Sunderland 1-3 Fulham Sunday 22/02

[KJS]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

I wouldn't trust TC in that defensive role

[Coastwalker]

Weakest link for Fulham is their midfield play.

They are way to slow.

Ever since they let Andreas Pereira go, their midfield has dropped in quality.

Pereira was not that special in his last season

Still better to what's been on show today.

[SerbianLad]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

Who would be the DM if Berge comes off for TC? We are probably already too weak defensively there, Iwobi-TC midfield would get overrun by Championship teams.

[fulhamfever]

Ref doesn't like our Raul

Neither does trump

Why was this comment necessary?

Calm down brother it's a joke I'm married to a Mexican 🇲🇽 it's banter jheez

Soy mexicano tambien, pero, menos de 20%. 

Donde vives hermano? Y cual parte de Mexico tu eres?

[Matt10]

Tough balance with wanting a ball playing center-back like Cuenca vs Bassey. Our attacks are dying before they've started because Bassey can't find a pass, but he's doing well in the defensive stance. Andersen responsible for saving us 3 times with his blocks and clearances, while Berge is cleaning everything else up. Iwobi breaking lines, but he needs to up the quality a bit more.

Final ball quality has to improve. Sess crossing is brilliant with no one on the end of it. I'd push Wilson into the 10 to roam and collect second balls (that Raul won't foul on since ref seems soft), Bobb RW to cut in, followed by ESR in that left midfield role to work some build-up with Sess.

[Nittany_Joe]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

Marco has a man crush for Berge. I just don't understand why. It's not as if Berge hustles all over the field.

[_Putney_]

Ref doesn't like our Raul

Neither does trump

Why was this comment necessary?

Calm down brother it's a joke I'm married to a Mexican 🇲🇽 it's banter jheez

Soy mexicano tambien, pero, menos de 20%. 

Some of my best friends are Mexican, I think.

I didn't know we were best friends!!!

[SerbianLad]

Bassey can't find a pass,

Tbf to Bassey, he had one excellent pass to Sess that led to one of our best attacks. I agree that Cuenca would probably had done more in an attacking sense.

[St Eve]

Clear foul on Kevin not given

Never a foul mate dude needs to be stronger as for Raul needs to be subbed yellow card don't risk it

What! He stood on his foot and pushed him over

Then you're watching a different match to me.

It seems that way. Of course he could have limped off because he was tired.

No need for sarcasm, I assumed he turned his ankle which we both know doesn't require any contact.

Anyhow let's wait for the replays and if I'm wrong I will hold my hands up and admit I got it wrong.

Clear foul on Kevin not given

Never a foul mate dude needs to be stronger as for Raul needs to be subbed yellow card don't risk it

What! He stood on his foot and pushed him over

Then you're watching a different match to me.

It seems that way. Of course he could have limped off because he was tired.

No need for sarcasm, I assumed he turned his ankle which we both know doesn't require any contact.

Anyhow let's wait for the replays and if I'm wrong I will hold my hands up and admit I got it wrong.

You only get the sarcasm because you are suggesting I am watching a different game to you. We clearly see the incident differently. Either way it's a big loss as Kevin was playing well

[Fulham 1879]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

Who would be the DM if Berge comes off for TC? We are probably already too weak defensively there, Iwobi-TC midfield would get overrun by Championship teams.

Seriously? Iwobi or Berge makes no difference in the DM role. We've lost the midfield enough lately, and 3 losses in the Prem in a row, to know that.

[Matt10]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

Marco has a man crush for Berge. I just don't understand why. It's not as if Berge hustles all over the field.

He is literally in our box cleaning up all the runs into the half-spaces, then he's found at the top of their box several times. Honestly, how is that not hustling all over the field?

[Carborundum]

Have now sat through three halves of Fulham and Sunderland and so far Silva and his team have found a way to make Sunderland look terrible at football, which given their league position, cannot be the case.  We're not quite clicking, but Sunderland have a glaring problem at right back and we need to exploit it. 

[Fulham 1879]

Ref doesn't like our Raul

Neither does trump

Why was this comment necessary?

Calm down brother it's a joke I'm married to a Mexican 🇲🇽 it's banter jheez

Soy mexicano tambien, pero, menos de 20%. 

Some of my best friends are Mexican, I think.

I didn't know we were best friends!!!

Sorry, Raul tells me you're not Mexican enough for us.

[Matt10]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

Who would be the DM if Berge comes off for TC? We are probably already too weak defensively there, Iwobi-TC midfield would get overrun by Championship teams.

Seriously? Iwobi or Berge makes no difference in the DM role. We've lost the midfield enough lately, and 3 losses in the Prem in a row, to know that.

The reason their striker hasn't had the ball to his feet is because Iwobi and Berge are doing exactly what they're supposed to do, clogging the central midfield. Not many teams have done that against Sunderland. I'd say we're doing okay.

[Fulham 1879]

Ref doesn't like our Raul

Neither does trump

Why was this comment necessary?

Calm down brother it's a joke I'm married to a Mexican 🇲🇽 it's banter jheez

Soy mexicano tambien, pero, menos de 20%. 

Some of my best friends are Mexican, I think.

I didn't know we were best friends!!!

Sorry, Raul tells me you're not Mexican enough for us. Two's company, threes a crowd.

[_Putney_]

Ref doesn't like our Raul

Neither does trump

Why was this comment necessary?

Calm down brother it's a joke I'm married to a Mexican 🇲🇽 it's banter jheez

Soy mexicano tambien, pero, menos de 20%. 

Donde vives hermano? Y cual parte de Mexico tu eres?

USA    y no se. My grandmother was mexican but pretended she was Spanish to avoid the shame of being mexican at the time. I've hit the limit of my spanish! Lo siento 

[Nittany_Joe]

Cairney for Berge, Muniz for Jimenez. However, I doubt love child Berge will be subbed.

Marco has a man crush for Berge. I just don't understand why. It's not as if Berge hustles all over the field.

He is literally in our box cleaning up all the runs into the half-spaces, then he's found at the top of their box several times. Honestly, how is that not hustling all over the field?

The only time Berge is at the opponents box is on corner kicks. He is way to slow too run from end to end.

[KentFulham]

That last minute sums us up. We rob the ball, pass forward and then immediately play it backwards rather than turn and put them under pressure. We then went on to pass it back and forth before ending up with Leno.

This needs to stop

[bencher]

That last minute sums us up. We rob the ball, pass forward and then immediately play it backwards rather than turn and put them under pressure. We then went on to pass it back and forth before ending up with Leno.

This needs to stop

I blame Wilson, no intent to attack the full back. Just go for it!

[fulhamfever]

Stop those diagonal balls Andersen