Burnley 2-3 Fulham Saturday 13/12

[Fulham 1879]

Some good counterattacking but the defence is under pressure yet again because we've lost the central midfield, so 25 yards out Burnley players have too much space and time to play a through ball into the area behind our defenders.

[Grassy Noel]

Not sure about Raul either, he's done naff all and needs a break. Go false 9 with Wilson or Chucky up top and get Kevin at LW. Burnley's line is so high that a quick forward will have so many chances to get in behind

I would even settle for Bassey up front rather than CB.And he's on a roll.

[AnOldBrownie]

Im never confident of winning even when we score as I just know we cannot remain tight and keep clean sheets. FFS

 

Agreed. As long as we don't improve Bassey's spot for defense...I'm never going to feel good with only a 1 run lead.   He doesn't read plays well enough.   Or he's not coached to read defenses the right way. 

Glad Robinson is getting minutes because he's woefully out of shape.

[bill taylors apprentice]

Unbelievably bad ball retention!
If we are fielding a team with no bite in midfield we really can't afford to keep giving the ball away!

This really shouldn't be a hard game if we can only play with a bit of control.

They are not going to just give up and are guaranteed to score again at this rate

[BestOfBrede]

Iwobi has become a liability and needs to be subbed!
He can't pass to save his life and I'm really concerned it's because he's putting Country before Fulham!

[SerbianLad]

Many times this season I've felt we were playing well despite being behind/drawing the game, this time the opposite is true. We are playing poorly despite leading. Our defending is terrible. Defenders are having pretty poor games and they are passing through our midfield with ease. One of Iwobi/Wilson/Chukwueze/Raul needs to come of for Lukic (or even Reed/TC). This just doesn't seem to be working at all. They are carving us open with ease. If it weren't for Leno we'd be in deep trouble.

[ScalleysDad]

Leno potentially motm material against a team written off by many and missing key players. Boy oh boy we have a lot of work to do!!!

[AnOldBrownie]

It sucks because Spurs have two players in their defense that I think would greatly improve our defense...yet..

Well, it's Spurs.

We really need to shore up the back in the 2nd half.   Berge is also incredibly slow.   He's definitely now Paulina.

[Grassy Noel]

Can't have this turning into a basketball match or it'll be very uncomfortable.

With a positive attacking mindset we can win this 5-4.

[The Cravenette]

Iwobi's passing has been awful

I do worry that when Iwobi doesn't play well we don't quite click.

[St Eve]

Our back 4 and Iwobi have been shocking. I think I would bring Lukic on for Iwobi

[Deeping_white]

Our back 4 and Iwobi have been shocking. I think I would bring Lukic on for Iwobi

Not sure that's clever for 45 mins. Change the striker first and start applying pressure higher up the pitch to disrupt them

[SerbianLad]

No subs it seems!

[FulhamKC]

No subs it seems!

He rarely makes them at HT

[SerbianLad]

Great tackle from Calvin. Broja could have been 1 on 1 with Leno there. Poor start of the half.

[First State]

Chuk and ESR looking formidable. Keep it up.

[SerbianLad]

ESR's passing looks sharp in the second half too, so far.

[SP]

As this doesn't seem to be an overly physical game I think I'd like King on now.

[Grassy Noel]

Oh Chuk. Am I watching 2 relegation sides?

[Twig]

As this doesn't seem to be an overly physical game I think I'd like King on now.

Who would he replace, Iwobi?