Fulham v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[AlexAlexCropley]

It's the throwaway nature of our insipid performance that pisses me off.
It's an insult to our great historic teams.
And a great hole in my wallet.

[john e]

I can't say that I'm too bothered.

Staying up is everything.

I’d rather win one of the cups tbh

1 down 1 to go
Hope we give it everything Wednesday

[Legion]

Stay up and win a cup. Lovely.

[RamboandBruno]

Didn’t go to the game, listened to the radio, so observations limited by that.

The saddest thing is as much as I love the cup, today almost felt inevitable and I also half didn’t care 😒

In terms of the team and formation, Smith going back to his favoured failing formation today is one thing, if he does it again against Leicester then Man City, it almost smells of player power forcing his hand against Burnley post the player/coach mtg after the Watford game. Also with Leicester in mind, although the second string got us through the other rounds surely he has to play his strongest team Wednesday despite the league being the priority??

I tend to agree with the comments about Jota in terms of having a good touch and a bit of vision, but he just is just too slow and weak to play as a winger. I thought Lansbury was average against both Wolves and Liverpool kids and is obviously not good enough/doesn’t give a shit and should be no where near the side.

I’ve been a bit critical of Luiz earlier in season, not in terms of his talent but because he seems a bit lightweight, but he’s light years ahead of lansbury.

Even if the fa cup is our lowest priority, the fact that most of these lot couldn’t muster any sort of performance against a championship team, means most of them shouldn’t be anywhere near the first team.

[Legion]

I'm light years ahead of Lansbury and I'm nearly 50, fat, ugly, bald, crap at football and have failing eyesight.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm light years ahead of Lansbury and I'm nearly 50, fat, ugly, bald, crap at football and have failing eyesight.

Welcome to the site Mr McCormack.

[Lastfootstamper]

I still don't know what Lansbury is supposed to be good at.

[PeterWithesShin]

I still don't know what Lansbury is supposed to be good at.

He's a top notch light entertainer, his professional footballer impersonation needs work mind.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm light years ahead of Lansbury and I'm nearly 50, fat, ugly, bald, crap at football and have failing eyesight.

Sent you a PM. xxxxxxxxxxxx

[eamonn]

I still don't know what Lansbury is supposed to be good at.

Failing to make Legion look bad apparently.

[rougegorge]

I still don't know what Lansbury is supposed to be good at.

He only really came to life when he squared up to one of their players near the end.

The players and the management just gave a huge shrug to the competition and to all of us who went today. The lack of urgency and effort was really noticeable.

As usual, after the break, the opponents picked up the pace whilst we didn't. Admittedly they scored two very good goals, but the first was after we turned attack into their attack and we showed Knockaert onto his favoured foot.  Sometimes, I wonder if there is much analysis of opponents' individual strengths and weaknesses.

[N'ZMAV]

hopefully one day we'll make an effort to win the FA cup again. Disappointed.

[Des Little]

I still don't know what Lansbury is supposed to be good at.

I think he’s taken over Micah Richards then Mark Bunn’s role of being ‘great in the dressing room’, which is basically earning a small fortune for lolz and bantz. Get rid.

[hilts_coolerking]

If chucking this one helps in some way to keep us up then okay. If we go down anyway I'll be too gutted to give a shit.

[The Edge]

I still don't know what Lansbury is supposed to be good at.

He only really came to life when he squared up to one of their players near the end.

The players and the management just gave a huge shrug to the competition and to all of us who went today. The lack of urgency and effort was really noticeable.

As usual, after the break, the opponents picked up the pace whilst we didn't. Admittedly they scored two very good goals, but the first was after we turned attack into their attack and we showed Knockaert onto his favoured foot.  Sometimes, I wonder if there is much analysis of opponents' individual strengths and weaknesses.

Good point. Showing Knockaert on to his left foot was numbnuttery of the highest order. Same for the Harry Arta goal. He even said after the game "i had so much room so i just went for it." Is it bad coaching or do we just have players who are stupid and/or naive?