James

Our last Championship team were more comfortable on the team in defence, and more determined and aggressive in midfield and up front. Plus a competent keeper. We have none of that this time. Never wanted to slap a player more than Anita tbh!

What we need now is some Greeks.

True but it makes me think of those poor lost souls that may never be found by their families

Was starting to think there was something dodgy going on tbh (lower UK tax rate) so glad to hear he is officially off our books.

He is a limited player. He offers something as a squad player but in the other hand his injury record isn't what you want from a squad player.

Pretty much this. If he was foreign with tats he'd have a cult following by now, but he's just another local lad getting dogs abuse from the shoes off, 3-in-1 haircut, Soccer AM bred mongs we have following the club nowadays. What a load of rubbish,the fact that Dummett is a geordie lad is the reason people for a long time have defended him He's a poor bottom half possibly, midtable championship defender. No player gets the benefit of that on here, like. Rightfully so. At the match players from the area definitely get afforded a bit more patience. This is true. Fans will always want to see local players succeed, it's natural. Dummett is extremely average but could still be a useful player to have across the 50 games. If we get thrown a few million our way then fair enough, but I'd be inclined to keep him this season. How much do you reckon? I'm thinking somewhere between 2 and 4 million. Somewhere between 2.9 and 3.1 million if you ask me.

Paul Pogba is available for £130m. We should be in for him. Strong and also pacey.

Agreed

Sels - Dodgy as fuck - 2 Janmaat - Tried to make things happen - 6 Hanley - HOOOOOOOOOOOF - 1 Lascelles - did generally ok but not great- 5 Dummett - usual mediocrity - 5 Anita - Turgid - 0 Colback - usual shit - 1 Hayden - showed potential - 6 Ritchie - we need to get him on ball more - 6 Perez - We can't rely on him to do it all by himself, that is where he struggles - 5 Gayle - never really had a chance - 5 Aarons - 5 Armstrong - 5 Shelley - 5

Ref should be sacked for being so fat

Oh well Fulham have always been a bogey team and our new players haven't clicked yet. We will sort this out.

Really don't rate Hanley at all.

For all of the control and balance Rafa has been speaking about for the last few weeks, we have none. Sels looks as dodgy as fuck. Janmaat has been ok on the ball, but the three other defenders and Anita have been extremely sluggish in the ball, so we haven't taken the ball out of defence well at all. Mbemba would help there. We haven't really brought Ritchie or Gayle into the game yet, what little they have had they have shown good glimpses. We can expect Perez to provide all the creativity / target man, the ball won't stick to him so we need to bring the midfielders closer to him. It's a shame Diame or even Sissoko aren't on the bench as these would help here.

He is useless. Can't play under any pressing.

Anyone know where to watch this in North Korea?

Don't think we will have many issues with Janmaat defensively this year. All the Pardew wannabes in the Championship will be wanting their winger to man mark him.

Should be (assuming fitness that I haven't checked) Sels Janmaat Lascelles Mbemba Dummett Anita Diame Ritchie Perez Aarons Gayle

Quite a rise from two years ago where he was dropped by Stuart Pearce from Championship Forest.

I would have preferred that they buy with an obligation to loan his missus to whoever wins the halftime raffle every week.

WHAT ABOUT THE PASHUN???

With the players not knowing who to mark, you can trust Rafa to take the feedback and work on it. Unlike this bunch: McLaren: puts head in sand and says the defending was "magnificent" Carver: accuse Daryl Janmaat of deliberately trying to get substituted. Pardew: Scapegoat a winger with no man marking responsibility. Bring on two left backs. Hughton: keep things simple. "We are a group of lads marking another group of lads" Kinnear: "Which one of you's is Darren Janmaat? You're a cunt" Keegan: Will just out score opposition. Allardyce: rigs up man marking instructions on PA at open training session with elaborate system involving Alan Smith. Roeder: "will look at marking when I've finished looking at Dirk Kuyt" Souness: Brings in some proper English players to do some proper English marking. Bobby: "Carl, you go back post" (to Shola)

Haven't seen one like that for a while!

I feel like last season is starting today.

I think that is a very arrogant approach to take. Fulham should be a top 10 side are at home and it's the start of the season where neither team has found a rhythm. To win this league, you should win the home games, win the away games except against the top 10 where a draw is acceptable, and do whatever we can to avoid losing (we will get away with 6 defeats) The above equals 100 points. So it isn't a downplaying of expectations, but we as a fan group should be prepared for a bit of humility - we shouldn't expect to walk the league, but we should try to win every game and expect to win the league after a long hard season.

Likewise think it will be a draw. We usually lose at Fulham so a draw is acceptable. Worked out well when we drew at West Brom first game last time around.