Fulham (H) | Tue 03-Jan | 19:45 KO - Pre-match Thread

[ithuriel]

We really need a win but I can't see where it's coming from to be honest.

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, Matt_Lcfc said:

Daka was definitely the favourite from the three. Some might disagree with this, but I genuinely think that he is by far the least dangerous, he is just so easy to defend against.

 

I get that Vardy isn’t the future, but Daka just isn’t that guy (from what I’ve seen).
 

You are probably right, I think that Daka being injured will benefit us in the sense that it will force Rodgers to play Vardy / Kel.

To be fair it's hard for any forward as we aren't creating a lot.

 

 

[Matt_Lcfc]

10 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

To be fair it's hard for any forward as we aren't creating a lot.

 

 

I know, but being a good striker isn’t restricted to converting chances. My main issue with Daka is that his off the ball work is shocking. 
 

I completely lost all faith in him after the game against Newcastle. Having no chances is fine, but you really have to make the right runs and fight for the second ball. At least give the defenders something to think about. 
 

Plenty of strikers in this league have got 10-15 goals with very little service. See Toney, Mitrovic, Wilson and Vardy for reference.
 

It’s pretty evident that Vardy is on a downward trajectory, but you can see his footballing intelligence. He knew that he wasn’t going to get many chances on Friday, but being prepared to drop deeper and move the ball up the pitch was beneficial to us.

 

 

Edited 1 January 2023 by Matt_Lcfc

[FoxTimmy2]

Mitrovic can be a nightmare to defend against. 

[SheppyFox]

4 hours ago, StanSP said:

Eh? 

 

Thomas had a good game against Liverpool. 

Nonsense, he lost his man twice for both of their goals.

[StanSP]

30 minutes ago, SheppyFox said:

Nonsense, he lost his man twice for both of their goals.

Was he meant to be marking Faes?

[Dan]

7 hours ago, volpeazzurro said:

No mugs but man for man are they really any better than us? I don't think so and we should be beating teams like this quite comfortably with what we have. How expectations have dwindled under the management and rhetoric of Rodgers. 

No they aren't, they're a side performing above the sum of their parts, the opposite to us.

[SheppyFox]

3 hours ago, StanSP said:

Was he meant to be marking Faes?

On the line and anticipating the problems big Faes would have. 

[Whys it always me]

3 hours ago, SheppyFox said:

Nonsense, he lost his man twice for both of their goals.

I love your interpretation of him losing his man for both goals. 
 

You must be a wind up merchant. 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

Is this in the must win category?

[Guest Mickyblueeyes]

They beat us comfortably. Anything less than a 3-0 defeat is a positive. 

[J. James]

9 hours ago, PhillippaT said:

First they were afraid, now they're petrified?

they know they' re never gonna score
if we've Amartey in the side
and so they felt like popping in
- expect to put us to the sword
but they forgot about our sideshow Wout
and "brick wall" Danny Ward........

 

[taupe]

24 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Is this in the must win category?

Dunno about must win but it's the sort of game we want to be winning. They're vital points because they're the one's that matter, the ones against the teams that sit around us. Everyone gets beat by Arsenal / Man City / Liverpool etc

[taupe]

I'm  confident. I reckon we've enough about us to win this one. 

[Corky]

It can't be worse than their last visit. 

 

Win is crucial 

[Angus Scott]

Critical that we get some points from the 3 January games (not that I'm confident of getting any), because the 4 February games will probably yield nil

[Guest glasgowfox]

We will stroll this 🥳

[Ric Flair]

Our home form has been grim this season, we have to find some mental strength. 

[CosbehFox]

Palhinha in midfield will make the difference from me. He’s very important for them in the transition. 
 

We will need a win 

[KFS]

If we lose this we’re getting sucked right in again and deserve to go down

[Nalis]

Its not must win but we need at least 5 points from our next 3.

 

In terms of quality we should be getting at least 7.

[Jattdogg]

Need to win this. It's doable if the right  Leicester squad decides to show up. Loss would be massive points dropped IMO.

[Sly]

On 31/12/2022 at 17:20, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Loss, 20k there at the final whistle. 

This is a real possibility. 

[CosbehFox]

It’s must win when you look at the fixtures. Forest have Saints. Leeds have West Ham. Wolves play Villa 

[alanf0x]

Needs a collective effort on Tuesday, players and fans to turn up