Gallowgate Toon

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.

Coloccini's first 2 seasons back in the Prem after Ashley relegation #1 were sublime, like. He was genuinely one of the best defenders in the league. It all ended badly and he was a shadow of his former self before he left, but those 2 years (and his season in the Champ, tbf) were really, really good. He matched players physically and his reading of the game was masterful, along with his play on the ball. Lascelles and prime Colo would've been a mouthwatering pairing.

Meh, we move on. Lost to a worldie.

Chelsea are more possession oriented and strangled us a bit. City are more open so there's more space for us to work with. Sarri has already worked wonders on Chelsea's shape in possession - it was really good.

We're benefitting from City being more direct than Chelsea as well.

Good half. Nicer balance to us.