FoF MOTM Liverpool v Fulham and post match thread = Iwobi

[love4ffc]

Fulham simply couldn't get going today. Berge was unimpressive, and for the life of me, I can't understand why he didn't shoot when he had the chance.  Lukic added energy when he came on and probably deserved to start. Robinson was decent but not at his best.  I really would have preferred the team Fulham finished the game with to have started. 



Unless Marco produces something extraordinary, it's unlikely Fulham will finish much higher than their current position.

Who was your FoF MOTM and why? 

[fulhamfever]

Man of the match has to be the coach driver who got them to the stadium, he carried the team

[Coastwalker]

Silva picked the wrong starting line up again.
Raul should have started for one.

[The Old Count]

Disappointing but not surprising. 
Everyone looked flat like they'd just had three weeks off.
I went for Lukic as our most effective player.

[Southcoastffc]

MotM Bassey - kept going, best of a not very good bunch today.  Overall a very poor performance.  No drive or real guts in midfield.  L'pool's left winger Rio was superb,  Castagne had a really tough time aginst him.  Salah v Robinson was a no contest, largely because Robinson is currently far from the player we have seen in the past.  We'll need a serious change of approach for Brentford next week if we are to stand any chance.  Without being reckless we need to ATTACK teams.

[Super Mick]

The most unconfident Liverpool team in years in-between massive European matches. Only we could have lost that! Fulhamish! Yeah I said it!

[bill taylors apprentice]

Lukic.

[demeant0r]

Not sure anyone deserved the MOTM.

Anything other than a win vs Brentford and that's the season over.

[Jules]

Poor first half. Better second half but game was over by then. A couple of chances. Best one for ESR, and also the Muniz header. Otherwise not much to shout about. Hard to call a MoM. I gave it to Iwobi for effort but nobody stood out really.

[MickTheBeard]

Has Marco been doing dancing lessons at fulham,slow,slow,quick and quickly slower.What have we learned today well,munis needs a new career,wilson played like we know he can very average and the recruitment team including the coach should do a lap of honour so we can throw rotten fruit at them.

[Twig]

Can't agree that Robinson was decent, I think he is hopelessly out of form and was poor again today.
Tough to choose a MoM the subs improved things so maybe Lukic?

[Fulham 1879]

Bassey. Looked solid all game. Wrong team selected by Silva and not saying that in hindsight. I just couldn't understand how Bobb and King could start given their recent performances.

[Arthur]

Sander Berge. A steady, positive influence in the middle.

[Milo]

Lukic and Bassey.
As others have said, poor team selection by Silva.

[KentFulham]

Its becoming so obvious that the team is not good enough to challenge Europe over 38 games. Too weak up top, plus so many passengers now in the first 11.

Big overhaul needed to compete with teams for 6-10

People say poor selection from MS but there really is not much to choose from

[ffc73]

We are not competitive. Pick enough points up to survive but that's about it.

King & Bobb look undersized & lightweight for the PL. Technically good but unable to impose themselves.

However, our bigger players get knocked off the ball easily too. We are a soft touch & must be nice to play against.

Recruitment team need to look at physicality of future players. They must be bigger, stronger & faster.

I now realise that the last 3-weeks were rather pleasant not having to watch this. Not looking forward to next week at Brentford.

Long journey home on coach & for that. Performance, Groundhog Day. Seen it so many times this season.

[Mullers OG]

Not a good performance. Better in the 2nd half but the game was largely over by half time. I thought Andersen had a solid game coping with the after effects of Robinson, and to a lesser extent Castagne, having poor ones.

[Matt10]

Tough match, tough wingers to play against. I'm not going to say we were that bad, we just couldn't find the final ball. Our lack of crossing quality was exposed until Sessegnon came on and delivered some good ones. I don't understand how we can constantly over-hit so many crosses. I'd much rather we just take shots far post at this point. It'd be less wasteful than crossing the ball to the opposite side of the pitch.

MOTM, hard to say. I think Iwobi was involved a lot and did well in his usual LM role. Berge was left alone because Iwobi had to play further up, so he managed Liverpool's central midfield pretty well all things considered. Lukic did well and shows how we've missed that Lukic-Berge combo in the second half. ESR made a difference too where he actually could progress the ball in the 10 that King wasn't able to. Chuk needs more sample size, more playing time, his touches are a bit rusty - but that's all - just needs more minutes.

I'm going to give it to Berge. Didn't put a foot wrong, made interceptions and tackles, had a shot that was blocked. Having to be on his own against an overpowered midfield as well. Why not.

[MickTheBeard]

If you think bobb and king are lightweight your find 2/3rds of 21s and 18s are the same whether it's so the players can't look down at the staff or we only want little boy lost ask bobb he would know I wonder who recommended him must be a Brentford spy or could be our defensive Norwegian linchpin 6ft6in can't head the ball or shoot.

[HobGoblin]

Dr Fulham turned up for Liverpool. Silva setting up the team to help them out, poor from the off, game was won and team were beaten by half time. Really disappointing and standard from our side every season from match 30 onwards. Huge lack of winning attitude and bottle