Krul 8 - some superb saves. Looks the part, very confident and composed.
Simpson 4 - fucking shite, so many loose touches out of play and complete lack of awareness. Twice he conceded a corner when a simple glance to the right would have allowed him to just let the ball roll out. Positioning is terrible.
S.Taylor 7 - pretty good. Thought it may have been him who lost Dempsey, not so sure though as I was at the other end of the ground.
Coloccini 8 - standard class performance
R.Taylor 7 - not bad, much more impressive than Simpson. Special mention to his little flicked backheel in the Gallowgate/Milburn corner that absolutely merked that little cunt Duff.
Obertan 6.5 - started off anonymous but grew into the game and made some good runs. Needs to take on his man more. Lovely pass to Ba in the build-up to our second goal. Showed a good work rate and covered Simpson's crapness often.
Cabaye 7 - a useful display, battled well and made some nice passes, although did make a few dodgy ones. Wasn't helped by the complete lack of touch from Tiote or Simpson on quite a few occasions.
Tiote 6 - got better as the game went on and did alright, but still absolutely nowhere near the standard he set himself last season. Referee didn't seem to favour him one bit. First twenty minutes or so he was terrible.
Gutierrez 6 - not sure whether he deserves a higher/lower mark but he was a bit of a mixed bag. Usual high work rate and winning of free-kicks.
Best 8 - two goals were well taken, had a stinker in the first half (offside count was about 5 or 6) but got better. Won a lot of headers and held the ball well considering Hangeland was marking him.
Lovenkrands 4 - full of shit. Contributed absolutely nowt, would be genuinely surprised if he had ten touches in the hour he played. Work rate was good but that's all I can say positive.
Subs:
Ba 7 - lively and set up Best's second goal. Hit the woodwork in stoppage time.
Vuckic 6 - ran around a lot, seemed to hurt his finger or something and went off again
Smith n/a - came on for Vuckic, didn't do a lot wrong but we conceded nearly immediately after he was introduced
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Few words - firstly the warm up was really unconvincing. Loose passing, over-hit balls, and Sammy missed about 10 shots in a row before finally putting one in.
The referee was giving Fulham a lot of soft free-kicks and allowed one of their players to throw the ball away without a booking. He was a bit of a cunt, would rate him at about 5/10. Linesmen were a bit better than of late.