So how was kongolo?

[sunburywhite]

Yes, good pace, and desire, to get back, and good timing in the sliding tackle - using his long legs, to take the ball without touching the man  and giving away a pen.
Reminded me of Eddie Lowe.

Was there ever a more quiet very efficient player than steady Eddie? A great servant to the club.  I recall on the eve of his last game for us he was interviewed on the BBC.

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[@jolslover]

Very encouraging. He put in one of the best timed tackles I've seen from a Fulham player for a very long time.

Agree - tackle for anyone who didn't see

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[RaySmith]

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[filham]

Yes, good pace, and desire, to get back, and good timing in the sliding tackle - using his long legs, to take the ball without touching the man  and giving away a pen.
Reminded me of Eddie Lowe.

Was there ever a more quiet very efficient player than steady Eddie? A great servant to the club.  I recall on the eve of his last game for us he was interviewed on the BBC.

It has been a long wait for "Sticks 11" to appear.

[Fernhurst]

Telescopic legs, very useful.
Look forward to seeing him perform for us again.

[Lighthouse]

Looked much better as a unit at the back when he and Hector were playing without Ream. Both seem to cover a lot of ground and have to cover for other players. But when Ream is playing he just no longer seems to read the game so well. Hasn't for the last couple of seasons.

[FulhamStu]

Looking forward to a settled back 4, assuming no full backs are signed of:

Odoi—Hector—Kongolo—Bryan

Front 3 of:

Knockers—Mitro—Cav

Midfield:

Cairney—Reed—Reid

Midfieldis the hardest to pick as would be happy for Arter or StefJo to slot in and KMac has done really well
Personally I still think Onomah is slightly behind the rest, but only just !

With Rodak in goal, Parker has an 11 that has to seriously challenge for top 2.
Our bench is without doubt extremely strong as well.  Kongolo and Hector are s huge upgrade in a vital area.

[RaySmith]

Our defence has been a weak point for so long, but now we seem to be getting somewhere.

Well done all concerned in getting these players in.

[LittleErn]

Looking forward to a settled back 4, assuming no full backs are signed of:

Odoi—Hector—Kongolo—Bryan

Front 3 of:

Knockers—Mitro—Cav

Midfield:

Cairney—Reed—Reid

Midfieldis the hardest to pick as would be happy for Arter or StefJo to slot in and KMac has done really well
Personally I still think Onomah is slightly behind the rest, but only just !

With Rodak in goal, Parker has an 11 that has to seriously challenge for top 2.
Our bench is without doubt extremely strong as well.  Kongolo and Hector are s huge upgrade in a vital area.

Agree with most of this, but I have a worry about the front three. Each is a fine player, but do they gel together? Neither Knockaert nor Cav make a habit of putting in crosses, low or at head height, which limits Mitro's potential threat. He becomes a hold-up man which is a criminal waste of his ability to put the ball in the net. I don't know what the answer is but I have a feeling that Mitro would do better if we had a traditional winger putting crosses in.

[FulhamStu]

Looking forward to a settled back 4, assuming no full backs are signed of:

Odoi—Hector—Kongolo—Bryan

Front 3 of:

Knockers—Mitro—Cav

Midfield:

Cairney—Reed—Reid

Midfieldis the hardest to pick as would be happy for Arter or StefJo to slot in and KMac has done really well
Personally I still think Onomah is slightly behind the rest, but only just !

With Rodak in goal, Parker has an 11 that has to seriously challenge for top 2.
Our bench is without doubt extremely strong as well.  Kongolo and Hector are s huge upgrade in a vital area.

Agree with most of this, but I have a worry about the front three. Each is a fine player, but do they gel together? Neither Knockaert nor Cav make a habit of putting in crosses, low or at head height, which limits Mitro's potential threat. He becomes a hold-up man which is a criminal waste of his ability to put the ball in the net. I don't know what the answer is but I have a feeling that Mitro would do better if we had a traditional winger putting crosses in.

You make a good point, one thing you could do is play Knockers on the left and Cav on the right and encourage them to go outside their fullback, this encourages more dangerous crosses.  For me, I would just mix it up more.  They nearly always cut inside and this is becoming very predictable.  All that said, Mitro has 18 goals playing mostly with them so something must be working.

[Riversider]

Is there an agreement in place for us to sign him at the end of the loan or is it a straight forward loan ?

[Tabby]

Is there an agreement in place for us to sign him at the end of the loan or is it a straight forward loan ?

Has been no indication that there is any clauses in the loan from either the Huddersfield or Fulham statements, so I don't think so.