‚ö? Fulham v West Ham - Official Match Thread

[charleyfarley]

". ........... V Craven Cottage Sun 10th Dec 14:00 GMT David Coote Paul Tierney: (5) - 17 1 Leno, Castagne, Bassey, Adarabioyo, Robinson, Palhinha, Cairney ¬©, Willian, Iwobi, Pereira, Jim?©nez Subs: Rod?°k (GK), Tete, Reed, Wilson, Ballo-Tour?©, De Cordova-Reid, Muniz, Lukic, Carlos Vin??cius Fabia?Ñski, Coufal, Zouma ¬©, Aguerd, Cresswell, Souƒçek, Ward-Prowse, Paquet?°, Kudus, Fornals, Bowen Subs: Anang (GK), Kehrer, Emerson, Mavropanos, Ogbonna, Cornet, Benrahma, Ings, Mubama Fulham 6/4: Draw 23/10: West Ham 7/4 ."

[Nutsin]

"No defending that performance, completely outplayed. We will rebound midweek but will face another tough test next week against wolves where I would imagine our focus could be on Liverpool. I do expect Moyes to rest a player or two for the Wolves game. To the two anti West Ham weirdos, Vexed and Daveyg, enjoy our loss. Will be nice not having you around after our win midweek. Fuck knows how long you will disappear for should we beat Liverpool. Hopefully it’ll be more than the one game like you did after the Spurs win. Anyway onwards and Upwards!"

[arsene york-hunt]

Was expecting us to get beaten today. We only show up against the so called big teams

[Northern Sold]

"Yeah it was proper shit today... proper shit... but you know what it happens... it happened before under Lyall and Dev and Sir Trev... it happened under Greenwood and Mooro, Hurst and Peters... and it will happen in the future whoever the manager is... last 7 games one loss... away at Brentwood... beaten Goons and Bagels... it's not been horrific... today was... lets hope for response next game... oh and it's great to see all the Moyes out brigade on force here that went missing midweek... welcome back"

[marty feldman]

If we're honest it's been coming for ages . The fact JWP spoke out so strongly against the style of play after the win against the totts speaks volumes. They've had enough. Same as most sane supporrters.

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Moyes really is a master of motivation and PR, isn't he. Took the opportunity to praise himself for the win on Thursday and today the players really showed up for him today. Can't wait to see the magic on Thursday though tonight I'm not really in the mood for sincerity."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Moyes really is a master of motivation and PR, isn't he. Took the opportunity to praise himself for the win on Thursday and today the players really showed up for him today. Can't wait to see the magic on Thursday though tonight I'm not really in the mood for sincerity."

[daveyg]

That's pretty much spot on. But a bit soft and easy on Moyes. He really should walk but such is his arrogance that he sees everything else as the problem. He's going to fuck up our season as many have been predicting..There should be a platform for us to air our views to the board.

[Fake]

"Sat in the home end with my Fulham season ticket holder mate overlooking our superb fans. I could have shook hands with our fans or at least chucked a bottle . First time there and bizarre being amongst the home fans - weird stadium , zero noise despite the score , full of tourists (my mate isn’t even a fan , he lives nearby , he’s Swansea lol). Our fans were fucking brilliant all afternoon ."

[pdcwhu]

Zico 7.31. Great post ?üëç Disagree on Paketa though

[Gaffer58]

"After Thursday evening all the “experts “ on the telly/ radio were extolling over Moyes and his style of play, how he get’s results etc, wonder what there saying today?"

[pdcwhu]

Was the Xmas Party ?ü•??üéâ on Thursday night ?

[zico]

If fatigue is to blame then Moyes takes the blame for not making the players fit enough. Fatigue is a bollocks excuse and I'm fed up with hearing it from professional footballers. They want to try playing in 85/86 with 134 games in 28 days or whatever it was on crap pitches! You never hear an athlete moaning that they didn't win the 1500m gold medal because they had a heat and a semi final on the Monday and Tuesday!

[Vexed]

What are the usual fucking Moyes apologists saying this evening? Probably fuck all if they've got any sense. Embarrassing but utterly predictable today. Sack the prick tonight.

[Keep dreaming]

"Outplayed again. This was Villa again. Difference today and midweek was a opposition taking their chances. Same team, par the ones that couldn't play. same tactics, except it wasn't any tactics. Well, if changing players around the field every 5 minutes is tactics, fine. Humiliating, nothing shirt of. 500m well spent. Moyes isnt a manager. He is an old caretaker picking a team. That's all."

[Surfinglizard]

"Most were shit today but want to mention Paqueta. Tired of this back flick nonsense when he has two or three around him, it almost never comes off. And the regular feining injury and leaping around. For me, he's not shown enough exceptional play to act like an exceptional player, like he seems to want to demonstrate constantly, even when a simple pass would be better"

[Sir Alf]

“Its no my fault” Moyes not taking blame for not assembling or using the squad properly. The schedule should be designed for a squad of 13 or 14 to be used not 25 :-( https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/moyes-fulham-fc-west-ham-premier-league-2023-b1125995.html

[goose]

First half was basically what should have happened Thursday at spurs. We actually started okay but quickly turned to shit. Usual complaints about standing off teams and just letting them have the ball. As many have stated this has been coming a mile off.

[Sir Alf]

https://www.hammers.news/news/david-moyes-has-a-huge-problem-after-self-inflicted-west-ham-issue-comes-home-to-roost-and-its-a-vicious-cycle/

[solidbond]

"Embarrassing performance but not entirely surprised as we’ve papering over the cracks in recent weeks,our midfield is the problem if you can’t get the grip of the midfield you ain’t gonna win football matches and no matter who the 3 are in the centre they’re are getting totally outplayed ,and in transition can’t close the space down or get a challenge in every game the opposition play far to much tippy tippy give n go’s and get far to many shots off from in front of our centre backs ,that is our soft spot and I honestly don’t think Alvarez would of made much difference today cos it happens when he plays as well ,the thing is we’re stuck with all 3 Soucek Alvarez and JWP for the season so I can’t see us being anything more than a mud table team if we’re lucky.Of course there are other issues as well like the form and attitude of Paqueta ,no centre forward and our 2 best players both being right wingers (why didn’t we spend big on a left winger) and a negative manager."

[Sir Alf]

"Paqueta was poor but he like Fornals, Bowen, Benrahma, JWP in some games, and even Antonio ( he ain’t a central striker ) all played out of their best positions Squad depth is not there and I keep boring on that the 2 Czech lads, Fornals, Benrahma and Antonio should not be in the starting 11. Coufal it’s a tad harsh on because he was one of the few trying but his lack of technique is his big failing and he is also not quite quick enough. But he is not the priority. A striker, left sided midfielder ( Cornet won’t play under Moyes ) and another box to box midfielder and on recent showings yet another CB. Fulham literally had us chasing shadows like an overweight kid being made to be “piggy I. The middle”. Movement throughout the midfield, wing backs etc and crisp, accurate passing. Us not having an outlet ( Bowen cannot home it up or play as we with his back to goal ) also did not help and a lot of games for the same players all contrived to make this an embarrassing defeat that should probably have been 7 or 8. That said, Bowen missed a couple of chances that a central striker should really take imo I used the silly analogy of a “Buckaroo” horse to sum up how Moyes has managed the team and with so many games in a short period ahead there must be the real concern now that the horse has collapsed and everything has u ravelled. Since only 14 players are used the ones like Kehrer, Cornet and Johnson will be rusty and lack match sharpness so I suspect we won’t see them getting games Oh Mubama, not sure he’s got the technique and control tbh to make it as a Prem level player but hopefully it’s early days and he will do better when called upon again."

[Takashi Miike]

"""That game was one match too far for these players, they looked fucked."" not as fucked as your brain. we was just as bad thursday night"

[Eerie Descent]

"We didn't play much different to any of the past 5 games really, in fact we probably made our first half decent start to a match in fuck knows how long. But we are a negative defensive team, and this has been on the cards, the massive luck we've had recently run out. We are an atrocious team, good players are being made to look shit, and we got what we've deserved today."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Actually I'm quite sanguine he's on his way out at the end of the season; our best players will be persuaded to stay, we'll attract a top-level striker and right-side full back and more youth will start coming through."

[Percy Dalton]

A good coach would have been in that technical box and trying to change things around when all was going tits up. Moyes sat in his chair like a spoilt kid who just found out that Santa doesn't exist.

[Percy Dalton]

A good coach would have been in that technical box and trying to change things around when all was going tits up. Moyes sat in his chair like a spoilt kid who just found out that Santa doesn't exist.