First Team

[ByTheRiver]

Now going to have to run ragged just to keep it semi respectable. Possibly causing injury, definitely causing tiredness for the important games ahead.

Now do the numpties going on about 'no surrender' and such nonsense understand? Maybe that will if today ends up costing promotion (and, as such, Mitro and co).

[Buffalo76]

Just park the bus now, keep the scoreline respectable and focus on the bigger picture which is Huddersfield next Saturday.

[ByTheRiver]

Just park the bus now, keep the scoreline respectable and focus on the bigger picture which is Huddersfield next Saturday.

Agreed, but as pointed out all week, the time to concentrate on Huddersfield was this week. Leave the team at home, play the youth and fringe players. We are not going to win the cup, we do NEED promotion this year, why risk everything for some outdated romantic notion. Parking the bus is going to code a lot of energy from this point.

Absolute joke tbh.

[Statto]

Agree 100%

[Buffalo76]

Hopefully Knocky and Arter will be available for next weekend. Not so sure about Mitro though. Mawson or Odoi should be back in the team.

[Dodgin]

I do recall we were 2 down before against the same opposition

[ByTheRiver]

I do recall we were 2 down before against the same opposition

In a game we desperately had to win to survive. We desperately have to win against Huddersfield in a few days, we don't today. What impact do you think today will have on Hector and the rest of the defence? On morale and energy levels for the squad?

[charlieFFC]

Yep we said it the other day - this is a terrible situation going into second half.

We keep flying in with challenges and someone is going to get sent off or injured.

I would be taking off Cav and Reid at half time / early in second half to avoid anything happening to them.

[charlieFFC]

What a joke. Was going to add Bryan to that post above but now looks like he has picked up a knock.

sigh

[Plodder]

Now going to have to run ragged just to keep it semi respectable. Possibly causing injury, definitely causing tiredness for the important games ahead.

Now do the numpties going on about 'no surrender' and such nonsense understand? Maybe that will if today ends up costing promotion (and, as such, Mitro and co).

So what do you think the team should do? Walk off the pitch?  Don't think you're much of a Fulham supporter if you call some of us "numpties" because we want the team to try to win matches.

[ByTheRiver]

Now going to have to run ragged just to keep it semi respectable. Possibly causing injury, definitely causing tiredness for the important games ahead.

Now do the numpties going on about 'no surrender' and such nonsense understand? Maybe that will if today ends up costing promotion (and, as such, Mitro and co).

So what do you think the team should do? Walk off the pitch?  Don't think you're much of a Fulham supporter if you call some of us "numpties" because we want the team to try to win matches.

I want us to win matches. Matches that are important. So, at the moment, matches in the Championship.


What do I want them to do? Walk off? No. As I've said all week. The first team shouldn't be out there. Simple, really.

[ByTheRiver]

Exactly the point a few of us have been making all week. What effect on the Hector's confidence? On the defence on the whole? Who were flying after three clean sheets, almost a brand new start these last few weeks, now on to Huddersfield riddled with doubts.

Absolute joke and so predictable.

[Plodder]

It was predictable, but not an absolute joke. Worse for morale would have ben to surrender before the game.  Just to be provocative, let's not select any first team players against Huddersfield next week, because if they lose, that may affect their confidence for future matches.  And I doubt they will have recovered fully after six days rest.

[ByTheRiver]

It was predictable, but not an absolute joke. Worse for morale would have ben to surrender before the game.  Just to be provocative, let's not select any first team players against Huddersfield next week, because if they lose, that may affect their confidence for future matches.  And I doubt they will have recovered fully after six days rest.

The Huddersfield match is important. This wasn't. We were not going to win the cup (or win today. Whereas we will lose players if not promoted this year, making promotion more difficult next year, then the para huge payments stop and the squad is decimated. We are then, essentially, on a playing field with Preston and the like.

Not sure why this is so difficult to grasp.

[alfie]

I do recall we were 2 down before against the same opposition

Wasn't the same players though