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Offline Proposition Joe

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #60 on: September 28, 2020, 02:11:47 PM »
We always play dismally down there, no matter who's in our team. I'd be happy with a draw, delighted with a win, and Jack's complete lack of surprise with a loss.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #61 on: September 28, 2020, 02:21:03 PM »
No home fans or "neutrals", so no need to approach this as an away game ie tentatively, when man for man we're stronger.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #62 on: September 28, 2020, 02:21:46 PM »
Would be nice to get a first win at Craven Cottage since 1597

Lot of trouble at this game if I remember. Tensions were running high as we were being controversially linked with signing an ancestor of Carlos Cuellar at the time. When Elizabeth I sailed past on the way to Hampton Court, some anti royalist chants started and it all kicked off.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #63 on: September 28, 2020, 02:38:06 PM »
No home fans or "neutrals", so no need to approach this as an away game ie tentatively, when man for man we're stronger.

What is/was this neutral stand of theirs? A place where fans of both teams could mingle, or a place where fans of neither Fulham nor the team they were playing could come and catch a game?

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #64 on: September 28, 2020, 02:39:20 PM »
No home fans or "neutrals", so no need to approach this as an away game ie tentatively, when man for man we're stronger.

What is/was this neutral stand of theirs? A place where fans of both teams could mingle, or a place where fans of neither Fulham nor the team they were playing could come and catch a game?

In theory, the latter. In practice an away end overspill.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #65 on: September 28, 2020, 02:41:28 PM »
Fancy us to win this 3-1. After two defeats Fulham will be charging forward as they'll target this as a must win. They were cut to pieces on counter attack by Leeds last week so we're going to have some space to play with if we can win the ball back quickly enough.

Tempted to start Traore for this.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #66 on: September 28, 2020, 02:44:30 PM »
1-0 win. Last minute winner. Penalty.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #67 on: September 28, 2020, 02:45:41 PM »
Them or us?

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #68 on: September 28, 2020, 02:57:34 PM »
Us :)

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #69 on: September 28, 2020, 02:58:00 PM »
No home fans or "neutrals", so no need to approach this as an away game ie tentatively, when man for man we're stronger.

What is/was this neutral stand of theirs? A place where fans of both teams could mingle, or a place where fans of neither Fulham nor the team they were playing could come and catch a game?

There were always a few foreign tourists who obviously wanted to see an English football match but probably couldn’t get tickets for Chelsea, Arsenal etc.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #70 on: September 28, 2020, 03:04:10 PM »
No home fans or "neutrals", so no need to approach this as an away game ie tentatively, when man for man we're stronger.

What is/was this neutral stand of theirs? A place where fans of both teams could mingle, or a place where fans of neither Fulham nor the team they were playing could come and catch a game?

There were always a few foreign tourists who obviously wanted to see an English football match but probably couldn’t get tickets for Chelsea, Arsenal etc.

It's the strangest arrangement i've ever sat in at a football match.

I'd say it was 60 percent us, 20 percent Fulham, 20 percent tourists when i sat there

The only other time I've had a similar thing was in the Club Wembley seats, the ones allocated to CW season ticket holders rather than in finalist allocations. At the League Cup final last year by us it was 40% Villa, 20% Man City and 40% empty seats.
« Last Edit: September 28, 2020, 03:05:48 PM by pauliewalnuts »

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #71 on: September 28, 2020, 03:07:27 PM »
No home fans or "neutrals", so no need to approach this as an away game ie tentatively, when man for man we're stronger.

What is/was this neutral stand of theirs? A place where fans of both teams could mingle, or a place where fans of neither Fulham nor the team they were playing could come and catch a game?

There were always a few foreign tourists who obviously wanted to see an English football match but probably couldn’t get tickets for Chelsea, Arsenal etc.

It's the strangest arrangement i've ever sat in at a football match.

I'd say it was 60 percent us, 20 percent Fulham, 20 percent tourists when i sat there

The only other time I've had a similar thing was in the Club Wembley seats, the ones allocated to CW season ticket holders rather than in finalist allocations. At the League Cup final last year by us it was 40% Villa, 20% Man City and 40% empty seats.
Last time I was there it was at least 80% us.  The foreign tourists looked somewhat bemused.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #72 on: September 28, 2020, 03:10:15 PM »
Fulham should be docked six points at the start of each season in perpetuity purely for that horrendous Michael Jackson statue.

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #73 on: September 28, 2020, 03:28:53 PM »
Fulham should be docked six points at the start of each season in perpetuity purely for that horrendous Michael Jackson statue.

Is it still there? Didn't it get moved to football museum in Manchester after Al Fayed sold up?

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Re: Fulham v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #74 on: September 28, 2020, 03:43:43 PM »
Fulham should be docked six points at the start of each season in perpetuity purely for that horrendous Michael Jackson statue.

Absolutely this.

 


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