Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa post match pint

[tomd2103]

Lenglet and Pau did work as a pair. Defence was good , didnt let them many chances. Second goal wonderful. We are at our best when we can stick passes through midfield to the attackers in a fluid movement. And Unai - what a man for us.

Big mistake from Lenglet for their goal unfortunately. Playing out of position so lost his bearings a bit I'd say but he simply  has to block off the forward getting anywhere near Martinez or the ball. Martinez would usually be a bit more decisive and Cash should be blocking the cross in the first place.  Thought Torres was at fault for that Traore chance at end watching it end, got caught behind his defensive line and played Traore on. Brilliant from Martinez.

I guess if you were told pre game Fulham would only score one goal you would have fancied us to win. We create plenty of chances to score nearly every game.

Lenglet was in a position to clear the ball, so must have got a call from Martinez to leave it.  Think Emi probably just misjudged it and didn't get there in time.

[amfy]

Lenglet and Pau did work as a pair. Defence was good , didnt let them many chances. Second goal wonderful. We are at our best when we can stick passes through midfield to the attackers in a fluid movement. And Unai - what a man for us.

Big mistake from Lenglet for their goal unfortunately. Playing out of position so lost his bearings a bit I'd say but he simply  has to block off the forward getting anywhere near Martinez or the ball. Martinez would usually be a bit more decisive and Cash should be blocking the cross in the first place.  Thought Torres was at fault for that Traore chance at end watching it end, got caught behind his defensive line and played Traore on. Brilliant from Martinez.

I guess if you were told pre game Fulham would only score one goal you would have fancied us to win. We create plenty of chances to score nearly every game.

Lenglet was in a position to clear the ball, so must have got a call from Martinez to leave it.  Think Emi probably just misjudged it and didn't get there in time.

Emi afterwards took responsibility. He said Lenglet had it, and he shouldn’t have come for it as it caused Lenglet to hesitate.

[Risso]

It was also just a really good, quick bit of play by their forward, and I don't think anybody was expecting it.

[The Edge]

Can you see the dotted line right next to the 1 on Moreno?

I have now. If the dotted line is accurate, it looks like by the letter of the law, it is offside. I don't know why they don't just go by where player's feet are though, the game is called football.

You can’t score with your elbow last time I looked

That's what drives me up the wall with var. It's just so nonsensical. It needs to be cleared up once and for all. The lines they use are just dumb and completely subjective. Arms should definitely not be used as you can't score a goal with your arm. They made themselves look utterly stupid yesterday and should be called out for it. And as others have said it's so dumb to draw lines when it's impossible to be able to pinpoint the moment when the ball is released by the passing players. The frames they use are something like 100th of a second. Go forward one frame and the player looks offside go back one frame and he's onside. Who makes the call for which frame to use? It's nonsensical bullshit and I can't believe that the Premier league which is a multi billion pound industry allow it to continue to blight the game.

I agree with the guitarist for the Irish band.

My username has nothing to do with him but I get why you would think that. Back on subject. How come the lino was so quick to raise his flag for an extremely tight call yet on other occasions he didn't flag when there were clear and obvious ones that he allowed play to carry on and let var decide?

[olaftab]

VAR must provide an explanation for not intervening in the most clear and obvious error made by Ref not giving a penalty. In the Newcastle match VAR looked at it like a Supreme Court decision.

[VillaTim]

Lenglet and Pau did work as a pair. Defence was good , didnt let them many chances. Second goal wonderful. We are at our best when we can stick passes through midfield to the attackers in a fluid movement. And Unai - what a man for us.

Big mistake from Lenglet for their goal unfortunately. Playing out of position so lost his bearings a bit I'd say but he simply  has to block off the forward getting anywhere near Martinez or the ball. Martinez would usually be a bit more decisive and Cash should be blocking the cross in the first place.  Thought Torres was at fault for that Traore chance at end watching it end, got caught behind his defensive line and played Traore on. Brilliant from Martinez.

I guess if you were told pre game Fulham would only score one goal you would have fancied us to win. We create plenty of chances to score nearly every game.

Lenglet was in a position to clear the ball, so must have got a call from Martinez to leave it.  Think Emi probably just misjudged it and didn't get there in time.

Martinez said he shouldn't have come for it , i think he's taking the heat/pressure off Lenglet there which is class.

[Pat McMahon]

I reckon if Martinez had  stayed on his line they wouldn’t have scored that goal. Either Lenglet clears or EMI stops the resulting shot. Gave us an unnecessarily panicky last 25 minutes, though we ran the clock down very well for most of the last few minutes

All in all we played well and deserved the win. The first time I’ve ever seen us win at Craven cottage too.

[Percy McCarthy]

I reckon if Martinez had  stayed on his line they wouldn’t have scored that goal. Either Lenglet clears or EMI stops the resulting shot. Gave us an unnecessarily panicky last 25 minutes, though we ran the clock down very well for most of the last few minutes

All in all we played well and deserved the win. The first time I’ve ever seen us win at Craven cottage too.

There’s a tweet going round saying that the ball was in play for 57 seconds of the 5 added minutes.

[stevo_st]

Was Nas in attendance and did the camera pan to him at all? It's his local, innit.

And Purslow's who normally goes to these sort of games and gets down and dirty with the away faces. (though i didn't see him anywhere on X) probably away skiing in Val D'Isere / Tignes

Brian Little was watching from the cottage

[Skerra]

The only player that disappointed me yesterday was Diaby. What has happened with this man?
Just seems devoid of any confidence. Let’s hope he can pick up his game again as there is definitely a player in there.

[VillaTim]

The only player that disappointed me yesterday was Diaby. What has happened with this man?
Just seems devoid of any confidence. Let’s hope he can pick up his game again as there is definitely a player in there.

Agree on this. Looks a poor signing, how much was he £50m , jesus.

[brontebilly]

Lenglet and Pau did work as a pair. Defence was good , didnt let them many chances. Second goal wonderful. We are at our best when we can stick passes through midfield to the attackers in a fluid movement. And Unai - what a man for us.

Big mistake from Lenglet for their goal unfortunately. Playing out of position so lost his bearings a bit I'd say but he simply  has to block off the forward getting anywhere near Martinez or the ball. Martinez would usually be a bit more decisive and Cash should be blocking the cross in the first place.  Thought Torres was at fault for that Traore chance at end watching it end, got caught behind his defensive line and played Traore on. Brilliant from Martinez.

I guess if you were told pre game Fulham would only score one goal you would have fancied us to win. We create plenty of chances to score nearly every game.

Lenglet was in a position to clear the ball, so must have got a call from Martinez to leave it.  Think Emi probably just misjudged it and didn't get there in time.

For me he has to block off the forward regardless of what Martinez was at.

[SamTheMouse]

The only player that disappointed me yesterday was Diaby. What has happened with this man?
Just seems devoid of any confidence. Let’s hope he can pick up his game again as there is definitely a player in there.

He seems to be struggling physically. Looks weak as piss, any kind of physical contact and he gets knocked off the ball immediately. As a result, he's playing very conservatively.

To be fair, Bailey suffered a bit with the same problem when he first arrived. Hopefully Diaby can adapt like he has.

[VILLA MOLE]

I wonder how fit he is ?  I saw one one on race where he lost easily against the defender

[TonyD]

I wonder how fit he is ?  I saw one one on race where he lost easily against the defender

He also can’t defend or tackle back.