Match Reaction v Fulham

[BOBN]

Here you go - 2010 - actually alongisde Schneider at the top.

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionslea...ics/index.html

Still been shit this season, but he'll be gone anyway. It's the players that look settled in for the next few years where the problems will continue to be, unless something is done now.

I concede. but still, his recent contributions have been more offensive than any fukk-up walcott/gervinho have contrived to commit.

the guy simply needs to go out and spend another £40 million

[Niall_Quinn]

It turned into a one sided affair once they came off. Ramsey and Arteta should never have finished that game. Fulham were bypassing our midfield all day and it got worse as the game went on. Without Gerv and Theo covering the wings and tracking runners, we were open. We should have never lost that game. Bad subs flipped the game. The last 20 minutes was played in our own half. Theo and Gerv gave Fulham something to worry about at least. On fast breaks, Benni and Rosicky couldn't keep up the pace but it's not as if Ramsey and Arteta could find them anyway.

We've missed chances in games before and still come out on top. We surrendered possession with those subs. I hate the Arteta and Ramsey combo. Both aren't good enough and it showed badly today because once players weren't bursting forward, they couldn't play the intelligent pass and keep possession. They couldn't even foul the Fulham playere just to break their stride a bit.

But saying that, we could do better than Gerv and Theo. Terrible performances but they are the type of wingers you need for a 4-3-3. Direct, single minded and bags of pace. They're the right sort of wingers but the quality is questionable. Pace scares defenders. Well, these two can be described as rubber guns. They at least appear to be threatening.

Why didn't we just keep Traore and play him on the wing then? He has pace and very little talent and would be cheaper and just as ineffective as the two we have.

[Cripps_orig]

on the key decisions...
I think it was 100 per cent a penalty on Gervinho from Senderos in the first half. The referee had a massive influence on the game like that. We have played many games recently where if it had gone our way we would not have been in trouble and would have stayed with 11 on the pitch.

You want the right decisions in a game of that importance. But I do not want to speak about that anymore. We had the chances to kill the game off before that and to win. I think it's very unlucky for us to lose the game with 10 men. When you see the game today that we finished with 10 men, it's very difficult to take. That makes a massive difference when you have played 48 hours before. It's too difficult.

on losing another defender…
I think we have done well being short. We have lost three left backs, two right backs. What can you do? You cannot buy 10 full backs to make sure you have one in case of injury.

on trying to climb the table…
There was too much at stake in the game today, we needed absolutely everything to go for us, to be right. We are guilty because we still gave two goals away, I felt, in a stupid way and we didn't take our chances. Nothing went for us from the referee today, nothing at all. We cannot change that and we have to live with it unfortunately.

on the lack of penalty decisions in their favour…
We [should have] had a clear penalty in the last game against QPR with a clear handball, a penalty at Man City and we had a penalty at Villa Park. You should not ask me, I don't know.

Can see why the Gervinho one wasnt given but RVP one was blatant

[BOBN]

No way will he play for us for free - get real.

[Niall_Quinn]

I concede. but still, his recent contributions have been more offensive than any fukk-up walcott/gervinho have contrived to commit.

the guy simply needs to go out and spend another £40 million

Which would mean selling £70mill worth of players, and I'm not sure that will improve things.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Why didn't we just keep Traore and play him on the wing then? He has pace and very little talent and would be cheaper and just as ineffective as the two we have.

He was woeful thats why

[Niall_Quinn]

He was woeful thats why

Precisely, that's why we should have persisted and played him every game.

[Bergkampwonderland10]

He won the header...he couldnt direct the header as he was jumping with 2 Fulham players who put him off balance. Its just unfortunate Zamora happened to be where the ball went. Not his fault at all. Had that been Kos making the header, no one on here would be blaming him. Its cos its Squillaci.

Ramsey was part of the awful trio of CMs we have had the past few weeks. We know Song is good enough but hes off form. Ramsey and Arteta are just poor.

Kos wouldn't have headed back across his own-goal. Squillacci is just in-ept

[Cripps_orig]

Kos wouldn't have headed back across his own-goal. Squillacci is just in-ept

I doubt Kos would have much say in the matter when he jumps for the ball, is knocked off balance by 2 opposition players.

It was an inept keeper that should be blamed

[Niall_Quinn]

Kos wouldn't have headed back across his own-goal. Squillacci is just in-ept

Wish he was in ept, anywhere but here. Guy isn't a defender at all but he ticks all the boxes in terms of being a tight arse, cheapskate option.