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Absolutely. To see what he can do, just watch Shelvey's second half of last season when he was allowed to work his magic further up the pitch.

Ki is one of those that never seems to panic in possession. Really smooth performance.

The league is shamefully bad this year, like. I've always thought we'd be fine, even after the horrific start, but to be 14th after 2 wins all season is shambolic

Great change by Rafa, imo - closed up the space and stopped their momentum. Really enjoyed that game for the first time in quite a while. Feels nice to just bask in the result a bit and not think about the endless turd of Ashley, even for a day. I think that was the most satisfying Prem-level striker performance I've seen for us since Remy was here; Rondon did so much right.

Out tendency under Rafa so far in the Prem has been to go on streaks of form, so I'm expecting us to hit a bit of a run between now and Jan. Really wouldn't be shocked if we ended up midtable again - coupla loans in January and finish about 12th. And then it goes on. Woohoo.

Fulham in their current state must to go to a true counter style. They have some pace out wide, a decent mid-to-long passer in Cairney, and need to protect that back 4 as much as possible. Whether that'll suit Mitro is another story...

Fulham will go down unless they spend big on getting the defensive side of their game sorted.

Didn't we have the best defence outside the top 6 last season?

"It's my... hair island!"

Swedish wife, innit.

Oioi.

I am so shocked.

We go far too negative. Very simplistic. You're talking about a team that haven't won in ages.

Same old, same old - you see this shit every fucking time with us and it never fucking changes. Fuck off.

Fucking sick of us, like. Never hold a lead. Bottlers.

Of course. Fucking stupid.

Looks very sharp indeed.

Fucking hell

As if he took them to Rialtos. What a dickhead

Not felt this apathetic since '08. Still think we'll be fine once we put a little run together, confidence is seemingly on the floor, atm, and it appears there's currently not that raw enthusiasm from the team that we saw last year. As everyone is now catching on; what's the fucking point?

They need time and a run of games. Player patience seems exceptionally low this year, especially odd when we know the context of the summer and lack of time players have had on the pitch together.

Context is key. We've just come off a horrific run and confidence is low. As a quite untalented squad that lack individuals to pull it out of the bag, we need to be tightly managed to get us going. We played some good stuff last year in patches creating a decent amount, when confident, and we have better available forward options in attack now than last season, imo. I'm sure we'll see that as we finally can get a run in for our new players now, barring injuries. By christ, it's felt a slog.

Better than Mbemba, lads.

We know we're limited but we can do better than this. Confidence obviously needs to be rebuilt and this is a good start. It was important not to lose today, as boring as that is. Useful result in context, imo.

Steve McClaren & Beardsley's jokes are absolutely the best things about it, but there's some other cracking stuff in there like Gangs etc. I love it because it feels like a 'modern' throwback to daft-as-shite comedy. Andy isn't particularly funny, for me, but he's good at bouncing conversation off Bob which often leads to my biggest laughs during the show.