I’d got it in my head this was a Friday night one but luckily @coco has saved the day again!

I’ll be moving my beer & curry plans to the next evening instead. 

4-2-3-1

Mendy

Azpi        Silva        Zouma        Chilli

 

Mount        Billy

 

Ziyech             Havertz           Callum

 

Werner 

So Fulham not happy being told they have to play Tottenham two days before...but sh*tty that by the PL

No excuse not to win this it's the break we have been waiting for

Form goes out the window in derby games , we might have a chance with this one !

What's the betting Parker plays a B-team against Spuds and goes all-out against us?

5 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

What's the betting Parker plays a B-team against Spuds and goes all-out against us?

He will definitely want to get one over on us more than Spurs ....but who ever he plays we have no excuse they have a game midweek we don't

26 minutes ago, Brutos said:

He will definitely want to get one over on us more than Spurs ....but who ever he plays we have no excuse they have a game midweek we don't

100% agree, but I just think they are more likely to rollover tomorrow than Friday. Call it paranoia.

Well we saw today how a cup win can get a good side over the worst run in PL history with the Blades beating Newcastle.

So let's hope our win inspires us to play at our best.

3 hours ago, Backbiter said:

100% agree, but I just think they are more likely to rollover tomorrow than Friday. Call it paranoia.

They definitely won't roll over on Friday now the game has been moved ?

4 hours ago, Backbiter said:

What's the betting Parker plays a B-team against Spuds and goes all-out against us?

They have another game a few days later on the Wednesday. With a busy fixture list most clubs will have to rotate their squads. We are one of the teams that has no match this midweek so we need to use that to our advantage

James - Silva - Rudiger - Chilwell 

Jorgiho - Kante

Ziyech - Havertz - CHO

Abraham 

I know Frank will not field 4-2-3-1, but here's hoping. 

He will go:

James - Silva - Zouma - Chilwell 

Havertz - Kante - Mount 

Ziyech - Werner - Pukisic

Kante can’t play can he?

39 minutes ago, ozboy said:

Kante can’t play can he?

Aah yes. He is suspended. 

I would love to see Giroud and Ziyech starting, I think they've only started 1 game together and that only lasted 20 odd minutes with Ziyech going off injured.

If we don't win this then heads should roll. However I do believe that won't happen, this will be very comfortable. 3-0

 

5 hours ago, ozboy said:

Kante can’t play can he?

Was Kanté's suspension not fulfilled by the Morecambe game?

Kova?i?'s Anthony Taylor special rendered him ineligible for the Brighton game at the beginning of the season after all...

15 hours ago, forbzy said:

They definitely won't roll over on Friday now the game has been moved ?

It's obviously against FA policy to make a team to play two games in 48 hours. 

17 hours ago, forbzy said:

They have another game a few days later on the Wednesday. With a busy fixture list most clubs will have to rotate their squads. We are one of the teams that has no match this midweek so we need to use that to our advantage

I'd have preferred they didn't play the match (vs Spurs) then they would have came into their match against us with a lot of their players having not played since Boxing Day (they heavily rotated Vs QPR).

In that scenario they'd have been heavily rusty and lacking match fitness.

4 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

Was Kanté's suspension not fulfilled by the Morecambe game?

Accumulated yellow cards now only apply to the competition they’re collected in to stop players picking up tactical bans where the sit out a game they wouldn’t be playing in anyway.

Bored so am going FM mode with one of those line-up posts. ?

Mendy - Picks himself.

James - If there is ANY doubt in his fitness, let Azpi start. No point in risking rushing Reece back against relegation fodder.
Zouma - Picks himself.
Silva - Picks himself.
Chilwell - Picks himself.

Kovacic - Originally had Kante here, but he's suspended, so Mateo comes in.
Mount - One of them nailed-on starters.
Havertz - He's been improving lately, let him continue gaining momentum.

Ziyech - Picks himself. This guy has an x-factor about him, f**king magician.
Pulisic - Spices up our attack, provides pace and sharpness with his dribbles.
Abraham - Fulham are gonna play deep with 3 CBs. Due to this I don't think this game fits Werner as a lone striker given our team's tendency to try to tackle congested areas with high crosses into the box. This one's for Tammy or Giroud - I'm going with Tammy starting and Giroud substituting if needed.

Edit: Well that's awkward, forgot Kante was suspended. Edited the line-up accordingly.

Edited January 13, 20215 yr by manpe

2 hours ago, Argo said:

I'd have preferred they didn't play the match (vs Spurs) then they would have came into their match against us with a lot of their players having not played since Boxing Day (they heavily rotated Vs QPR).

In that scenario they'd have been heavily rusty and lacking match fitness.

Fair point. It could go either way. Any idea which Fulham players had Covid when they were forced to postpone? Those players may still be unfit depending on how hard they were hit.

Did say the other day I don’t think Fulham are as bad as people say. Thought they played well today, we need to be careful, let’s get the job done. 

Yeah they looked very good tonight, looked like a better team than Tottenham!

Thank goodness they had to play tonight, gives us a nice advantage over them. 

The draw against Spurs may give a lot of confidence to Fulham. We need a proper tactical preparation, we have enough time. They're playing 2 games in 4 days, their attacking players were already tired in the 80th minute. 

This is the lineup I'd like to see:

------------------- Mendy ------------------

Azpilicueta - Zouma -- Thiago Silva - Chilwell

------------ Kovacic ---- Mount -----------

Ziyech ------------ Havertz ------------ Hudson Odoi

------------------ Werner ---------------

 

I'm not very impressed with Werner, but he has scored in the last game and he needs more time as a striker. I think this should be a good test for him.

COME ON CHELS!