FoF MOTM Fulham 1 v 1 Man United and post match thread

[S.F.Sorrow]

Overall a good performance from most of our players against 12 men.

Sess had a fantastic game and was my MOTM, but it could easily have been Leno, Bassey, Tete or Lukic. They all had a really good game.

Great to see ESR get a goal.

Castagne our weakest link today.

Andersen's lack of pace is cause for concern IMO.

King's decision making was poor at times, but he's still learning and showed glimpses of pure class!

Has Robinson lost a bit of pace? I hope not...

[BestOfBrede]

Mbuemo Was kept pretty quiet and so Castagne (spelling) was not as out of position as feared.
Difficult to choose mom, but I grave it to Leno with Tete very close second.

[Tabby]

Has Robinson lost a bit of pace? I hope not...

It was his first game coming back from being out injured all summer. Some rust is to be expected.

[demeant0r]

Overall a good performance from most of our players against 12 men.

Sess had a fantastic game and was my MOTM, but it could easily have been Leno, Bassey, Tete or Lukic. They all had a really good game.

Great to see ESR get a goal.

Castagne our weakest link today.

Andersen's lack of pace is cause for concern IMO.

King's decision making was poor at times, but he's still learning and showed glimpses of pure class!

Has Robinson lost a bit of pace? I hope not...

Didn't he have a foot race against Mbeumo or Cunha and he won it?

[Stoneleigh Loyalist]

As I mentioned early at halftime, Fulham were physically stronger, taller and more powerful than the team from Manchester and you have to be. Both in open play and at set pieces.
We were intimidating them and beating them up, and by doing so we softened them up.
As usual Sky and their presenters and commentary stuffed with ex manure having their usual love in with the Manx.
Also once again the referee was their best player.
Nevertheless despite that they still could not beat us.



Eventually Gary Neville did admit that United's goal was lucky both for the push and the deflection off Muniz. The rest of the game was a running analysis of their performance and moves.Their goalie is a nightmare.

[ffc73]

Someone tell Berge to drive into the box when he has the ball at his feet, 20-yards from goal and a gaping hole in their back line. Frustrating but consistent in not doing that.

[legana]

Think a point was probably a fair result - we could easily have been 0-1 down in the opening minutes,

Very enjoyable to see the penalty from Fernandes go over the bar.

I don't think anybody performed poorly (any Castagne criticism here is unnecessarily harsh in my view).

When the equalizer went in, we still kept playing for a victory.

Laughable that despite spending the Earth on bringing in a completely new attack, they had to bring on Harry Maguire late on to try and get a goal!

Still undefeated - not setting the world alight but we looked decent for the most part and I don't think anybody performed poorly (any Castagne criticism extremely harsh in my view), which bodes well. Just hope we can get suitable reinforcements in that will make the difference between a satisfactory season and really good one before the window 'slams' shut.

[McBrideOfFrankenstein]

Castagne did his job defensively which is the main thing. He just offers less than other options going forward, especially in the middle third.

[hopper]

Lukic for sure

[demeant0r]

Think a point was probably a fair result - we could easily have been 0-1 down in the opening minutes,

Very enjoyable to see the penalty from Fernandes go over the bar.

I don't think anybody performed poorly (any Castagne criticism here is unnecessarily harsh in my view).

When the equalizer went in, we still kept playing for a victory.

Laughable that despite spending the Earth on bringing in a completely new attack, they had to bring on Harry Maguire late on to try and get a goal!

Still undefeated - not setting the world alight but we looked decent for the most part and I don't think anybody performed poorly (any Castagne criticism extremely harsh in my view), which bodes well. Just hope we can get suitable reinforcements in that will make the difference between a satisfactory season and really good one before the window 'slams' shut.

Don't think anyone is criticising Castagne, he played very well. The criticism is for Marco playing this formation and playing Castagne.

[LPNCanadian]

Someone tell Berge to drive into the box when he has the ball at his feet, 20-yards from goal and a gaping hole in their back line. Frustrating but consistent in not doing that.

Berge never pushes forward with the ball, let alone attempts to score. Some might say he has limited attacking potential, but I think he has absolutely no offensive skills—just a pure defender.

[LPNCanadian]

Tate - the top player in both matches

[onecupsoon]

I went for Lukić.  Work rate, deliveries and breaking up Utd's play. His yellow was a good one to take.  Very honourable mentions for Tete, Anderson, Leno and Iwobi. Other good performances too.  I thought Wilson and Smith-Rowe looked very lively.  Many negative comments on Silva's team set up but I thought it worked very well after the first 10 minutes.

So far, two points better than last year; who needs new signings!

[HV71]

King Kenny then Leno and Sess

[KentFulham]

I would say Iwobi for me

[Banstead White]

Lukic MOM all day long

[JimmyConway]

Tete for me all day and twice on Sunday's

[SP]

Easily Lukic for me

[LittleErn]

We have a good squad. Sess was awesome today. 

We do but imagine if we had brought in new players that improved us early, we could've been at least 2 points better off.

However, as it is. The results are a lot better than I expected. I was expected zero points from the first three matches.

I still don't understand this sentiment. Who is getting benched for the new players? Who in the current squad do you feel isn't good enough and needs to be replaced?

It's not about replacing people -
 it's about having alternatives for different approaches to different opponents. It's also about being able to cover positions when international duty comes in and when the physical needs of a long Prem season take their toll.

[Ronnief]

Thought all played well so no criticism from me. Leno Bassy King and Sess were very good but my MOTM went to Lukic. Nil points to the Ref.