FoF MOTM Bournemouth 1v3 Fulham and Post Match Thread = Sess

[Fulham 1879]

Good to see Diop back.

He's clumsy and slow. Championship standard.

[FFC007]

Well Tony Khan, your incompetence in running a football club is coming home to roost.

Poor transfer window, and now we are seeing the fruits of someone who couldn't run a bath, let alone a premier league side.

Arsenal next, and we could be in real bother.

Yeah TK's fault that Silva chose to not play a striker, or start Wilson who has been quite poor all season apart from 45 mins against Brentford, and play the last 10 mins with four wingers on the pitch with nobody to cross the ball to

With Lukic injured now.. it's Reed or Cairney, and that's it for cover.

As I said, the transfer philosophy at Fulham is all wrong.

We need reinforcements in January, no debate.

[Sgt Fulham]

Good to see Diop back.

He's clumsy and slow. Championship standard.

He's an established PL centre back...

[Coastwalker]

Well Tony Khan, your incompetence in running a football club is coming home to roost.

Poor transfer window, and now we are seeing the fruits of someone who couldn't run a bath, let alone a premier league side.

Arsenal next, and we could be in real bother.

Yeah TK's fault that Silva chose to not play a striker, or start Wilson who has been quite poor all season apart from 45 mins against Brentford, and play the last 10 mins with four wingers on the pitch with nobody to cross the ball to

With Lukic injured now.. it's Reed or Cairney, and that's it for cover.

As I said, the transfer philosophy at Fulham is all wrong.

We need reinforcements in January, no debate.

Should have signed them in the Summer..Its now costing us with the injuries.

[Deeping_white]

I don't get the Diop stick, I thought he was fine tonight. If any defender deserves criticism it's Castagne

[ffcthereligion]

TC MotM.  Brought us some calm, stability and authority.  I'm beginning to really really dislike Bournemouth.  Some very good goals but it was never a 3 1 match

No chance. Sold down the river for the Kluivert goal, creating the space for him to take the shot

[Worcesterwhite]

I don't get the Diop stick, I thought he was fine tonight. If any defender deserves criticism it's Castagne

Neither do I thought he did ok, actually looked to drive forward with the ball

[SP]

I hold my hand up & admit I was wrong about Semenyo. I thought £9m was too much for him from Bristol City but he'll be the next for a big money move.

[FFC1987]

I don't get the Diop stick, I thought he was fine tonight. If any defender deserves criticism it's Castagne

Neither do I thought he did ok, actually looked to drive forward with the ball

Diops defending was brilliant. On the ball, poor. Unlike Cairney, when they were breaking, he hugs semenyo to the ground and takes his card. He was good today. Happy to ignore the criticism. As someone rightly pointed out, if you want to press someone for shocking defending, have a look at Castagne. Offered nothing at both ends. Hid a lot and cost us the game not doing a very basic set of defending when Chuka covered the inside track so all he had to do was close the line but nope. Weak as piss from Tim.

[Caedal]

One thing that is indisputable is that the team and tactics Marco started with was completely wrong. Up until Lukic went off we couldnt get out of our own half. We didnt have a shot until just before half time (which was straight at the keeper).

We then come out for the second half completely asleep AGAIN. No subs are made, despite us crying out for a target man and Wilson dropping a 1/10 performance.

We manage to score, and then drop waaaaaay too deep, inviting on the pressure. Terrible defending for the goal and then as normal we completely fall apart mentally and concede again. Again no-one closing a midfielder down (exactly like at Villa) and allowing a free shot from the edge of the box.

We are then desperate for a goal.... and we STILL dont bring on our only fit striker. Maybe he's ready, maybe he's not, but we will never know unless he plays. He will never get match fit if he doesnt play.

[Deeping_white]

It also winds me up how we've turned into a worse version of Arsenal that doesn't shoot from outside the box. We always have to cross it in or try and walk it into the net, and whilst I'm not advocating for shooting on sight, we wouldn't hurt our chances with the occasional pop from distance, especially on a night like tonight where the wind and rain clearly had an impact on the ball moving through the air

[Lordedmundo]

I made Sess man of the match, but he was completely tanked at the end, which meant he seemed completely unable to cover the break for their 3rd goal.

If Tete and Robinson were fit and playing - I don't think we lose this game.

[SerbianLad]

Are some people really criticising Diop today, of all people? Probably our best defender defensively. Had some erratic moments, especially in the opening 20-25 minutes when it comes to passing, but other than that was fine in attack too. One of our best players today, imo.

[SanFranFulhamfan]

Wilson can't start anymore

[Somerset Fulham]

Two absolute worldies did for us tonight, the last one was just us chasing the game.  People need to stop crying like children every time we lose a game.

I thought that Castagne was great tonight, all the way up until Semanyo got away from him that one time. 

Tonight was unlucky, it seems to be a bit of a theme so far this season.

[FFC1987]

Two absolute worldies did for us tonight, the last one was just us chasing the game.  People need to stop crying like children every time we lose a game.

I thought that Castagne was great tonight, all the way up until Semanyo got away from him that one time. 

Tonight was unlucky, it seems to be a bit of a theme so far this season.

Mate I don't think you can criticise others like that and claim the two goals were worldies. Decent finishes perhaps but both completely avoidable with some mature and basic fundamental principles enacted. Castagne for first, Cairney should be taking the yellow for the second but he flopped around on tired legs and just gave up.

I'm all up for not crying when we've been outplayed but that was another capitulation for us and even worse, wise heads letting the side down. 

[wback100]

I know in my heart the negative guys are right here, but I think we played our way into that game well and probably deserved at least a point. Semenyo has something our team doesn't (and many others don't either - it's surely his last season at Bournemouth) and we didn't defend his first goal well.

I think we're a mid-table team, but we need to be careful, and the squad might be looking a bit thin in the places we all knew it would be - up top and in the two central midfield spots.

Kevin needs to knuckle down a bit and be more precise. If he doesn't improve, he won't get the starts, he won't learn the patterns and there's a risk he's another ESR.

[Somerset Fulham]

Sure Semenyo did Castagne for the goal but that was the first time all game and nobody could see what he was coming after that.

We are injury ravaged, playing a new(ish) formation and we held them at arms length until that happened.  These players are humans, not robots. 

Anyway, I am out of here until Monday because this place is already a cesspit and it is much better when it is not like that.   

[KentFulham]

Bournemouth were everything we wished Fulham were, clinically put us to the sword. That was one of the worst set ups I have seen from a team who were comfortably mid table last season.

Park the bus parkerball 2.0

[Chi_FFC]

https://x.com/jackellyffc/status/1974227378814468111
The news keeps getting better. Sounds like there's a decent chance we won't see Rodrigo back until Sunderland in late November.