Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa Play Off Final Post Match Thread

[Richard E]

How on earth did you manage to get back to Birmingham by 9? Do you have a private jet?

[andyh]

How on earth did you manage to get back to Birmingham by 9? Do you have a private jet?

I left on the final whistle. On the road by 7:25
Back in Shirley at 9:15

Pissed by 11 😜

[Bad English]

Thanks for the comments Tony Erdington. Got a few things off my chest. Very therapeutic this forum.

I find walking around the house randomly uttering 'hijos de puta', 'que te la pique un pollo', 'bande de branleurs' and 'cul d'olla' works very well too.

[Stu]

Fulham were the media's choice because they play good football, apparently. I can't help but think a lot of people with second hand opinions on Fulham's style of play will be a bit surprised next season, as they're an incredibly cynical side that like to dish it out.

[martyn ellis]

Thanks for the comments Tony Erdington. Got a few things off my chest. Very therapeutic this forum.

I find walking around the house randomly uttering 'hijos de puta', 'que te la pique un pollo', 'bande de branleurs' and 'cul d'olla' works very well too.

Yeah but not all the posters on here are multilingual. S0 - me cago en la madre que les pario.

[purpletrousers]

Que?

[martyn ellis]

Que?

It means I shit on the mother that gave birth to them. Kings of subtlety the Spaniards

[Jon Crofts]

Right then, time for a few observations.

Firstly, the standard of officiating in this division and yesterday is at best amateur and at worst criminally inept, how can a player be assaulted, because that's what it was if it wasn't done on a football pitch, under the nose of the fourth official and no action be taken? Time after time in the first half hour Grealish was fouled and yet the only player in the book was Chester for dissent.

Secondly, half time entertainment was to watch 2 youths play FIFA 18 on a PlayStation, you have got to be fucking kidding me?

Thirdly, let's be brutally honest, the Premier League outside of the big 5 or 6 teams is utterly shit, 12 equally fucking useless teams spending beyond their means to stay above the line season in, season out just doing enough to stay on the gravy train. That's what football has become and to be honest, it's shit. Fulham will bob along the bottom 6 for the next few seasons.

Fourthly, rather ironically, that's 4 Wembley finals on the trot we've lost and in the process have failed to score a goal from open play, 4 finals and we've scored 1 goal from a penalty, it's not fucking good enough, there still remains an air of oh well, unlucky Villa stinking out the place, the lack of shits given needs sorting.

Lastly, I've had it with 1 up top, cling on and nick a goal, yesterday should have been about setting Fulham the questions to be answered and that was completely reversed, they knew just as we all did we'd play Grabban alone up front and he was completely isolated and ineffectual, just like he was in the 2 semi finals.

As for Steve Bruce, I said as we walked back to the station yesterday he'd be gone by the end of the weekend for personal family reasons and I wouldn't blame him one bit.

[brian green]

Why dress it up.  He has had personal tragedy.  It is what life holds.  Personally I extend sincere condolences.   Professionally he has been extremely well paid to meet a target but he has fallen short.  He has to be replaced for professional and commercial reasons.

[AsTallAsLions]

Right then, time for a few observations.

Firstly, the standard of officiating in this division and yesterday is at best amateur and at worst criminally inept, how can a player be assaulted, because that's what it was if it wasn't done on a football pitch, under the nose of the fourth official and no action be taken? Time after time in the first half hour Grealish was fouled and yet the only player in the book was Chester for dissent.

Secondly, half time entertainment was to watch 2 youths play FIFA 18 on a PlayStation, you have got to be fucking kidding me?

Thirdly, let's be brutally honest, the Premier League outside of the big 5 or 6 teams is utterly shit, 12 equally fucking useless teams spending beyond their means to stay above the line season in, season out just doing enough to stay on the gravy train. That's what football has become and to be honest, it's shit. Fulham will bob along the bottom 6 for the next few seasons.

Fourthly, rather ironically, that's 4 Wembley finals on the trot we've lost and in the process have failed to score a goal from open play, 4 finals and we've scored 1 goal from a penalty, it's not fucking good enough, there still remains an air of oh well, unlucky Villa stinking out the place, the lack of shits given needs sorting.

Lastly, I've had it with 1 up top, cling on and nick a goal, yesterday should have been about setting Fulham the questions to be answered and that was completely reversed, they knew just as we all did we'd play Grabban alone up front and he was completely isolated and ineffectual, just like he was in the 2 semi finals.

As for Steve Bruce, I said as we walked back to the station yesterday he'd be gone by the end of the weekend for personal family reasons and I wouldn't blame him one bit.

Not sure about him walking (I hope so but could see him being bullish about it), but the rest of this is spot on. The bit about Wembley finals haunted me all evening yesterday and still lingers this morning. When it comes to the "shit or get off the pot" moments, invariably we end up falling off and shitting ourselves instead.

[CT]

Right then, time for a few observations.

Firstly, the standard of officiating in this division and yesterday is at best amateur and at worst criminally inept, how can a player be assaulted, because that's what it was if it wasn't done on a football pitch, under the nose of the fourth official and no action be taken? Time after time in the first half hour Grealish was fouled and yet the only player in the book was Chester for dissent.

Secondly, half time entertainment was to watch 2 youths play FIFA 18 on a PlayStation, you have got to be fucking kidding me?

Thirdly, let's be brutally honest, the Premier League outside of the big 5 or 6 teams is utterly shit, 12 equally fucking useless teams spending beyond their means to stay above the line season in, season out just doing enough to stay on the gravy train. That's what football has become and to be honest, it's shit. Fulham will bob along the bottom 6 for the next few seasons.

Fourthly, rather ironically, that's 4 Wembley finals on the trot we've lost and in the process have failed to score a goal from open play, 4 finals and we've scored 1 goal from a penalty, it's not fucking good enough, there still remains an air of oh well, unlucky Villa stinking out the place, the lack of shits given needs sorting.

Lastly, I've had it with 1 up top, cling on and nick a goal, yesterday should have been about setting Fulham the questions to be answered and that was completely reversed, they knew just as we all did we'd play Grabban alone up front and he was completely isolated and ineffectual, just like he was in the 2 semi finals.

As for Steve Bruce, I said as we walked back to the station yesterday he'd be gone by the end of the weekend for personal family reasons and I wouldn't blame him one bit.

The Fulham "Matchday Announcer" sounded like he had a script aimed at six year olds.

"This is OUR City, and we need to let them over there know that".

Well, that's us told then.

[sirlordbaltimore]

How on earth did you manage to get back to Birmingham by 9? Do you have a private jet?

Piece of piss. Came out the ground on the final whistle, had a piss then walked to Wembley Stadium station, got in the queue and was on the train back to Moor Street within 15 minutes. Had to stand up the entire journey mind

[olaftab]

I thought all the officials yesterday were Premier League level?

[cheltenhamlion]

I wake up this morning depressed enough, and then I think of our "fans" smashing the windows on that London bus full of totally innocent Fulham fans.

I know every club has them, but we carry some grade A fucking idiots.
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Very glad I didn't take Charlie in the end (he vetoed it in favour of sightseeing only in the summer).

From the fucking rail shambles with Chiltern where they cancelled all services from the Black Country, that had already been booked, but didn't tell anyone. To them changing train times back without telling anyone. To the farce of letting too many people on the platform and then telling those who couldn't get on to either stand all the way or leave station and start at the back of the queue again. And that is before we get to the dozy fuckers who kept pulling the emergency chord on the train on the way back meaning ten minute hold ups at every station  and everyone missing their local connections.

There was pushing and shoving by pissed up idiots to get into the ground with kids getting knocked by the wayside, people that pissed before the game they had collapsed on Wembley Way.

We had the usual wankers blocking the toilets up so they could smoke, people spending all game puffing on the vaping pipes in the ground and, as always at a big game with a late kick off, our gobby daytripping crowd constantly slagging the players (as well as anyone who didn't want to stand up and holler incoherently towards the pitch at all times) and these were the pricks playing up on the train.

Whilst we had a good day in Central London before the game I won't be doing another one. I can't be doing with being surrounded by such bell ends and I guess they were responsible for what CT saw.

It would have put Charlie off for life.   

[CJ]

Right then, time for a few observations.

Firstly, the standard of officiating in this division and yesterday is at best amateur and at worst criminally inept, how can a player be assaulted, because that's what it was if it wasn't done on a football pitch, under the nose of the fourth official and no action be taken? Time after time in the first half hour Grealish was fouled and yet the only player in the book was Chester for dissent.

Secondly, half time entertainment was to watch 2 youths play FIFA 18 on a PlayStation, you have got to be fucking kidding me?

Thirdly, let's be brutally honest, the Premier League outside of the big 5 or 6 teams is utterly shit, 12 equally fucking useless teams spending beyond their means to stay above the line season in, season out just doing enough to stay on the gravy train. That's what football has become and to be honest, it's shit. Fulham will bob along the bottom 6 for the next few seasons.

Fourthly, rather ironically, that's 4 Wembley finals on the trot we've lost and in the process have failed to score a goal from open play, 4 finals and we've scored 1 goal from a penalty, it's not fucking good enough, there still remains an air of oh well, unlucky Villa stinking out the place, the lack of shits given needs sorting.

Lastly, I've had it with 1 up top, cling on and nick a goal, yesterday should have been about setting Fulham the questions to be answered and that was completely reversed, they knew just as we all did we'd play Grabban alone up front and he was completely isolated and ineffectual, just like he was in the 2 semi finals.

As for Steve Bruce, I said as we walked back to the station yesterday he'd be gone by the end of the weekend for personal family reasons and I wouldn't blame him one bit.

Pretty much how I feel too, although, *pedant alert*, Chester was booked for an earlier foul on Mitrovic, the ref played advantage and booked him at the next break in play. Still shit for missing Fredericks' assault on Grealish