Match Ratings Ratings vs Fulham

[Bulletspur]

Unlike others, I thought this was our best performance this season, not great but not bad either. Richarlison my man of the match

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Another pretty average performance actually. We lived quite dangerously at times but glad we get the three points.

Glad Richy got a start and he deserved that goal.

I’m getting it out the way…

EDIT: for those of you that keep neg rating this, it was written as a joke at noon you f*cktards.

 

[archiewasking]

Bunch of overpaid ****s. None deserved. Hand them to Priti Patel.

 

[Russ1201]

Emerson Royal 9/10 for spectacular overhead goal similar to last week but this time on target?

 

[chrissivad]

Richarlison MOTM, unlucky not to have a goal today

 

[parj]

Richarlison MoM. I thought he was superb. Lloris close second. Made some superb saves, especially that one at the end from Mitrovic deflected shot

Interesting moment the Mitrovic goal. How many people would have slaughtered Sanchez for that?

 

[chrissivad]

Interesting moment the Mitrovic goal. How many people would have slaughtered Sanchez for that?

Probably the same ones slaughtering Romero?

 

[nuttynoah]

Bentancur

 

[AnotherSpursFan]

Conte - 9.5 for being the first manager in a long long time to sub off Harry Kane.

Would have given him 10, but he favors his son in law too much.

 

[Stamford]

I thought we played be really well and are unlucky it wasn't a lot more. Bentancur and Richarlison very good

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Bentancur

This. Best player on the pitch by a mile. The guy is oozes class .

 

[spids]

I thought over the 90 Højbjerg just edged it but Richarlison was very, very good. Our best performance of the season by far and we should / could have scored 4 or 5.

Lloris - 8 - World class save at 2-1. Safe hands on crosses today too and decent distribution. Nearly had a heart attack when he scooped it over Mitrovic's head with his weaker foot.
Emerson - 7 - Would have been an 8 if he could cross the ball. Very good in the 1st and 2nd thirds though.
Romero - 8 - Class act, so important to us the way he passes the ball. Slightly at fault for their goal.
Dier - 8 - Looked really solid today and good passing.
Lenglet - 8 - I think he should keep his place in the team - better than Davies on the ball and gives us so much more control in possession.
Sessegnon - 7.5 - Like Emerson he needs to be better in the final third, but was always looking to get in with some great runs. Like Emerson he also defended very well.
Højbjerg - 9 - Brilliant game, scored a goal, won a lot of ball, and dictated the midfield for the first 70 mins until we started sitting deeper.
Bentancur - 8 - Class act.
Son - 8 - Much better today. Looked dangerous throughout with great movement and needs a little luck now.
Richarlison - 8.5 - A little bit of a heavy touch on his passing first half. But he is such a threat in and out of possession.
Kane - 8 - Another goal. Some nice link up play and some real moments of quality. The way he controlled Lenglet's drilled pass and lofted a ball over the CBs for Son to run onto first half was a genuine 'wow what a player' moment.

Perisic - 7
Kulusevski - 7

We are really going to smash someone for 5 or 6 when we click up front.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

Richarlison, Emerson, Hojbjerg and Lloris were the standout players.

Lenglet had a good game too.

Both Romero and Dier were at fault for the Fulham goal with lazy defending. Dier also on another occasion lost possession just outside our box leading to another Fulham chance.

 

[Darth Vega]

Went for Bentancur. Absolutely everywhere. Makes so many key interceptions and tackles and him being able to release the ball as quickly as he does is key to our attack.

 

[delawarespur]

Split between Højbjerg and Richarlison. Both absolutely brilliant. Bentancur very (like 1 mm) close behind. Sessegnon, Kane, Lloris great as well. Lenglet solid debut and added to our play with the ball. No poor performances, but a really lazy moment from Romero for the goal.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

I thought over the 90 Højbjerg just edged it but Richarlison was very, very good. Our best performance of the season by far and we should / could have scored 4 or 5.

Lloris - 8 - World class save at 2-1. Safe hands on crosses today too and decent distribution. Nearly had a heart attack when he scooped it over Mitrovic's head with his weaker foot.
Emerson - 7 - Would have been an 8 if he could cross the ball. Very good in the 1st and 2nd thirds though.
Romero - 8 - Class act, so important to us the way he passes the ball. Slightly at fault for their goal.
Dier - 8 - Looked really solid today and good passing.
Lenglet - 8 - I think he should keep his place in the team - better than Davies on the ball and gives us so much more control in possession.
Sessegnon - 7.5 - Like Emerson he needs to be better in the final third, but was always looking to get in with some great runs. Like Emerson he also defended very well.
Højbjerg - 9 - Brilliant game, scored a goal, won a lot of ball, and dictated the midfield for the first 70 mins until we started sitting deeper.
Bentancur - 8 - Class act.
Son - 8 - Much better today. Looked dangerous throughout with great movement and needs a little luck now.
Richarlison - 8.5 - A little bit of a heavy touch on his passing first half. But he is such a threat in and out of possession.
Kane - 8 - Another goal. Some nice link up play and some real moments of quality. Teh way he controlled Lenglet's drilled pass and lofted a ball over the CBs for Son to run onto first half was a genuine 'wow what a player' moment.

Perisic - 7
Kulusevski - 7

We are really going to smash someone for 5 or 6 when we click up front.

Romero was massively at fault for the Fulham’s goal. In the build up he wasn’t paying attention and was ambling back. The cross field ball went straight over his head and landed at Mitrovic’s feet. Romero then put in a half arsed challenge before Dier in effect ducked out of the way of the shot. It was very poor defending by both of them.

 

[Timberwolf]

Really good performance except for the finishing. If we had our scoring boots on and timed our runs slightly better we would've been 3 or 4 goals in front.

Fulham didn't have a sniff until the Mitro worldy which completely changed the game and made for a nervy finish. We clearly relaxed just that little bit off the ball once we went 2 up and you can't give Mitro even a sniff on current form. Romero far too casual in that moment (but good otherwise).

Overall easily our best performance since 2nd half Saints and Richarlison, Bentancur and Lenglet especially impressive. Honestly didn't think Richarlison was this good - feels like he's upped his level since arriving here and deserved a goal (or two) today.

 

[mdharris]

Bentancur for me. Top class in the centre of the pitch.

Great game from the full team in general. We were in complete control, just need to be a bit more clinical in finishing and in the passing leading up. Sess, Richarlison, Son, Kane were all getting the timing, angles and weight of their passes wrong. Could have easily been 4 or 5-1. Once we click in that sense, we will be flying.

 

[JCRD]

Romero was massively at fault for the Fulham’s goal. In the build up he wasn’t paying attention and was ambling back. The cross field ball went straight over his head and landed at Mitrovic’s feet. Romero then put in a half arsed challenge before Dier in effect ducked out of the way of the shot. It was very poor defending by both of them.

I agree with this. People are blinded by Romero - he is an excellent defender but has rash moments, this was a lazy moment which surprised me as he isnt the lazy type. This is why he isnt world class that people keep harping on about - he will be but isnt there yet.

I thought Bentancur was great, PEH was superb and its clear that they have a partnership together that ive been saying for so long - individually they may not be the best but they work off each other and work in unison.

Kane was great with his link up play, Son was way better than on previous ocassions and just needs that goal. Richarlison was super too but what was better than the first 70 mins was the last 20 where he defended from the front. Really enjoyed that.

Hugo saved us with a couple of super saves.

Overall a good performance but, and I mentioned this before the game, we need to be clinical going forward. We werent clinical at Forest and werent clinical here.. That game, we should have been out of sight by half time and doesnt do the performance justice but we move on to two much tougher tasks this week.

 

[Timberwolf]

We werent clinical at Forest and werent clinical here.. That game, we should have been out of sight by half time and doesnt do the performance justice but we move on to two much tougher tasks this week.

Yeah defo some unusually poor finishing from all of our forwards recently. Son has literally been the most clinical forward in Europe for a few seasons now so it's especially odd seeing him missing so many chances.

At least we're still largely getting results in spite of that. I'd prefer us to be profligate in wins against Fulham and Forest then be clinical when it really matters against Arsenal and City.