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Match Prediction

  • Fulham Win

    Votes: 10 9.9%
  • Spurs Win

    Votes: 83 82.2%
  • Score Draw

    Votes: 7 6.9%
  • Goalless Draw

    Votes: 1 1.0%

  • Total voters
    101
  • Poll closed .

robbiedee

Mama said knock you out
Jul 6, 2012
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1 thing I learned from yesterdays match...I don't like Mitrovic - he's a whining, cheating fucker!

Did anyone think the incident with Jan was a penalty. Ranieri thinks they should have got a pen but I thought Mitrovic was pushing Jan over and Jan had hold of his shirt...50/50 challenge or maybe a foul on Jan initially???

Also...Danny Rose getting booked for diving when he has clearly been clipped. The commentators saying 'This time Rose was fouled' like he wasn't the first time.

Overall a great result when I'd almost given up hope. Not the first time we've taken the points at the death...very un-Spurs-like!
 

allatsea

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Aug 31, 2012
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Still worries me and I don't have complete confidence in him.
I feel exactly the same. He regularly misses headers he should be going for at corners etc. I am not at all convinced as many seem to be on here that he is really a 40 million pound player and a great prospect. He has a great build for a CD but doesn’t really use this strength and is too often chasing after players because of his dodgy positioning.
 

Nebby

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Dec 27, 2013
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I feel exactly the same. He regularly misses headers he should be going for at corners etc. I am not at all convinced as many seem to be on here that he is really a 40 million pound player and a great prospect. He has a great build for a CD but doesn’t really use this strength and is too often chasing after players because of his dodgy positioning.

I like Sanchez, but I'd rather see Foyth playing with Toby and Jan. He might not be as fast or as strong, but on the ball he's mustard.
 

Sir Henry

Facts > Feelings
Aug 18, 2008
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The fact that you call a woman 'that Arsenal b***h' rather than even saying her name (like you would with male commentators) shows you already demeaning her because of her sex. Plus, as I said, she didn't look any more or less 'gutted' than Redknapp and Souness, yet you only singled Alex Scott out for criticism, funny that.

Everytime Arseanal score, I shout ****s. I don't shout their names for blokes.

Is it different for women ?
 

Phomesy

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Aug 20, 2013
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Ref was good, wasn't he? Cautioned Sanchez when he had been fouled by Mitrovic. Failed to send off Mitrovic when he kicked Sanchez. Cautioned Rose for diving when it was clear he had been fouled.

A lot of this is the media's fault, making out diving to be the worst offence on the field of play. Of course it's cheating, but so are handball, professional fouls, falsely claiming for a corner or throw-in, standing in front of the ball to prevent a free kick being taken and so on.

The call on Danny was an absolute disgrace. Pawson has unfairly labelled Danny a cheat by giving him a card for simulation. He doesn't just ignore the fact that Danny's been absolutely clattered = but chooses to be "absolutely certain" that Danny faked contact.

It's just such a bad decision. There needs to be redress over incidents like this. The card should be rescinded, Pawson made to apologise and sent to the lower leagues for a spell as punishment.
 

shelfboy68

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Jun 14, 2008
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Catching up on the highlights... I have to say that we should be thanking our lucky stars for Jan and Hugo. If not for them that could have been very embarrassing indeed. As if that wasn't the case every game anyway of course. Two absolute examples of their positions.
Have to be honest we got away with it first half could of be two down and Babel was causing problems, having said that the defence has looked shaky all season so far they hopefully will play better Thursday night.
 
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Still chuffed with that last minute winner, reminds me why, even after berating and bemoaning so much, deep down I just fucking love it when we win.
 

Yakflange

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Jul 30, 2004
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I didn't watch the match, only highlights, and read reports and comments on here. Llorente obviously coming in for a lot of criticism, though sounds like he got a bit better in the second half?

Bear in mind this is his first league start for 18 months and we don't really play in a style that suits him (unless we changed that yesterday?).

We've never seen him at his best because he has never had a run of games, and we've never played in a way that suits him. Would be amazing for that to happen now, let's see if it does...
 

Matthew

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Aug 29, 2012
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Give it a rest mate.. She shouldn't even be commenting on Premier league football to a TV audience.. She's only there to please the pc world ffs..... Then again redknapp is more of a big girl than her..

thats a ridiculous comment, if you take away the fact shes arsenal and a bird.. shes actually really knowledgeable, she gets tongue tied and says some things wrong. but i actaully quite ejoy listening to her, when souness and redknapp were slagging us off, she mentioned earlier in the season where we was playing bad but still digging out results, shows she does her research unlike the other gormless twats.
 

Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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What I meant is that Fulham are weaker than 18 other teams in the PL, based on their league position, and they have already played both their league games against Huddersfield.

They have to go for wins in all their remaining games this season (not that they will win many ) if they want to have any chance of survival. They cannot depend just on draws to keep them safe.

Today was a home game for them against a weakened Spurs side and when they had the FK in injury time , they should have gone and tried for the winner. That’s why I disagreed with Ranieri’s comment that they should have just played the ball at the corner to wind down the time.

Look before the match Fulham would have looked at the fixture list and pinpointed where they could have picked up wins and against who. They would have seen our fixture and said 0 points - if they can get a point out of it then it's a bonus.

1 point against a top 4 team who at the time were fighting to come back into the match is a good result, you can build on a draw and take the confidence going into the next match, imagine the contrast of how they're feeling now compared to how they would have been feeling if they had taken a point. This is my underlying point, it's not about trying to get as many wins as you can at a huge risk, it's the confidence knowing that they shut out a top four team going into the next match.

When you are a relegation threatened club you need every point you can get even if it means drawing the games you had no right to win. Even their manager knows that the point would have done them wonders but now all it's done is knock their confidence.
 

ardiles

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Nov 24, 2006
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Look before the match Fulham would have looked at the fixture list and pinpointed where they could have picked up wins and against who. They would have seen our fixture and said 0 points - if they can get a point out of it then it's a bonus.

1 point against a top 4 team who at the time were fighting to come back into the match is a good result, you can build on a draw and take the confidence going into the next match, imagine the contrast of how they're feeling now compared to how they would have been feeling if they had taken a point. This is my underlying point, it's not about trying to get as many wins as you can at a huge risk, it's the confidence knowing that they shut out a top four team going into the next match.

When you are a relegation threatened club you need every point you can get even if it means drawing the games you had no right to win. Even their manager knows that the point would have done them wonders but now all it's done is knock their confidence.

Their confidence has been low long before they played us. They are so deep in the mire that they can’t just pick which games that they need points from to save themselves from the drop.

We’ve dropped a few points in recent home games, and with most of our top players available. This game , we had Kane & Son (two of our major goal contributors ), unavailable, so I believe it would have been a good opportunity for them to try and nick a win at home.

There was barely a minute or so left in stoppage time and they had a FK in our half. So I don’t see why they shouldn’t have made a try to score a goal to get the three points. It was just too bad that they didn’t get the goal and also resulted in us getting the winner in the last few seconds of the game.
 

Shadydan

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Their confidence has been low long before they played us. They are so deep in the mire that they can’t just pick which games that they need points from to save themselves from the drop.

We’ve dropped a few points in recent home games, and with most of our top players available. This game , we had Kane & Son (two of our major goal contributors ), unavailable, so I believe it would have been a good opportunity for them to try and nick a win at home.

There was barely a minute or so left in stoppage time and they had a FK in our half. So I don’t see why they shouldn’t have made a try to score a goal to get the three points. It was just too bad that they didn’t get the goal and also resulted in us getting the winner in the last few seconds of the game.

Because they'd be a point better off then they are now, that point could mean a difference in staying up or going down...

Not sure what out home games have to do with anything, we have the best way record in the league and we were playing away.

It's not just 'too bad' lol that was literally the worst outcome for them to throwaway a match with 10 seconds to spare.

A point is better than 0 points.
 

ardiles

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Nov 24, 2006
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Because they'd be a point better off then they are now, that point could mean a difference in staying up or going down...

Not sure what out home games have to do with anything, we have the best way record in the league and we were playing away.

It's not just 'too bad' lol that was literally the worst outcome for them to throwaway a match with 10 seconds to spare.

A point is better than 0 points.

They could have been more than a goal up in the first half. They also should have, IMO, a penalty. It was 1-1 at the 90th minute mark and then they had the opportunity to score from a FK. So I don’t see any reason for them not to give it a shot.
 

1882andallthat

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Feb 2, 2009
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The call on Danny was an absolute disgrace. Pawson has unfairly labelled Danny a cheat by giving him a card for simulation. He doesn't just ignore the fact that Danny's been absolutely clattered = but chooses to be "absolutely certain" that Danny faked contact.

It's just such a bad decision. There needs to be redress over incidents like this. The card should be rescinded, Pawson made to apologise and sent to the lower leagues for a spell as punishment.
Absolutely, yet if that had been Mo Salah, in that situation he would not only have avoided a yellow card, he would probably have also been given a penalty despite it being just outside the area.
 

Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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They could have been more than a goal up in the first half. They also should have, IMO, a penalty. It was 1-1 at the 90th minute mark and then they had the opportunity to score from a FK. So I don’t see any reason for them not to give it a shot.

But they weren't and the pen wasn't given?

Pointless trying to debate what if scenarios, at the end of the day they found themselves in that given situation because of how the game fared, it's called game management and they should have used it there.
 

spursbhoy67

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Dec 20, 2006
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Look before the match Fulham would have looked at the fixture list and pinpointed where they could have picked up wins and against who. They would have seen our fixture and said 0 points - if they can get a point out of it then it's a bonus.

1 point against a top 4 team who at the time were fighting to come back into the match is a good result, you can build on a draw and take the confidence going into the next match, imagine the contrast of how they're feeling now compared to how they would have been feeling if they had taken a point. This is my underlying point, it's not about trying to get as many wins as you can at a huge risk, it's the confidence knowing that they shut out a top four team going into the next match.

When you are a relegation threatened club you need every point you can get even if it means drawing the games you had no right to win. Even their manager knows that the point would have done them wonders but now all it's done is knock their confidence.

Having been at a club in a relegation dog fight many years ago your final point is spot on. You must beat the teams around you and you try to take every point you can against the teams above you. Any point picked up against the top five is a bonus. The mood of the club changes depending on the result. Yesterday's loss will end up demoralising the club and players while it will have given Spurs a lift.

Anyone who doubts it should watch the Sunderland series. You can feel the tension. Fulham are in the mire and everyone from the tea lady to the manager will feel the pressure. It can be miserable to be around a club in such circumstances.
 

spursbhoy67

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thats a ridiculous comment, if you take away the fact shes arsenal and a bird.. shes actually really knowledgeable, she gets tongue tied and says some things wrong. but i actaully quite ejoy listening to her, when souness and redknapp were slagging us off, she mentioned earlier in the season where we was playing bad but still digging out results, shows she does her research unlike the other gormless twats.

The standard of pundit is poor and the problem is it is hard for the general public (you/me) to call them out on their lack of preparation or professionalism. Some of the personalities just throw out their playing career as some sort of validation for their lack of journalistic integrity. The only way to get things to change is to turn off in numbers, but that won't happen.
 
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