think rafa's been blinded by those going on about how hard championship teams play and the need to match them physically.
we need to play football, attack teams from the off and play them off the park. off the park.
fulham are hardly the most physical team.
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love rafa but he's not getting off scott-free today. the colback situation is unforgiveable - especially as he had a good look at him for several games last season but still proceded to play him tonight.
also playing 2 "stoppers " at centre half. should have been had mebemba and lascelles just on the basis that they developed a decnt understanding towards the end of last season. we needed once pacy mobile centre back who can bring the ball out and one unit to look after their big man.
thinks its just about the right capacity as it is. love the whole assymetry of the stands.
would be great to squeeze in another screen or two for the gallowgate and east stand to see.
really poor defending at set pieces.
ritchie and ayoze played well.
gayle much better in the air than i thought he would be.
aarons really wasted his cameo - poor decision making.
all those black/gold signs that have been put up look awful. some of the ones giving directions to different parts of the ground are just simply confusing.
Signing Routledge and him hitting the ground straight away pretty much secured our promotion. He was the best opposition player at SJP that season when he played for QPR
would take routledge now for a reasonable fee if he was willing to drop down a league
looks like he needs a lot more game time. his runs and shots not quite there yet. hope he gets at least an hour in each of the next 2 friendlies. just rustiness.
colback looks awful.
we're still not closing down wide men and preventing crosses coming in.
cb's look shaky defending set pieces.
perez and aarons look lively and janmaat looks full of energy going forward at least.
RAFA KNOWS.
Leave it to him.
Finally we can just worry about getting to the game, which pre match pub for a pint, which trainers we're gonna wear.
we can safely leave all player problems to rafa - no need to worry.
LB, creative midielder, striker. the very least we still need.
who is out there that we could realistically attract to fill these positions now that funds are in place.
are the likes of will hughes good enough. not really seen much of him.