now, but in 48 hours, what's the betting you may change your mind.
Now if it was a five a side League, it would be a little easier. 

[filham]

                      Rico

S Sessegnon          MLM         Mawson          Bryan

              Chambers          Cisse

Schurrle          Seri        Sessegnon

                 Mitro

Seri rather than Cairney and Shurrle rather than AK, Steve Sess and Cisse playing, recipe for a complete disaster, but we are getting used to them!

Don't worry, you can shuffle the pack many ways and still come up with the recipe for a disaster as we have seen already this season.

[BedsFFC]

                      Rico

S Sessegnon          MLM         Mawson          Bryan

              Chambers          Cisse

Schurrle          Seri        Sessegnon

                 Mitro

Seri rather than Cairney and Shurrle rather than AK, Steve Sess and Cisse playing, recipe for a complete disaster, but we are getting used to them!

Don't worry, you can shuffle the pack many ways and still come up with the recipe for a disaster as we have seen already this season.

There is someone keeping an eye on you, I hope

[BestOfBrede]

Sess is out! No point picking him is there?

[DevonFFC]

                      Rico

S Sessegnon          MLM         Mawson          Bryan

              Chambers          Cisse

Schurrle          Seri        Sessegnon

                 Mitro

Seri rather than Cairney and Shurrle rather than AK, Steve Sess and Cisse playing, recipe for a complete disaster, but we are getting used to them!

Don't worry, you can shuffle the pack many ways and still come up with the recipe for a disaster as we have seen already this season.

There is someone keeping an eye on you, I hope

Not a lot else has worked this season so thought I would mix it up abit.

[Dodger53]

Firstly just reading these team selections is enough to make me need a stiff drink, secondly you all seem to have missed the post saying frank(thank God) and Sess are out of contention.