Another....

EARLY

we'll get trashed

I'd take a point.

I feel like it will be a repeat of Leeds/Saints games sadly. Fulham will be well up for it and we look spineless at the moment. I am hoping the team proves me wrong.

Ah well, at least we can say hello to Willian again!

Our away form is awful. 1 win (thanks to a pen), 3 losses, 2 goals. What a turnaround from last season.

1 hour ago, Mod said:

Ah well, at least we can say hello to Willian again!

He's not the answer.

But I'd have gone for Willian on deadline day over some of our attackers.

Well nobody bar Silva is playing well so him plus 10 others and hope.

 

Kepa

 

James

Chalobah

Silva

Cucurella

 

Zakaria

Kovacic

 

Sterling

Havertz

Pulisic

 

Broja

 

We could be in with a chance, here’s why, usually I mean normally we are in much better form than now and Fulham are worse, they show up have the game of their season at The Cottage and frustrate us, taking a point & on some occasions all 3. Now the bloody opposite should come into play, we’re going there thoroughly dejected on a 💩 away run in an underwhelming season start, they on the other hand are in somewhat better form with a bloke up top who knows how to find the back of the net. So inversely we may frustrate them and nick a point at least ?

@Valerie what should I predict? Fulham win, Draw or we win?

5 hours ago, axman2526 said:

@Valerie what should I predict? Fulham win, Draw or we win?

@axman2526 Can we predict relegation 😉 ? Bloody shambles.

A draw, I think. 

5 hours ago, axman2526 said:

@Valerie what should I predict? Fulham win, Draw or we win?

It’ll be a loss. We’re sh*t, we can defend and after the controversy after a VAR decision went our way we’ll get nothing from the referee. 

Fulham have lost by a single goal to both Spurs and Arsenal and beaten Brighton in the first game of the season.

Mitrovic looks on top form too.

Likely to be close.

 

Likely to get stuffed , bullied ,run all over and generally beaten up 

After losing in Zagreb, I'm not sure how confident are we right now. The beginning of the season doesn't really making us that strong like we have to be in the league. 

I'm worried about this game, but I hope they boys will bounce back and put a good performance.

---------------- Kepa ---------------

James -- Fofana -- Silva --- Chilwell

-------- Kova --- Zakaria ------

---------------- RLC ----------------

-------- Havertz ------- Sterling -------

--------------- Broja -----------

 

(4-2-3-1 with Havertz leaving space to James in attack and pushes behind Broja inside the box)

COME ON CHELS!!!

No time to do extra training and Fulham is playing well. Hard to see us winning. We absolutely should but I don't see it.

Sterling - Borja - Mount 

Kova - Jorginho 

Chilwell - Koulibaly - Silva - Fofana - James

 

Probably end up a draw. At the moment I'm just hoping for the best and expecting the worse. 

4-2-3-1 

Going for our tallest players per position (height in cm below the names) to avoid us getting bullied, albeit Thiago Silva plays ahead of Koulibaly. I think Broja deserves a chance to lead the line, and RLC on right wing as Mount, Ziyech and Pulisic are all so off colour right now. Havertz playing right behind Broja as the central attacking midfielder, theoretically Kai's best position. 

Everything that we have tried in the pivot hasn't worked to date, so roll the dice and stick Zakaria and Trev in there, plus their height will help defend corners and set pieces and counter Mitrovic 🙂 

If Havertz is ineffective at CAM, then Chukwuemeka is the sub at 60 minutes, as I'd like to see what he can do as someone that hasn't been seen yet.

I think it will be 3 at the back.

Midfield two, one likely to be Kovacic the other not sure.

I don't like RLC in the holding role yet that might be needed if Jorginho is seen as too much of a risk.

Then Mendy or Kepa?

Would be nice to see Broja start yet again I expect teacher's pet to get the nod.

At least we don't have to wait long for the next game. With Silva in contention, expect 3 at the back. I don't like 3 at the back that much either, but given where we are it's better to stick with what we know. Kovacic and Zakaria in the middle, at least offers protection and allow the wing backs to go forward without getting burned. Just need someone or two step up on the day, and hopefully nobody does something suicidal, it's really not much to ask to win a game.

Who's coaching us? 🤯

3 minutes ago, Jezz said:

Who's coaching us? 🤯

Anthony Barry unless anything significant pops up by then.

15 minutes ago, Jezz said:

Who's coaching us? 🤯

This lot I imagine :

I'd assume one of Michels or Low would be pulling the strings ... unless it is management by committee LOL