It’s uninspiring stuff. I could tolerate that as a method for survival, if we looked defensively robust. We don’t.
You leave one of the best players in the squad on the bench and both goals come from poor defensive play in his area of the pitch - colour me surprised.
New signings Ayew and Skipp are absolutely fine at what they do. But what neither of them have ever done is add goals or assists to a team.
Who can honestly point to that finishing lineup and say there are goals in that, or even discern the attacking plays from which they might come?
Fulham’s players are levels above us. The disintegration of our playing squad over the past 3 or 4 years has been nothing short of catastrophic - that comes from the Top. It’s not even all on the manager - why has he been appointed - Cooper is chalk to Maresca’s cheese.
That being said, accepting our period of success is over has been good for me. I can let this stuff wash over me a bit more. Loads of other clubs have it much, much worse. I know it’s the squandering of such a promising position in the football pyramid that hurts the most, but you can’t cry over spilt milk. I hope some others can manage to let it go a bit too for their own sake.